I received an email from...billing@microsoft.com... They say they’re taking $65 for me in order to keep my files available for viewing can I simply put everything in iCloud I forget about this?

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I received an email from...billing@microsoft.com... They say they’re taking $65 for me in order to keep my files available for viewing can I simply put everything in iCloud I forget about this?

I do not recall signing up for $65 for automatic payment ...it’s true that I use word however I believe it came with my Mac many years ago... Anyone have any info could this be a scam?

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), iOS 10.1.1

Posted on Mar 23, 2017 11:25 AM

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JimmyCMPIT

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Mar 24, 2017 5:22 PM in response to bradhawaii

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/safety/online-privacy/msname.aspx

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/safety/online-privacy/phishing-scams.aspx

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KiltedTim

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Mar 23, 2017 11:32 AM in response to bradhawaii

Sounds like a scam to me.

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pcbjr

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Mar 24, 2017 2:50 PM in response to bradhawaii

As well and I called Apple - forward the email (without opening the link it provided) or send a screen shot to

reportphishing@apple.com

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KiltedTim

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Mar 24, 2017 6:36 PM in response to pcbjr

Why would someone forward a phishing email purporting to come from Microsoft to Apple? Why would Apple care about that?

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pcbjr

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Mar 25, 2017 1:30 PM in response to KiltedTim

B/C it purportedly came from Apple - I have no idea why someone posted MS links ....

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KiltedTim

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Mar 25, 2017 2:18 PM in response to pcbjr

Did you bother reading the original post at all?

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