Phishing Scam, text message. AppleUK Be wary!

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Phishing Scam, text message. AppleUK Be wary!

I received a text message today saying that it was from AppleUK, I phoned support to check up on it as it made my 'scam' senses tingle. Turns out to be a very authentic looking phishing scam! Don't fall for it, if you receive a text like the one pictured below don't click on the link! Apple will only ever e-mail you (support confirmed this) to tell you about issues with your account. If you get a message like this, with a link that looks similar to the one in the below image, take a screenshot and forward it to abuse@icloud.com (it's their fraud detection email) or call support to check.

iPhone SE, iOS 9.3.2

Posted on Jun 16, 2016 7:34 AM

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BBoiss

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Jun 16, 2016 7:53 AM in response to TwinkleBat

http://www.apple.com/legal/more-resources/phishing/

Reporting Other Suspicious Email

To report spam or other suspicious emails that you have received in your iCloud.com, me.com or mac.com inbox, please send them to abuse@icloud.com.

To report spam or other suspicious messages that you have received through iMessage, please send them to imessage.spam@apple.com with the requested information.

Yes this is a common attack these days, and I have seen both emails as well as the text message attempts to gain my information. Glad you didn't fall for this

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