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User profile for user: philg1824
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I received what I believe to be a spam fraudulent email

I received what I believe to be a spam fraudulent email aiming to access my Apple ID Password. See Cut and Paste. Are others aware of such emails?:


Dear Apple Customer,

To get back into your apple account, you'll need to confirm your account . It's easy: Click the link below to open a secure browser window. Confirm that you're the owner of the account and then follow the instructions.

Update Now >

Before log in your account will be Confirmed, let us know right away. Reporting it is important because it helps us prevent fraudsters from stealing your information. Yours sincerely, apple http://www.apple.com/fr/support/appleid/.

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Aug 8, 2013 2:23 AM

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User profile for user: King_Penguin
King_Penguin
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Posted on Aug 8, 2013 2:29 AM

Other people have posted about phishing attempts, including that one e.g.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5222514


You could forward the email to Apple : reportphishing@apple.com

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User profile for user: panterka27
panterka27
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May 6, 2014 10:06 AM in response to King_Penguin

Today I've received weird email from "Apple" Customer Service and I think its fraud . They asked to confirm Id and password or my account will be frozen within 24 hours. The email looks Not like an apple team.

here is the content:



Dear Apple Customer

This is an automatic message by the system to let you know that you have to confirm your account information within 48 hours.

Your account has been frozen temporarily in order to protect it.
This will help protect your in the future.the process does not take more than 3 minutes.

Download the attached and open it in your browser and make your request.
Thanks,


Apple Customer Support
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I received what I believe to be a spam fraudulent email

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