Is this fake?
Not only is the English almost unreadable, the date is part Chinese and part English - it is screaming fake. Click on the link below if to see how to spot phishing emails, and how to send it to Apple, if you wish:
Identify and report phishing communications - Apple Support
Best of luck,
GB
Looks like they are at it again. I received this email this morning.
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Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you need further assistance, please click Help at the bottom of Apple page. Sincerely, Apple |
Clearly a phishing exercise.
Today I received this email:
From Apple ID <services+s65app66@mun-ser.com>
Dear (email address name)
Your Apple ID was used sign to iCloud website at :
Date and Time: 26 March 2017, 5:57 AM GMT
Browser: Chrome
Support team detect unauthorised person has accessed
your account and now your account access has been locked for security measures,
you must change your password from your AppIe ID account page at :
Click Here To Verify You Apple ID
Sincerely,
Apple Support
After looking it up (and seeing this post) I bleave it's a fake (and back). The biggest and fastest way I can tell is when I signed into the iCloud site and received an email with my name, Email address, formal and from an Apple Email address. That an I signed into iCloud and my photos and things appeared fine
Apple never locks an account simply because of a sign-in.
They tell you in case you want to act on it. They also never call themselves "support team"
They also do not direct you to change your password. they also give you the URL to change your password, not a ink to it. If you mouseover that link, it will be fake.
Got rid if it as soon as I got the other (more real) one. When I did mouse over the link there was no address down the bottom (just a little bit of code). I don't know where it show up but I found none.
The emails of this nature that I have always gotten do not specify what type of browser I am using:
Dear Gail xxxx,
Your Apple ID (gailxxxxx@me.com) was used to sign in to iCloud via a web browser.
Date and Time: May 1, 2017, 7:33 PM PDT
If the information above looks familiar, you can disregard this email.
If you have not signed in to iCloud recently and believe someone may have accessed your account, go to Apple ID (https://appleid.apple.com) and change your password as soon as possible.
Apple Support
Cheers,
GB
Hi ncsabaerik
I also received it and I think it's fake.
But very well done I think it will get a lot of people unfortunately.
I did not respond, I did not click on any links I recommend you do not do this.
This is the sender of the message: curyy@verify.h0x.cc I believe that apple does not use this.
Icloud sends verification codes to your devices.
If someone tries or gets to access this code is sent.
So only with the code the person can gets something.
Definitely think it's a fake, apple should pronounce itself soon I guess.
Hi, I've got the purchasing mail notice, shown as below,... is it fake, too?
AρρIeID Store
Order #96782658 ln lPhone 6s - Thank's For Purchasing.
Date: Friday, 18 August 2017, 17:05 PM
Transaction: 92DE00X78ER0923
Order Number: #96782658
Browser: Safari, OS 10.3.2
IP Location: United Kingdom, London, 128.22.187.225
lf you have not recentIy purchased a product or application on a lPhone 6s
"With your AρρIe lD and think of your access account,
PIease read our Iink and follow to insure instruction your account.
SincereIy,
AρρIe Departement Store
Would apple Ben sending this out? Wouldn’t I need to approve a log in before someone could sign into my account?
You will get an email from Apple if a different device logged into your account.
Anything else is probably a scam.
Actually you now apparently get an alert even if you log in. I did this to check earlier on, on my usual Mac which is covered by 2-step verification, and received an alert about it some minutes later.
The email came from noreply@insideicloud.icloud.com and the text reads
| Dear Roger Wilmut, |
| Your Apple ID (XXXXXXXXXXX) was used to sign in to iCloud via a web browser. |
| Date and Time: September 7, 2014, 4:13 AM PDT |
| If you recently signed in to iCloud.com, you can disregard this email. |
| If you have not signed in to iCloud.com recently and believe someone may have accessed your account, you should reset your password at My Apple ID. |
| Apple Support |
This is presumably sparked by the recent 'nude photos' row, and I suppose it may be a good idea - except that it's all too easy to fake if people don't check that the links are genuine (which in this case they are). It would probably be better to give the actual URL.
it's annoying. is there a way to stop or disable it
You could set up a Rule on the icloud.com website to move messages from noreply@insideicloud.icloud.com to another folder or even the Trash.
Apple does send out emails if a device not registered with your account logs in with your id and password.
As with any email from any entity - best to navigate to the site yourself rather than clicking on the website in the email - just in case it is a scam.
notcloudy wrote:
Apple does send out emails if a device not registered with your account logs in with your id and password.
As said above, it's now sending out emails following any login including your own on your normal devices - this is a new development in the last day or two. Increased security measures were promised (threatened) in the wake of the celebrity naked photos reports.
As with any email from any entity - best to navigate to the site yourself rather than clicking on the website in the email - just in case it is a scam.
Indeed, though in Apple Mail you can check a link by hovering the cursor over it.
Today I got email from Apple: Your Apple ID was used to sign into iCloud.
