do apple ID's expire?

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do apple ID's expire?

Got an email, supposedly from Apple, that my Apple Id expires in 48 hours. However the sentences were written in bad English and the address for Apple was not correct. I believe this is phishing but want Apple to be notified.

Dear Sir / Madam,

We would like to inform you that your Apple ID will expire within 48 hours, so we ask you to perform an audit of your data, you must perform to keep your Apple / iTunes account and accompanying services suspended from this update as soon as possible be.

Click here to update your data

Update now...
This automated email is sent to all your registered with your Apple ID in our system, For more information, please refer to the following topic: Apple Support.

Sincerely

Apple Client Support.

Ga naar de Apple Online Store, bel naar 0800 0200 570, bezoek een Apple Store of zoek eenreseller.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 28, 2015 11:57 AM

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stedman1

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Feb 28, 2015 11:58 AM in response to paulinefromjacksonville

It is a phishing attempt. Do not respond. Do not divulge any personal or financial information. You can use the address below to forward the suspect email message to Apple.

reportphishing@apple.com

The link below has information to help identify fraudulent emails.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4933

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Answer 2

Feb 28, 2015 12:03 PM in response to stedman1

Thank you. Always nice to have verification of my thought process. Have a great day!

Pauline

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Feb 28, 2015 12:05 PM in response to paulinefromjacksonville

You are welcome.

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