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I got a email to me with the subject
Your receipt #1201404301
i opend this as i thought it was my daughter buying something without me knowing, but on further reading the name was different and i was getting billed for £11
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All looks like a itunes email but when you click report a scam warning comes up.
Just be aware of these emails
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Phishing and similar emails : Phishing & Other Suspicious Emails
Genuine iTunes emails : Identifying legitimate emails from the iTunes Store - Apple Support
Viewing your account's purchase history : See your purchase history in the iTunes Store - Apple Support
If it is a phishing email you could forward it to Apple : reportphishing@apple.com
Don't know how to copy received email but it came under the guise heading invoice:, also was addressedto my name with receipt number. the message was as follows
Dear, Your Apple ID was just used to download Camfrog from the App Store on a computer or device that had not previously been associated with that Apple ID. This download was initiated from Morocco. If you initiated this download, you can disregard this email. It was only sent to alert you in case you did not initiate the download yourself. If you did not initiate this download, we recommend that you go to iforgot.apple.com to change your password, then see Apple ID: Security and your Apple ID for further assistance. Regards, |
HI
i have received the same invoice for the second month on the trot.
i Notified the bank & didn't open the link .
obviously a scam & have reported it to reportphishing@apple.com
My mom got this exact same email! When she clicked on the link, it asked for sensitive information like social security number, and credit card info. I forwarded a copy of it to reportphishing@apple.com
Thanks for the directions King_Penguin, however could you - or anyone - explain what happens when someone clicks in the "cancel purchase" link provided?
I also panicked and clicked on the link (although the scam email came to an email account which is not connected with my actual itunes, my hand acted faster than my brain) and the link only opened a safari tab on google!
Do i need to take any actions? I only thought to clean my history!
Thank you in advance for your wisdom.
Gus
As long as you didn't enter details (e.g. password) on the site that you were taken to then your iTunes account should be ok.
But you might have let the people who sent the email know that the email account is active, so you might get further phishing emails (and possibly not just iTunes, maybe other sites / stores / banks as well), so be careful with emails - if in doubt type in their web address, don't use links in emails.
| APPLE ID ************ |
TOTAL £49.99 |
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| DATE 04 September 2016 |
SEQUENCE NO. 1-4724942827 |
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| ID ************ |
DOCUMENT NO. 5672345789248247 |
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| Music | TYPE | PURCHASED FROM | PRICE | |
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Music Membership Monthly | 31 Sep 2016 |
Subscription | Ronald's iPhone | £49.99 |
| Inclusive of VAT at 20% | ||||
| VAT charged at 20% £12.67 | ||
| TOTAL | £49.99 | |
This is an email I received
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It's a phishing email.
(Don't post images that contain personal details such as your email address - I've asked the hosts to remove it.)
I Have just received something similar for a music subscrption from a Williams iPhone. Strange since I made no subscription but when I clicked on the link to cancel the subscription it took me to YouTube. I am not sure if I had activated any type of virus by doing so. I checked my purchase and subscription history but unable to find anything related. I guess it is scam but will forward the email to apple.
There's a lot of this one about - I got one earlier today (to an address which isn't my Apple ID).
Hey I had the same situation,
I clicked on the support/cancellation link
anyways I didn't enter any information and then I just exited out.
I did forward the email to Apple a few minutes afterwards...
so just a question did anything happen to your itunes account or credit card or bank accounts
Not if you simply looked at it and left.
Thanks king penguin.
YEs
I received an email from "Apple ID" saying that I had purchased "Clash of Titans, Box of Gems for £40.03. It said if I had not authorised this purchase. to visit "ITunes payment cancellation"
Can I assume this is a scam and I should just ignore it?
Jim Costello.
If it doesn't address you by name it's certainly a scam. If you want to check your purchases go directly to the iTunes Store; never follow links in an email like this.
Scam invoice received
