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Apple-ID stolen in the UK, now I got an invoice...

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hevonbu · 12/01/2018 19:21

Just for you who perhaps have old inactive Apple-ID accounts, not in use for many years /mine was out of use since around 2007, for ten years, I've tried to delete it but it was impossible so it just hung there out in cyberspace/. Now someone hacked it, set up for me three totally unknown security questions, which basically means they've wrung the account right out of my hands, because without the silly questions you can't do anything. (The account was so old so security questions were not yet invented back in the day). The alleged delivery address is some guy "Juan R. Brown" supposedly living in "Ulverston" in the UK.... and it's on a roll, monthly payments....

Fortunately I didn't have a proper credit card stored on the account, but had I had a card on it I would simply have had a series of charges running against the credit card and no way of removing the credit card information from the stolen Apple ID.

The only way would have been to cancel the account with the bank, had that been the case. But my account was empty, as far as I can tell.

So, to you who browse the forum, think if you can remember some old almost forgotten disused Apple-ID you might have and set it up properly before you end up in the hands of a scammer... Sad Angry Confused Envy

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Lasvegas · 25/01/2018 22:38

Thanks and bump

Katescurios · 25/01/2018 22:40

Probably just a phishing email, I get these they go to spam. Look at the email address it came from, actually click on the email address, I don't think it will look legit.

pastabest · 25/01/2018 22:46

I get LOADS of phishing emails that look extremely convincing that make out its an invoice from apple for some random album you know you didn't buy.

It's just a ploy to get you to click on the 'if you believe this purchase was an error' type link at the bottom. I've never clicked the link obvs so not sure what happens if you do. Bad stuff I assume!

I get similar ones from Amazon

Never ever use the links in emails like that ALWAYS log into the site directly through a browser instead.

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