Your account will expire in less than 48 hours

[MI5]

Hap this email from "Apple"

Obviously it's not from Apple, but just everyone be aware if it's doing the rounds.....

If you were to click the link in the email it attempts to run a script of some sort so it could be quite nasty....

Update your Account.
Dear Member,
We have faced some problems with your account Please Update the account, If you do not update will be Closed.
To update your account, just confirm your informations, It's easy: *Link removed* Click the link below to open a secure browser window. Confirm that you're the owner of the account, and then follow the instructions.

[Bambino]

When I get scam mail (and I get a lot of it), particularly from banks, I usually forward them on to the fraud department of the individual bank. Never takes long to find the address to forward them to.

[MI5]

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@Toby wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
Yeas, just the one email. It was in my spam box too but thought it best to flag it just in case anyone fell for the "Apple" connection......

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Thanks MI5.

Was this the complete message? If not, could you please PM me the full content? No worries if you're not comfortable to do so, but I like to log these examples when I can for future reference.

Cheers

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That was it complete, except for the link, Toby.

It's gone off to the great email graveyard in the sky now though, so I couldn't get any more info off it, sorry.

[Anonymous]

I sometimes get ones from parcel companies saying they had failed to deliver a parcel ,and to hit a link to re set up the delivery.

Yeah right !!

[Anonymous]

I've had them before too Bob

[MI5]

and they have have followed up with "My account is now locked".

Header info (for Toby):

from:	Apple Account Apple@menara.ma
to:	Recipients <Apple@menara.ma>
date:	31 January 2014 02:03
subject:	Your account will expire in less than 24 hours
mailed-by:	menara.ma

email content:

Dear iTunes Customer,

Your Apple ID has been used to open a session iCloud from an unauthorized computer.

Your iTunes account is now locked, please access your account to check your informations.  *Link removed*

[adamtemp64]

I use a good reporting service for the obvious ones www.spamcop.net 

[gemz4the1]

Thanks for the information.

I recently had an email from 'Paypal' claiming that Apple had taken money out of my account for a purchase and I had to click on the link to put funds into my Paypal account to cover it.  I was a bit wary about this as I had coincidentally bought something from Apple a few days earlier.  But when I clicked on the email address, it was obvious that it wasn't from Paypal.

We should have a thread on here where people post links of spam email addresses that they have received to help to warn others.  Obviously the list would be endless though.

[perksie]

and they have have followed up with "My account is now locked".

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Quelle tragedie!

Whatever will you do with a locked Apple account?

[Anonymous]

Rule of thumb for any email you receive that says click on a link is to come away from the email. Go to your browser and type in the website you want to access (not the website address that was in the email - use the web address you would usually use).

Never ever use a link in an email if you want to be totally safe.

[perksie]

Using a pc client like Thunderbird you can see the properties and know who it's really from.