I received an email saying I made a transaction but I haven't.. Scam?

I got this email but I haven't ordered anything... is this a scam?:


You've bought a game "Nature Calling" from the Apple Store.

It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.


If you have not authorized this charge, log in as soon as possible to cancel the payment!


Apple Store Transaction Cancellation Form


When the payment will be canceled you will get a full refund.


Apple Store United Kingdom

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Posted on Nov 20, 2014 1:23 AM

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Nov 20, 2014 3:13 AM in response to mcfet

It's a phishing attempt to try and get your account and payment details, the links in what you've included are not Apple sites.


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

And then delete the email.


Emails from Apple will tend to be personalised (not 'dear customer', 'hello' etc) and be written in proper grammatical language, and they don't send out purchase cancellation/refund emails.


Phishing emails : Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email

Identifying iTunes emails : Identifying legitimate emails from the iTunes Store.

May 20, 2016 8:12 AM in response to mcfet



Your
Apple ID, was just used to buy Parallels 2X RDP
(Remote Desktop) from the Mac App Store on a computer or device that had not
previously been associated with that Apple ID.


This download was
initiated from Germany.


If you initiated this purchase,
you can disregard this email. It was only sent to alert you in case you did not
initiate the purchase yourself.


If you did not initiate
this purchase, we recommend that you go to


canceltransactions.apple.***


and
cancel any unauthorized transaction


Regards
Apple



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Feb 22, 2017 7:23 AM in response to Augierose2526

Whatever that message is, it's not from PayPal. You either have the necessary funds in your PayPal account to cover a purchase, or you don't. If not, the transaction will never go through. So any email that says you "owe money" to PayPal is a lie.


Nothing is ever owed directly to PayPal, other than the percentage they take out of the seller's sale price. And even that can't happen unless the buyer had the available funds to purchase an item in the first place.


If in doubt, call PayPal, or check your PayPal account online. I very much doubt it's anything but a scam email.

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