I received a call from “AppleCare” 800 275-2273 warning that my apple account has been hacked. Scam?

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 3:51 PM

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stedman1

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Nov 16, 2018 3:52 PM in response to m0l0ly

Yes, it is a scam.

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