Apple customers, be aware of "Apple Violations of Privacy and Policy" phishing scam below. The scam claims that the recipients' Apple account will be disabled is another attempt by cybercriminals to steal their potential victims’ Apple account credentials. The fake email has links in it that go to a phishing Apple website which steals account usernames and password. The phishing website steals account credentials by asking visitors to sign-in with their Apple account usernames and passwords. Now, any attempt to sign into the fake or phishing website will result in the visitors’ Apple account credentials being sent to the cybercriminals responsible for the scam. Once the cyber crooks have gotten possession of the stolen account credentials, they will use it to hijack their victims’ Apple accounts and use the same accounts fraudulently.
The "Apple Violations of Privacy and Policy" Phishing Scam
Van: Apple Support <noreply-mail-service021383983@console-app-idcustomer.support>
Verzonden: donderdag 8 maart 2018 13:53
Aan: appleid@support.com
Onderwerp: [Notifement] this email violations of privacy and policy
Dear Client,
Your account has violated policy and privacy, we disable your account temporarily, verification of your account or we will disable forever.
Case : ID-6657168
Please open the attachment and following the step so that your account was immediately recovered.
Sincerley,
-Apple Support
Apple users should never click on a link in an email message to sign into their accounts. They should instead, go directly to https://appleid.apple.com/ and sign-in from there. If there is something wrong with their accounts, they will be alerted after signing in. Users who were tricked by the phishing scam, are asked to change their Apple account passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently. For those users who are unable to change their passwords, are asked to contact Apple Technical Support for help.