You need to keep an eye for this e-mail appearing in your inbox (Click to enlarge):
Or this one (Click to enlarge):
Delete them immediately if you see either of these. It’s a new phishing scam to allow the evil doers of the Internet to get your Apple ID and password. To prove this, I copied the links into one of my Windows virtual machines (as I can easily roll them back to a safe state if I get infected with anything) and this is what I got (Click to enlarge):
AVG Anti-Virus confirmed what I was thinking. But you shouldn’t take this risk. If you see either of these e-mails, delete them and keep yourself safe. For even more safety, change your password to a strong password as well as set up two factor authentication on your iCloud account. Then you’ll be even safer.
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There’s A New Apple ID Phishing Scam You Need To Watch Out For!
You need to keep an eye for this e-mail appearing in your inbox (Click to enlarge):
Or this one (Click to enlarge):
Delete them immediately if you see either of these. It’s a new phishing scam to allow the evil doers of the Internet to get your Apple ID and password. To prove this, I copied the links into one of my Windows virtual machines (as I can easily roll them back to a safe state if I get infected with anything) and this is what I got (Click to enlarge):
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