A fine bit of Spam

[camerassassin]

for the last 5 days I've been getting some e-mails in - subject line is "Your iPhone/iPad will be locked !"

actual message is

AppIe ID (#email#)
Please be aware that your AppIe ID expire in less than 48h. You've placed
your AppIe ID under the risk of termination by not keeping your information up to date.
go to your AppIe ID and verify your information as soon as soon possible.
Sign in using your AppIe ID to start the process, xxxxxx.
AppIe will require you to sign in by following the link in a verification email and update your information.
This is to help protect your identity and keep your account secure.
Sincerely,
AppIe Support.

Do they think I'm green and cabbage looking - the subject line also says it's from security team @server.capturedes...smedia.com [Who ?? ]

It's a heck of a long 48 hours !! I've lost count of the number I've got - I checked the header and they've all gone to the shredding machine

Oh dear - I suppose some do fall for it - but really with a return address like theirs' ? dear oh dear oh dear

 

[jonbeeza]

My missus used to fall for these, I told her to check where it came from first. She never clicks anything now, without first showing me.

 

[neil_g]

Might want to take the links out

 

[camerassassin]

Link didn't work when I tried it

 

[Cobra]

Link didn't work when I tried it

Guilty as charged, I broke them.

 

[camerassassin]

Oh I am so worried about my Apple ID - here's another one today telling me this time it has actually been suspended

Source showed as << <xxxxxx.praha12.net@.......... .praha12.net

that's a different source from the last 7 warnings about it being suspended

I'm shaking in my shoes

 

[camerassassin]

this is getting very very irritating

Fortunately they are all going to spam [ somehow Virgin's spam filter is actually working for these - it's renowned for not working ]

Today's version - from praha whotsit is an iTunes invoice for

<<Themes Guru - LockScreen Themes & Wallpapers with Creative, v1.1 (4+) Alfred Huang >>

And of course the link to click on if I didn't actually order it

That'll be shining bright !!

 

[Tori_T]

I got an interesting one today; my non-existent NetFlix account had been suspended, pending a verification of my details.
The odd bit was that the dodgy domain the clickylink directed me to didn't exist, and wasn't owned by anyone.
Domain registrars said it was available to buy, and traceroute couldn't resolve it. That must've been one serious takedown.