Beware of scam emails on iCloud accounts!

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Beware of scam emails on iCloud accounts!

Pics of the email and subsequent screen after I touched link elements. Never clicked on the "verify account" link. Changed my Apple ID password immediately.

Looked funky to me, so I touched the Privacy Policy link on the bottom, and it took me here:

Just be safe, I immediately changed my Apple ID password.

Be careful....FYI

Posted on Jan 16, 2017 6:39 PM

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LACAllen

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Jan 16, 2017 8:41 PM in response to Mrdujour

Thanks for posting this.

Visually it's pretty good. For the benefit of others, here is a genuine email from Apple for the same reason.

Note the differences...

Apple uses my full name.

Apple uses my full Apple ID.

Apple only directs me to a website, using the full URL, to address this. They don't supply a link.

The link is how they get your personal data.

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