I seem to be getting more and more of these, always in my @me account..gambling, video links etc. etc.
Anyone else noticed that their Apple based accounts are generating more spam lately?
My Apple-related accounts (e.g. icloud.com, etc) generate zero spam. That's because I don't tell anyone about that email address. Apple is the only one that knows my email account exists. And for the most part, Apple respects it when I tell them I choose to "opt out" of iTunes and App Store promotions and sales events. The ONLY email I get from that account is whenever I buy something online from Apple (e.g. a paid download from the App Store), and so Apple sends me the receipts of the transaction.
The smart thing I did years ago was to create a secondary email address on Gmail, and THAT is the email address I tell my friends, enemies, relatives, my boss, The Devil, my ex-girlfriend, as well as the Starbucks barista that asks me "Hey dude, if you give us your email address we will send you a free promo code for your next free frappuccino, duuuude!"
My Gmail account is my crapmail depository. For the most part, I ignore it for weeks. And when I check it once a month, 99% of the mail waiting for me is already in the Spam folder ready to be deleted.