Unfortunately, there are attempts at theft these days Apple ID a relatively common issue that we have to deal with more and more often. The latest type of fraud was reported by the magazine Business Insider, who provided a number of useful tips and analyzed the whole issue in more depth.
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The scammers' current tactic is based on a simple scam email that looks like it's from Spotify. In it we find information about the Spotify Premium subscription just purchased, while at the very bottom there is a link for "cancel". It redirects the user to a fake page that looks almost identical to the login page Apple ID, but this is just a tool for thieves to get your login details with the snap of a finger. The vast majority of users do not verify the legitimacy of the website and become victims of a sophisticated scam. The fraudulent email shows a price of $150.99, which is about 3 CZK. In this case, it usually happens that a complete layman in the field of Internet security panics and Apple ID literally betrays the attacker.
This is what a fraudulent email looks like:
Because it is Apple often attacked in a similar way, exists official support page dedicated to this issue. The most basic advice includes:
- Check whether the email address matches the company name.
- Check whether the company contacts you at the email address under which you are registered with them.
- Check whether the link really redirects you to the company's page, or whether it has HTTPS encryption (green lock).
- Check that the email does not look different from other messages of the given company.
- If an email asks you for any personal information, such as card numbers or account passwords, it is always a scam.
- If the message is in spam and has other irregularities, it is again a scam.
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If you receive an email that seems suspicious, be sure to check it as thoroughly as possible and possibly find more information about it, for example on the Internet. In case you come across it in Safari On Mac, you can use our guide to help you detect fraudulent emails. You can find it here here.
It came to me too, I knew right away that it was oj_b.
Marek Tenora
I still get a window pop up twice a day after updating to Mojave that my Mac couldn't connect to icloudI have to enter the password ID, but everything works, so I don't know what to think about it
You need to have mckeeper installed 😂😂😂😂😂