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I just received a text message as an [Apple Security Alert] stating,
we have noticed that your Apple id was used at “APPLE STORE” for $143.95, paid by Apple Pay Pre Authorization.
This appears to be a phishing scam?
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iPhone 13, iOS 17
THANKS FOR POSTING THIS! I just got it too — assumed it was a scam — never had received anything like that before from Apple. But was immediately confirmed for me when I googled about the scam, and you'd put "$143.95" in your post, which is the same amount they had in my scam text. Another way the scammers try to get you: it says, "Failing [to call the number] may lead to auto debit and charge will not be reversed" So I went straight to all my payment accounts and there were no flags, no charges...then googled the number to see if it was legit — none of the prefixes matched the normal support numbers for Apple. I didn't click any of the links within the text, but typed the apple support url they had, separately into my browser, and that was the correct url, so we know clicking their link within the text would've given them what they wanted — remember, just because it says a legitimate url DOES NOT MEAN it links to a legitimate url, so NEVER click a live link within a suspicious text. Conclusion: sneaky, perhaps getting more subtle and clever, but just another scam, successfully dodged. I hit "delete/report" junk. And will now go update passwords next.
sarausername wrote:
Same. Just received the exact same. Literally identical. They're still scamming.
Yes, they are, because it works well enough to generate billions of dollars in revenue from people who fail to realize it is a scam (that is not an exaggeration, by the way). I’m glad to see that you recognize a scam when you see one.
WOW, I too just received a text " We have noticed that your Apple iCloud id was recently used at "APPLE STORE-CA" for $ 143.95, paid by Apple Pay Pre-Authorization. Also some suspicious sign in request detected. yada yada yada, keeps going on and wants you to call some +1 828xxxxxxx number.. I knew this was a scam BECAUSE,, I do not use Apple Pay and have no payment platform set up on my phone. Also the phone number is not correct for U.S.A.. It is comfort to see 'other' people report on this and yes, ironically the same dollar amount is listed. I just hope that individuals that 'use' Apple Pay do not fall for this.
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I got a text message saying this, I didn’t call because I have been scammed before!
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i received the same text today.
I just got this same text same price of $143.95. Very odd, stay on the lookout!
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I received this text today. So thankful for this discussion board.
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I got this text this morning & it just doesn't seem legit. Has anyone else gotten one of these?
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I hope you did change your Apple ID.
Me too
Thank you for posting this. I just received this exact same text message today
How do I show a screen shot on here of the scam???
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I got the same type of text except it said [Transaction-Apple] and I don’t see anyone else’s comment about having that as their introduction ???
Why am I re roving a verification address stoping me from download app?
I did not make that recent purchase for 143.95. Some one has stole that account infor
I've gotten a couple of these emails. I don’t click on the link and I block the sender
Identifying Phishing Scams in text messages
