Getting bombarded by fake email

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Getting bombarded by fake email

During the last two week 1/1/18 to 1/15/18 I have all of a sudden been bombarded each day by fake email saying a purchase has been made at iTunes by and it gives a name and an amount, then the usual if this is not you please change your Apple ID and password. So once again they are out there trying hard. The email looks very real but if you click on anything else around the email nothing works except the change I’d and password so be careful please and I really wish Apple would monitor this and strongly pursue these people plus sent out a do not reply email that scammers are out in force and maybe even show a copy of the email being sent. I have included just one. The others have the official Apple logo on it etc.

Posted on Feb 16, 2018 8:04 AM

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Limnos

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Feb 16, 2018 8:07 AM in response to mikefrombossier city

Identifying legitimate emails from the iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/HT201679

Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts, phony support calls, and other scams - https://support.apple.com/HT204759

Forward attempts as an attachment to: reportphishing@apple.com

As for stopping it, you will have to see if your mail provider has ways for you to flag things as spam. I use Gmail and I never see those kind of e-mails.

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KiltedTim

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Feb 16, 2018 8:08 AM in response to mikefrombossier city

There is nothing Apple can do to stop the spammers. Apple does not control the Internet.

Forward the messages to reportphishing@apple.com. Apple does take action to pass the information on to law enforcement and report the domains linked to in the messages as fraudulent, but there is nothing else they can do about it.

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