Email from Apple (apparently) saying American Express is viewing Apple purchase details

Could it be phishing and not from Apple or Amex at all? Scammers like getting you to click on something so they can get your sign-in information.

About identifying legitimate emails from the App Store and iTunes Store --> Identify legitimate emails from the App Store or iTunes Store - Apple Support

Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

If you are using software like Quicken or other similar software that pulls transactions from Amex, it will cause that email to be sent.

It's not well documented anywhere, but enough posts about it have revealed this to be the case.

It is legit, and is just triggered by the software pulling in transaction data.

Started getting same email October 1st

evertime I update AMEX on quicken I get the email about viewing a purchase

all I get from Apple is a $2.99 iCloud purchase each month but I get that email every time I use quicken to update AMEX

haven’t found a way to turn it off

AMEX and Apple support were useless because it’s a Quicken issue

just another stupid daily email to delete

I conacted support when I got a couple of these emails regarding an app I bought through the App Store. I thought this may have been a scam email, but support said it is legit, it is tied to an Amex purchase.

I have recurring Apple purchases as well (News cloud) I don't get them for Apple purchases. The purchase I got it for was from a third party vendor. Support seemed to imply it was an Amex requirement. They probably had issues with 3rd party vendors not necessarily Apple itself.

I am having the same issue, but when I click on "Me Too" above, the button just spins with no completion.

That said, both my "family member" and I have received multiple copies of the same email shown above. As indicated by p58driver, there's no clear "phishing" action to be taken. And I am confused that Apple would be sending a message to check my American Express account (vs. checking my Apple account). I check my Amex account almost daily and no unusual activity.

I am surprised there has been no other response to this thread.

P58driver wrote:

Strange. I guess that means every time a recurring Apple charge is incurred on my AMEX account I will get one or more of these. Did they tell you a way to turn it off?

Turn it off? I don't use Amex but my credit card company offers to email me whenever a purchase is made with my card. I most definitely do NOT want to disable that. If my card is compromised I want to know that ASAP. I know if I did want to disable it I simply have to sign into my card's account and uncheck a button.

I 100% think you are correct here. But what puzzles me is why this trifecta? I.e. Quicken + This bank (Amex) + an Apple Transaction? Seems like such a corner case. Quicken pulls a whole bunch of transactions (not just Apple). Amex notifies Apple for some reason. And then Apple responds by sending an email to the account owner. Just odd. But, nice to have a plausible explanation. Thanks!!!