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$100 gift card scam

Has anyone else received an email from Apple saying that your apple id was used to purchase a $100 gift card and to click link to cancel purchase? If you follow links it will take you a non-apple website that looks exactly like apple's and ask you to verify your apple id. Just me or is the community gettin hit?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

Posted on Aug 2, 2016 11:16 AM

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Posted on Aug 3, 2016 12:14 AM

Haven't seen not specifically about purchasing a gift cards (there are regular posts about apps or in-app purchases). If you still have the email you could forward it to Apple : reportphishing@apple.com , and then delete it.


If anybody else sees this thread and is unsure if an email is genuine or not :

Phishing and similar emails : Phishing & Other Suspicious Emails

Phishing emails : Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email - Apple Support

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 (on an iOS device you can view the last 90 days purchases via http://reportaproblem.apple.com)

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Aug 3, 2016 12:14 AM in response to drbradleyh

Haven't seen not specifically about purchasing a gift cards (there are regular posts about apps or in-app purchases). If you still have the email you could forward it to Apple : reportphishing@apple.com , and then delete it.


If anybody else sees this thread and is unsure if an email is genuine or not :

Phishing and similar emails : Phishing & Other Suspicious Emails

Phishing emails : Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email - Apple Support

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 (on an iOS device you can view the last 90 days purchases via http://reportaproblem.apple.com)

$100 gift card scam

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