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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:13 PM Feb 2019

I got one of these emails yesterday and just a few minutes ago, got another one


Fake iTunes receipt phishing email


iTunes Store Billing Scam: How It Works

(with video below) You might receive an email that seem to be coming from iTunes. The name and email address used are: iTunes Store and support@support.store.com. The subject title might be "Your Receipt No 321000427500".

In the email your might be informed that you were billed for two movie rentals you did from iTunes . In our case was Lone Survivor (director Peter Berg) and Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass) but obviously it could be anything from the iTunes store. The total might be astronomic for a rental - $91.98. Inded, as in every online transaction, you are also asked if you have issues with the receipt and want to challenge the transaction.

"Issues with this transaction? If you haven't authorized this transaction, click the link below to get full refund. Go to the Help Centre at:...", might say the message. The website provided might look legitimare, but it's only a link meant to send you to a fake page asking for your credentials and personal information.

https://www.scam-detector.com/article/itunes-billing-scam
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I got one of these emails yesterday and just a few minutes ago, got another one (Original Post) CatWoman Feb 2019 OP
Someone I knew got scammed out of $300 falling for this. kimbutgar Feb 2019 #1
Clever of them. treestar Feb 2019 #2
There are also scams like this from "Amazon". eom fierywoman Feb 2019 #3
Yeah.. be careful with this... I always hover over the sender's email address and if it doesn't look hlthe2b Feb 2019 #4
first thing I did after receiving one yesterday CatWoman Feb 2019 #6
I've been getting arrest warrant scams. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2019 #5
i've gotten this one too. mopinko Feb 2019 #7

treestar

(82,383 posts)
2. Clever of them.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:19 PM
Feb 2019

Ignore it. If it is a true mistake, it will show up on the credit card bill and can be challenged there.

hlthe2b

(102,304 posts)
4. Yeah.. be careful with this... I always hover over the sender's email address and if it doesn't look
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:21 PM
Feb 2019

remotely legit, delete it Even if I think it is "real" I won't open attachments, but contact apple or google to see if a scam is underway.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
5. I've been getting arrest warrant scams.
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:28 PM
Feb 2019

It’s always, “contact us immediately to avoid being issued an arrest warrant”, blah, blah. Of course, nothing ever happens.

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