how to tell phishing email

daphne249 wrote:

Good morning,

I received an email and can't tell if its legit, please advise.

It is a phishing attempt. Read: Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support, which states...

"The message starts with a generic greeting, like “Dear customer.” Most legitimate companies will include your name in their messages to you."

The link also provides other identification/reporting recommendations.

It’s not. It contains Customer instead of your name, several typos, and an invalid IP address; a real one won’t contain any numbers higher than 255.

Forward it to reportphishing@apple.com as an attachment and then delete it.

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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