Beware of "Apple ID Will Be Locked - Account Suspension" Phishing Scam

Victims of the Apple phishing scams should change their passwords immediately, and check their accounts and credit card statements for any discrepancy. Victims of the phishing email messages, who are unable to their passwords because their accounts have been hijacked by cyber-criminals, should contact Apple for help.

The Apple Phishing Scams

From: Apple Inc [Apple@eml.co.uk]
Sent: 31 January 2016 12:14
Subject: Apple ID is locked - Apple Support

Valued Customer,

We just need to verify that this email address belongs to you.

Simply click the link below and sign in using your Apple ID and password.

Verify Now >>>

Wondering why you got this email?

It's sent when someone adds or changes a contact email address for an Apple ID account.

If you didn't do this, don't worry. Your email address cannot be used as a contact address for an

Apple ID without your verification.

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Regards,

Apple Inc

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From: AppIe <postamaster@webmaster.com>
Date: 27 January 2016 at 22:28:00 GMT
Subject: Account Suspension

Dear Customer,

We need to ask you to complete a short and brief step to securing and validating your account information.

Click here to complete validation

Failure to complete our validation process will result in a suspension of your Apple ID.

We take every step needed to automatically validate our users, unfortunately in your case we were unable to. The process only takes a couple of minutes and will make sure there is no interruption to your account.

Wondering why you got this email?

This email was sent automatically during routine security checks. We are not completely satisfied with your account information and require you to update your account to continue using our services uninterrupted.

Thanks,

Apple Customer Service

From: limited@apple-lockeds.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:05:45 -0800
Subject: Account will be locked

Dear Client,

We've noticed that some of your account informations appears to be missing or incorrect,your Apple will be locked until we receive respond from you.

We need to verify you account informations in order to continue using your Apple ID

Please Verity your account informations by clicking in the link below.

Confrim My Account

If you didn?t make this change or if you believe

an unauthorized person is attempting to access your account,

you can reset your password by going to My Apple ID.

Regards,
Apple Support

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