Hi,
Received an email just now from claiming to be from apple and asked me to verify my apple id.Looks like spam.The id it was sent from was appleid@id.apple.com.
Did anybody else receive any such email ?
Is this an legitimate email sent from apple support ?
If it was actually sent from that address and not spoofed to make it look that way, it's legitimate.
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It could be legit or it could be a phish. Without having the actual message, or seeing the full source, I can't say for sure. Do not respond to the email and definitely do not click on any link contained in the message. If you wish to check your Apple ID, go here:
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/
click "Manage Account" and then the link at the top that says "Sign in to manage your Apple ID."
Regards.
I am pretty good at keeping tack of emails from Apple. I have made a filter in gmail and all contact from Apple goes to that folder.
I do not have the email you listed above. The emails I have:
concierge@insideapple.apple.com
PLEASE ADD ANY APPLE EMAILS YOU MAY HAVE, I WANT TO EXTEND MY LIST.
If the email you received proves to be from Apple, please let us know.
Thanks -
apl
Performing a DNS lookup on id.apple.com got an IP address of 17.151.2.12, which is within the IP range allocated to Apple and impossible to spoof.
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Update : Already got three of those emails within the last 30 minutes.Also they got my last name wrong,has an address from Ireland etc which makes me think that it is definitely a spam.
Here is the content (P.S. - I have obsured my email id below)
Dear Himanish Sawhney,
You've entered xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com as the contact email address for your Apple ID. To complete the process, we just need to verify that this email address belongs to you. Simply click the link below and sign in using your Apple ID and password.
Wondering why you got this email?
It's sent when someone adds or changes a contact email address for an Apple ID account. If you didn't do this, don't worry. Your email address cannot be used as a contact address for an Apple ID without your verification.
For more information, see our frequently asked questions.
Thanks,
Apple Customer Support
TM and copyright © 2012 Apple Inc. Apple Sales International, Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Cork, Ireland. Company Registration number: 15719. VAT number: IE6554690W.
All Rights Reserved / Keep Informed / Privacy Policy / My Apple ID
If you would prefer not to receive commercial email from Apple, or if you have changed your email address, please click here.
I didn't give any email address. And that an email appears to be from Apple, even if the email address has been confirmed to be one of Apple's, is no guarantee that it's genuine. It's easy to fake a return address and scammers are known to do so. So keeping a list of known Apple emails is false security if you then blindly trust that any email showing that return address is legitimate.
Regards.
Hi,
I have received a mail purported from Apple, in Italian, warning me that for the security of my Apple account is necessary that I fill out the attached questionnaire and that in case I'd not fill out the following one (??? -- not clear but sounds like they refer to a questionnaire following the one attached) they cannot guarantee the security of my account...
This is really weird. First of all the message was in spam with a warning label. The address it comes from is apple@insideapple.apple.com. I see there have been many issues with a similar address (@insideapple), but haven't found anything online about this particular address. So you might want to add it to your list.
The interesting thing is that the links in it are not working. Not the one to fill-out the questionnaire, nor "the terms of use", "privacy policy" or "contact us". It's clearly a spoof, but what can be the reason and purpose? My Apple account was hacked and appropriated by someone last August. BTW, does anybody know if this is a crime? identity theft?
Thanks!
Gentile Cliente, | |
Le comunichiamo che per una maggiore sicurezza legata al suo Apple ID, è necessario compilare questo breve questionario che troverete in allegato a questo avviso. Nel Caso in cui non compilaste il successivo modulo, non potremmo garantire più la sicurezza del vostro account. | |
Grazie, | |
Assistenza clienti Apple. | |
It definitely is spam. Report to apple via the link below then delete it.
Then read the following for future help.
BEWARE:
I received an email in my icloud email inbox today that stated "You have unread email that will be deleted in 5 days" along with three others directed at my icloud email address informing me that my photo was successfully published on various websites. Well I never allow my email to go unread and I didnt request to have my photo published on any website so I figured this was some sort of spoof or something. After some research on Norton Safeweb and google searching the senders ip address, I discovered that it is possibly a fake email.
NOTE: Apple Sales International, Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Cork, Ireland. Company Registration number: 15719. VAT number: IE6554690W.
Return-Path: <globllconsult@excite.it>
X-Clx-Score: -740
X-Clx-Shades: Junk
X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=3 spamscore=3 suspectscore=5 phishscore=2
Body of Email Received:
You have unread email that will be deleted in 5 days
It's spam.
As a rule of thumb, you can assume that any email that asks you to 'verify your id' is a phishing attempt.
C.
Of course it's fake.
C.
Received an email just now from claiming to be from apple Seems to be a spam
