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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:28 AM Apr 2017

Yep, seems legit...

I just got this email:

Dear Apple User,
We unable verify your account informations in order to continue using your Apple.
This Apple ID has been locked for security reasons. (What Apple ID? You mean the one I'm using right fucking now?)
You must unlock your account to continue using your Apple ID. (Yeah right, it's "locked." You are aware that I can't read this fucking piece of shit phishing attempt without my ID, right?)

To read your secure message by opening the attachment (PDF). (Phat chance.)
You will be prompted to open (view) the file or save (download) it to your computer. (Phatter chance.)


For best result, Save the file first, then open it on a web browser.


Your account will be disabled if we didn't receive any response from you in more than twenty four hours (Why wait? DO it now!)



Sincerly
Apple Support



Copyright © 2017 Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014, United States.? All Rights Reserved.


By the way, the phishing PDF is entitled "Zero-Hour Auto Purge Malware Alert Text.txt"

(Thanks for purge, Hotmail.)

I'm quite sure that a less than tech savvy person could fall for this bullshit, but...





Edit: I just replied "Fuck you." and deleted the email.
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Yep, seems legit... (Original Post) MrScorpio Apr 2017 OP
LOL! MineralMan Apr 2017 #1
I still don't know how people fall for phishing attempts, if they're as lame as this one... MrScorpio Apr 2017 #2
Well, that one was stupid for sure. MineralMan Apr 2017 #3
Bingo. MrScorpio Apr 2017 #4
That pretty much ensures safety. MineralMan Apr 2017 #5
It's common sense. MrScorpio Apr 2017 #6
They're after "low-hanging fruit." Denzil_DC Apr 2017 #7
How did the scammers know that you use an Apple machine? John1956PA Apr 2017 #8
I don't know how they knew. Probably my IP address. MrScorpio Apr 2017 #9

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
2. I still don't know how people fall for phishing attempts, if they're as lame as this one...
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:34 AM
Apr 2017

It was probably the who Russians did this shit.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
3. Well, that one was stupid for sure.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:38 AM
Apr 2017

And if you think about it, you realize that you're already logged into your Apple account if you're on an Apple device.

Some of the phishing scams, though, are very well done, and do manage to fool a lot of people. For me, though, the answer has always been never to do anything from any message or email. If I'm not sure, I go log in to the actual site itself from my browser, either from a bookmark or by typing the URL directly into my browser's URL line.

I have just made that an absolute thing, so no phishing attempt will ever suck me in.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
4. Bingo.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:41 AM
Apr 2017

I get an email from my bank, I log into the bank's website to check it. Same goes for everything else, I check the websites.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
5. That pretty much ensures safety.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:43 AM
Apr 2017

I don't know why people don't understand that and follow that practice. Apparently, though, many do not.

Denzil_DC

(7,242 posts)
7. They're after "low-hanging fruit."
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:47 AM
Apr 2017

Sometimes the terrible English is genuinely because the asshole sending it doesn't have it as a first language. But those and the illogicalities you picked up on (and there are often many other sorts of clues) might get past someone who can't untangle their various accounts and logins and isn't web-savvy or particularly smart or isn't paying attention, and they'll be easier meat for whatever the scammer has in mind.

John1956PA

(2,655 posts)
8. How did the scammers know that you use an Apple machine?
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:47 AM
Apr 2017

I am thinking that it might be a blanket emailing scam sent without knowledge of which email holders are using Apple machines.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
9. I don't know how they knew. Probably my IP address.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:51 AM
Apr 2017

But I've been an Apple user since 1994, I guess that they could have figured it out over time or it was a blanket emailing scam, like you say.

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