is this email is a legit apple email?

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is this email is a legit apple email?

I'm receiving an email to confirm my identity...is that a legit email form apple?

here's a copy of that email:

From: Support Apple <support@appleid.com>

Date: 2013/10/28

Subject: Please Confirmation of your identity.

To: xxxxxxx

Dear iTunes Customer,

To get back into your iTunes 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 .

copyright 2013 Apple Inc. Please do not reply to this email because we are not monitoring this inbox. To get in touch with us, log in to your account and click "Contact Us" at the bottom of any page. Copyright © 2013 apple. All rights reserved. apple (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions Registered office: 22-24 Boulev ard Royal, L-2449 Luxemburg RCS Luxemburg B 118 349 apple Email ID PP315.

update now link is http://www.alizedanse.fr/apple.php

thanks

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 12:03 PM

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Answer 1

hot_spur

Level 4

1,704 points

Oct 28, 2013 12:05 PM in response to Community User

I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.

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Answer 2

Oct 28, 2013 12:06 PM in response to Community User

Make that a twelve foot pole, if in doubt; call apple under the "Contact us" on this website.

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Answer 3

Ralph9430

Level 7

21,998 points

Oct 28, 2013 12:11 PM in response to Community User

Never click a link like that one.

If you want to check on your Apple ID do it through your browser by entering the url directly. The Apple support page for managing your Apple ID is at

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

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Answer 4

kb4200

Level 2

235 points

Oct 28, 2013 12:22 PM in response to Community User

No, it's not.

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Answer 5

Oct 28, 2013 12:32 PM in response to Community User

Completely Fake. Don't click on anything on that email.

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Answer 6

Oct 28, 2013 12:37 PM in response to Community User

Apple proofreads their email so they seldom have grammar errors
Apple is upper-cased
The link goes to alizedanse.fr, not apple.com

It is a bit concerning that the email domain is "support@appleid.com" - that is very sneaky.

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kb4200

Level 2

235 points

Oct 28, 2013 12:42 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

Right though, I couldn't even connect to a website called appleid.com, when I saw that instead of appleid.apple.com I knew it wasn't legit but it can confuse some people who don't know specific addresses.

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Answer 8

Oct 28, 2013 12:57 PM in response to Community User

Definitely a fake email. Do not click on anything in that email, and don't bother responding.

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Answer 9

Oct 28, 2013 12:57 PM in response to Community User

First question to ask with any email like that is, can you still log in to iTunes? Open iTunes and log in to your account - if you can and all is well, then clearly it is at the least, an erroneous email.

Check your AppleID independantly by not clicking anything in the email but typing in appleid.apple.com in a web browser. Again, can you login and is all the information correct?

A good rule with any such email is never trust, and verify (independently) if the account they mention even has a problem in the first place.

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Answer 10