Spoof Apple Security email?

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Permalink Reply by pamish on June 11, 2014 at 19:15

what happens when you hover over the link?  That will show up the link where you go to get scammed.  

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 11, 2014 at 19:18

Yes, I did that - all looks convincing, but for the url at the top.

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Permalink Reply by james walsh on June 11, 2014 at 20:10

Why not give them a call ? http://www.excellenceindesign.ca/

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Permalink Reply by Philip on June 11, 2014 at 19:57

Scam for sure. 

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Permalink Reply by 26mhcx4vtb0rb on June 11, 2014 at 20:33

Any legitimate mail like this would be addressed 'Dear Hugh...' or something similar. If that blurry blue mess is your email address it's phishing, without any doubt.

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Permalink Reply by Liz on June 11, 2014 at 20:33

It's not the usual message you get when Apple detect you logging in from elsewhere. For a start, they usually tell you where you are e.g. We notice you tried to log in from Smalltown, Indiana. Definitely a scam

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Permalink Reply by GillianM on June 11, 2014 at 20:54

I don't know anything about apple but the wording doesn't quite ring true. Just not quite right. And if "excellenceindesign" is not an apple thing then definitely dodge!

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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on June 11, 2014 at 21:24

I have had something along those lines in the past when I have been overseas, if memory serves.

If in doubt, go to the Apple site and log in independently of the link and contact Apple to find out if it is legit. Have you tried to use your Apple account away from home???

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Permalink Reply by RobertHarris on June 12, 2014 at 13:49

Well, I received the same email even though I've never had an Apple ID (or an Apple) in my life.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 12, 2014 at 14:20

Thanks folks

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Permalink Reply by David T on June 13, 2014 at 12:44

Hugh

Almost certainly this is a scam.

But you and others might like to know about a very neat attempt I encountered recently. The originating web address turned out to be an apparantly genuine business in the USA. I went on to it and it seemed ok, if more or less dormant. But the link in the email was "(address)/clients", and when I tried to go to that part of the site my security software got very cross at encountering a trojan.

My guess is that the crooks found a genuine, but little used, site, hacked into it & introduced their malware.

So it could be that you have the same or similar here.

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