Ok so I got an email from apple thanking me for my recent iMac purchase, and saying like links for get to know your Mac and such. I didn't buy an iMac so what does this mean? Or is it a mistake or did apple accidentally send me a new iMac?
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Just got an email from apple about my new iMac? I didnt buy a new iMac lol wtf?
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Perhaps its a phishing attempt.
I never click on a link from an email I was not expecting, i.e., a credit card company telling me that there's something wrong with my account, or facebook telling me I need to change my password, etc etc.
I go right to the sight to investigate.
I never click on a link from an email I was not expecting, i.e., a credit card company telling me that there's something wrong with my account, or facebook telling me I need to change my password, etc etc.
I go right to the sight to investigate.
I would also log into my account to see if there's anything odd going on. Also check with you're credit card company to make sure there isn't a charge for an iMac if you have a cc on record with iTunes or the Apple store.
Only 15 so no credit card. Didn't click links but it's just really weird. Should I log into my iTunes and check that?
Yeah, I'm about 99.9% sure you're being phished. A proper email would likely have come from an @apple.com address.
Yes it is phishing.
I did a search and found this:
https://techhelplist.com/index.php/spam-list/420-your-apple-billing-information-phishing
There are lots of other articles and topics about it
https://www.google.com/search?q=insideapple.apple.com scam
I did a search and found this:
https://techhelplist.com/index.php/spam-list/420-your-apple-billing-information-phishing
There are lots of other articles and topics about it
https://www.google.com/search?q=insideapple.apple.com scam
For the record, these types of emails is probably how a lot of celebrities accounts got hacked a couple weeks ago.
That is a real apple address, I get emails from it all the time about iPhone, etc. It is definitely not fake. Most apple emails from from insideapple.apple.com addresses.
Getting one about a new machine from that address is not normal however. They would generally come from concierge@insideapple.apple.com
Getting one about a new machine from that address is not normal however. They would generally come from concierge@insideapple.apple.com
Absolutely.
Couple this with the facts that:
Celebrities get offered free stuff (swag bags) all the time
and
Apple is known to give things away quietly
then you have the perfect storm.
I can see it now: "Jane, we have a new iMac all set for you! Just log into your apple account here and confirm this is you and we'll set up a delivery time/method"
Boom.
The "InsideApple.Apple.com" address is "real" (valid), but the address can easily be spoofed in an email, e.g., the "from" field displays who the message is from, but this can be easily forged.
However, if you look at a given email's full headers you can determine where a message has actually been sent from by looking for the first "received" field, which is usually the reliable as it identifies the machine from which the mail was (first) received
Looking at the email's full headers, start reading from the bottom of the header, and working your way up to the first "Received: from" line. That line will show the email server that the mail was originally sent from.
Yes of course, any address can be spoofed. My response was to the people who said "100% fake" or "99.9% sure you are being spoofed."
In others words, I wasn't saying the email themselves were real, simply that they are valid addresses from Apple.
You apparently missed the point -- read the full email headers, from bottom to top, and look for the first "Received: from" line which is the most reliable source of info about where the message originally came from.
