"Apple Unusual Sign-in Activity" Phishing Scams
The "Apple Unusual Sign-in Activity" email below, which claims that the unusual sign-in activities were detected on the recipients' Apple account, are asked to delete them. This is because the email messages are phishing scams, being sent by cyber-criminals or thieves to trick and frighten Apple users into visiting phishing websites that steal usernames and passwords.
The "Apple Unusual Sign-in Activity" Phishing Scam
From: RE:ApplelD Notification 03a89sd798asdz98x7c7s98ad798as87d @jualrelaybcc4.business
Sent: 26 April 2018 07:02
Subject: RE: [Summary New Report] Statement Update News Account Activity log on With Mozilla Firefox - Secure Your Account Now.
Apple ID
UnusuaI sign-in activity
Sign-in Details:
Country/region: Singapore
IP address: 128.199.21.10
Date: April 26, 2018, 3:45 am
if this was you, then you can safely ignore this email.
if you're not sure this was you, a malicious user might have your password.
Click the button below to finish repIacing your info.
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Thanks,
Support Team
The link in the phishing email message goes to a fake Apple website, which has been created by cyber-criminals to trick their potential victims into entering their Apple username, password and credit card information on it. If the requested information is submitted by the potential victims, it will be sent to the cyber-criminals, who will use it to steal their money and use their accounts fraudulently. The cyber-criminals / scammers behind the phishing email message will change the website's name, so look out for similar phishing email messages with links that go to different phishing websites.
If you are tricked into submitting your Apple credentials and credit card information on the fake web page, please change your Apple password immediately and contact your bank and let them know that you have unknowingly submitted your credit card information on a phishing website.
Remember, never click on a link to sign into your Apple account, always go directly to https://appleid.apple.com and log in from there and check your account for any discrepancies.
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