Rescue email phishing scam from id.apple.com

I had exactly the same experience and was just as confused. I finally logged onto my .mac account and requested that the verification email be resent. That came through so I decided it was legit and went ahead and verified. I completely agree that this was a poorly implemented "security enhancement" from Apple.

Is there anyway to change your rescue email?

Hi - I just got off the phone with Apple and they confirmed that this is LEGIT and that appleid@id.apple.com is definitely a legit address. I mentioned that a number of people were concerned about this and they said they would post an official response. I agree, very poorly handled and extremely confusing.

I have never entered a rescue email address, but it is telling me that I have one at "mxxx@yahoo.com" and every time I enter the answers to my security questions (which I am quite certain are correct) it tells me that they are wrong. And since mxxx@yahoo.com is no email address of mine I cannot recieve any verification email?!

I received this yesterday and so apparently did a number of my friends. Some of us have followed the "Verify Now" link and some haven't. As one who hasn't, I can confirm that my Apple account is still working perfectly so my question is why should anyone take the risk? Why hasn't an Apple employee posted a message here to remove the uncertainty? Don't they read these threads?

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how can i change my rescue email ??

No they don't read the threads.

I got confused by this too, for me it was showing txxx@hotmail.co.uk , then I realised maybe the xxx was a placeholder, so the actual address being toadsaresupercool@hotmail.co.uk or similar, so I clicked to send it, and it was another email address of mine that started with a t . I don't know if that's the case for you but if like me you set it up in a rush to download something you wanted NOW then maybe this'll help :-)

Good luck anyway.

SH

P.S. Why is it that you can't write your own security questions? I had to make stuff up to actually have enough answers to their stupid presets...

What are people supposed to do if they don't have a backup email address? Don't answer, this is rhetorical. lol. And Apples followup email to my rescue account addressed me not by name but just by Thank You, and go here and enter your password at this javascript looking link which I am still only 90% convinced is real since wording is phishy about this.

You learn to be careful but this confirmation routine wasn't thought out carefully IMHO.

I like the favorite relative questions because I usually put the ones I don't like and lol but hope I will remember I did that. This routine from apple could have been designed better especially for those with just one email address.

If anyone at Apple sent this, they are truly clueless. It looks and smells like phish.

I separately logged on to my Apple ID account, and there is no such 'rescue email address' there, not even that

category. There is main email and alternate email.

Someone official from Apple should respond to this.

im having the same issue. i dont remember the scurity questions and i dont know my rescue email

yeah i also have problems with my rescue email and security questions, simply forgot then. How can i change my id, none of the above is working

Has Apple officially responded to this issue? I got the eMail to my home email account on 12 May 2012. Unlike others in this thread, I do not have an account with Apple or its store. The only way they have my home email account is from a product registration over three years ago. Has this been confirmed as a phishing activity??

I know this is probably a pipe dream, but I had this same question, Googled, found this thread, and what I'd really like to know is:

Is there a way to contact Apple and express displeasure with their sending an email with links they expect me to click on? (I didn't click either. Don't want to take the chance, even though I *did* enter this information into my iTunes account recently when it was asked for. I just never click on links in emails from companies that then ask for sign-in information.)

I don't have AppleCare, so I don't get very far when requesting support either online or on phone. And I see that you can now request a waiver of the AppleCare requirement, but none of the reasons you can select fit this problem, and I'm pretty sure if I just choose one of those reasons lightly, they won't grant the request.

I just want to send them a quick note explaining that I don't like the email with links in it method they're using to confirm email addresses, and I don't need an email back from them. Is there any way on earth to do that???