Possible fraudulant phone number from Apple online store.

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Possible fraudulant phone number from Apple online store.

Just wondering if anyone in the Apple community has had experience with fraudulent phone numbers from the Apple online store. The number in question is 1 800 506 3096 with a person named Michael with ext "1111015" needing to verify an iPhone purchase from placed by my father. Only thing is my father has never owned an Apple product and really doesn't even know how to order things online. My parents checked their credit statements and found no purchases so no identity was compromised.

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Posted on Apr 17, 2015 3:49 PM

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Apr 17, 2015 4:00 PM in response to andysrollei

Where did your father get that number? Did they call him? If he didn't purchase anything from Apple, didn't give his any credit card information to anyone, he's probably safe. I'd suspect that it's a scam.

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Apr 17, 2015 6:57 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

It was a message left on my parents home phone, the man named Michael left the number and his ext in the message saying he needed to confirm details about a new iPhone purchase placed by my father.

-Update to the situation, my mother called the actual online store number the 1 800 my apple, spoke to a supervisor asking about this number that called them, the supervisor said he would call the number himself, after on hold for a minute or two he came back and said himself that the number was an actual apple online number. I seriously doubt it because I Googled the 1 800 506 3096 number and came across numerous posts saying they got a call from a Michael asking to confirm details about a purchase.

Andy

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