I keep getting reset password emails i havent tried to reset and my email is not something that someone would accidently mistype

Sounds like a pfishing expedition to me. Don't click on them, just ignore them for the moment. Have you tried to Google the email address you are asked to contact. If you can, post it here.

This is the formal Apple advice. I send it as I have seen some threads suggesting the address you used is suspect although it looks okay to me. Keep it in your files for future use. Glad I could help.

Identifying legitimate emails from the iTunes Store

I would say that the emails are definitely from Apple and that someone was definitely attempting to get control of your account by changing the password. However, to change the password they need to provide the current password. The fact that you have received multiple motices from Apple would suggest that the person is in the process of trying to guess your current password and each notice would be a failed attempt. But if your password is something easily guessed by someone who knows you or if it is associated with some information someone can easily find out about you, I would strongly encounrage you to change the password to something unguessable.

Manage your Apple ID -

https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/

Alphanumeric passwords with both random upper and lowercase letters would be very difficult for someone to guess. As an example;

BV7ktpYcj3yue7nzc26o

Yes, that would be difficult for you to remember, which is why folks are now going to password vault software. I have personally used 1Password for quite some time. It has both Mac and iOS versions, so I have all of my passwords synced to all of my devices. But if your Mac qualifies to use OS X Mavericks 10.9 when it comes out in a few months, I would not invest in one of the paid versions of a password vaults the new Mac OS, as well as the new version of iOS, version 7, will have this technology built into it as an extension of the Keychain software that is now part of OS X. But until then, Safari will store such strong passwords for you in your user account's keychain, it just won't generate them for you and it can't be easily synced to your other Macs, or to your iOS devices. Or you could store such strong passwords as a Secure Note in Keychain as well.

I think this is a problem on Apple's end. I, too keep getting these emails, each time after downloading something on my Ipad. Anyone know how to contact Apple regarding this?

Starting at 3:47am this moring, I'm now getting these at a rate of one every two hours or so.

Hmmmm...

Just to be on the safe side, I changed my password. But I did it through my ipad apple Id page rather than the email.

I just got off the phone with Apple and ... ya ready ... they don't even know there's a problem with passwords being reset. A total mystery to the guy I was talking to at Apple. Mine has been reset twice in the last five days.

I found all kinds of articles about the problem by doing a really complicated search using, "passwords being reset at apple", as the search criteria. Lots of info and articles to read about Apple's problem. That's how I came upon this link which, it would appear, is one of the newest link on the subject that Apple doesn't think exists.

Anyway, they've booted my password issue upstairs and supposidly I'll be getting an answer in the next couple of days. I'll update with any new info at that time.

Best of luck.

Mine wasn't changed, I just kept getting the stupid email saying a change request was made. Every time I downloaded or updated an app, I got the email. Even after changing my email through the view apple id in settings didn't help. Shortly after updating an app yesterday, I got another one of those emails! I complained to Apple on their feedback page. I wonder if I'll keep getting the emails if I change my apple id?

I'm getting them too, but they are coming to an email address that is NOT my Apple ID email, which makes things even stranger.

Did you set that email address up as your rescue email address?

Good question, I'll have to check that out, thanks!

I've been getting a few of these messages a day as well, and a couple of times have been notified that my password has been successfully changed. All links in the emails look legit, makes me pretty nervous.

Any luck with a reply from Apple? I've been receiving emails consistently maybe once or twice a month for the last little while. It's driving me nuts and I hate changing my passwords all the time as well as my security questions 😟