Phishing for Apples
I received a scam e-mail which centered on the following text:
“Your Apple lD has been blocked due to too many failed login attempts from other lP location. To unblock your account, Please contact Apple Help Desk at (800) 275-2273 or Click the button below and confirm that you are the valid account owner.”
- The return address was a nonsense string with no relation to Apple.
- The grammar issues in the paragraph above were another red flag.
- Finally, the preview of the mail (what you see before you open it up) displayed an announcement about some “Grand Opening”, but this was not visible in the mail itself (and not at all related to the subject or body of the mail).
Happy Hunting
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