Your AppleID has Been Disabled Scam Email Messages

The fake email message below which claims that the recipients' Apple IDs have been disabled because an unusual activity has been detected on their accounts is a phishing scam. The fake email has links in it that go to a phishing Apple website which steals account usernames and passwords. The phishing website steals account credentials by asking visitors to sign-in with their Apple account usernames and passwords. Now, any attempt to sign into the fake or phishing website will result in the visitors’ Apple account credentials being sent to the cybercriminals responsible for the scam. Once the cybercrooks have gotten possession of the stolen account credentials, they will use it to hijack their victims’ Apple accounts and use the same accounts fraudulently.

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Your AppleID has Been Disabled Scam Email Messages

A "Your AppleID has Been Disabled" Scam

Subject: Re: Your AppleID has Been Disabled

Date: Thu 20/07/2017 09:59

Dear Customer,

We've detected unusual activity in your account, Therefore, your account has been temporarily disabled. This may occur when you sign in from new device or when our system detect some missing/incorrect information in your account. Please take a moment of your time to verify your account and enable your access immediately.

https://appleid.apple.com/verify-account-information/ v?=3478963478965983689546783658436

Wondering why you got this email?

* When you sign in from new device or location.

* When your account billing information are missing or incorrect.

* Sometimes your account maybe gets disabled when you chargeback a purchase in your iTunes account.

Best Regards

Customer Support

Apple users should never click on a link in an email message to sign into their accounts. They should instead, go directly to https://appleid.apple.com/ and sign-in from there. If there is something wrong with their accounts, they will be alerted after signing in. Users who were tricked by the phishing scam, are asked to change their Apple account passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently. For those users who are unable to change their passwords, are asked to contact Apple Technical Support for help.

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July 24, 2019 at 7:00 AM by
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"From: AppIe Service <geiuoh-1dz387-guwegh-7036-1dz387w@cost-admiral.com>

Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 06:38:31 AM CDT

Subject: [Recent Alert] : Your Account has been disabled #7036786300.

Your AppIe ID has been disabled

For your safety, Your AppIe ID, has been automatically disabled. We have prevented an unusual sign attempt on your AppIe account.

This may have been because you're signing in from a new location or from different device.

Please review the sign in details below.

Your account has been disabled for following reason :

July 24 2019 : We chek your account log in with other device.

July 25 2019 : Your account has been disabled until this issue has been resolved, we will wait for 1 week or your account has been disabled permanently.

Please verify your account informations by clicking on the link below

Verify Account

What to do next :

Verify your Apple account and provide the requested information before 1 week. Through the account review, if we don't receive the information before this deadline, your account access may be further disable permanently.

AppIe Support."

Here is another scam.

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July 14, 2019 at 11:18 AM by
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"From: AppIe Service <purelitil-O1y24Q-jablaymurah-5736-o1y24qr@orangeshopc.com>

Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2019, 10:00:59 AM EDT

Subject: [Recent Alert] : Your Apple ID was used to sign in to iCloud via a web browser #5736752227.

Your AppIe ID has been disabled

For your safety, Your AppIe ID, [email address] has been automatically disabled. We have prevented an unusual sign attempt on your AppIe account.

This may have been because you're signing in from a new location or from different device.

Please review the sign in details below.

Your account has been disabled for following reason :

July 14 2019 : We chek your account log in with other device.

July 15 2019 : Your account has been disabled until this issue has been resolved, we will wait for 1 week or your account has been disabled permanently.

Please verify your account informations by clicking on the link below

Verify Account

What to do next :

Verify your Apple account and provide the requested information before 1 week. Through the account review, if we don't receive the information before this deadline, your account access may be further disable permanently.

AppIe Support."

Here is another scam.

Delete

June 21, 2019 at 4:10 PM by
Your AppleID has Been Disabled Scam Email Messages
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"From: "AppleID" <BG0y0dSj.0cPKPKbJ-article.El5VqEEg@IdJmaooE.sportsarticle.akusayangopan.com>

Date: June 21, 2019 at 10:32:23 PM EDT

Subject: [ Reminder ] : We've Disabled Your Apple ID

Weekly newsletter of CyanVariable360 Studios

As part of our Security Agreement we have disabled your Apple ID.

Just one more thing to do: click the big confirm button to reactivate your Apple ID

Reactivate Account"

Here is another scam.

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March 17, 2019 at 11:46 PM by
Your AppleID has Been Disabled Scam Email Messages
an anonymous user from: Madison, Wisconsin, United States

I just got one the other day. The website link looked very 'official' and if it hadn't tried to ask me for my social security number I might actually have fallen for it.

Here's what exactly was in the email:

"We’ve disablеd your Applе ID. myappleaccountemail@yahoo.com

Rеviеw all the pеrsonal and sеcurity information in your account. You can rе-active your account by following instructions.

http://appleid.apple.com/auth/verify?id=I199L

If we do not hеar from you within 48 hours, your iCloud will be suspеndеd and any savеd accounts and information will bе lost!"

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January 14, 2019 at 8:26 PM by
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Here is another scam:

"From: Support App ID <infodoms3@transferdataclassic.com>

Subject: [ACCOUNT] Your account has been temporarily disabled for security reason!

Date: January 14, 2019 at 5:52:28 AM PST

Your Apple ID was used to sign in to a new web browser."

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December 6, 2018 at 9:27 AM by
Your AppleID has Been Disabled Scam Email Messages
an anonymous user from: Beaverton, Oregon, United States

I got the this scam email but I didnt pay attention to it. I did give all the informations included my SSN. Any ideas what should I do now. Thanks.

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October 11, 2018 at 11:05 AM by
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Here is another scam:

"From: "Apple" <emaillingpostmaster.rijysns@rijysnsbi.my.maulanyamaulana.com>

Date: October 11, 2018 at 2:05:53 AM PDT

Subject: Your AppleID Has Been Disabled

Cotton Bureau

We’ve disablеd your Applе ID. arpena78@yahoo.com

Rеviеw all the pеrsonal and sеcurity information in your account. You can rе-active your account by following instructions.

If we do not hеar from you within 48 hours, your iCloud will be suspеndеd and any savеd accounts and information will bе lost!"

Delete

October 7, 2018 at 11:26 PM by
Your AppleID has Been Disabled Scam Email Messages
an anonymous user from: Blooming Grove, New York, United States

Here’s the one I just received...

"From: "service@id.apple.com" <noreply-postmaster.vvfohcl@vvfohclda.my.syupersyuprem.com>

Date: October 7, 2018 at 6:01:03 PM CDT

To: k***@yahoo.com

Subject: [Required Notification] Your AppleID Has Been Disabled

Cotton Bureau

We’ve disablеd your Applе ID. k***@yahoo.com

Rеviеw all the pеrsonal and sеcurity information in your account. You can rе-active your account by following instructions.

http://appleid.apple.com/auth/verify?id=D5S5V

If we do not hеar from you within 48 hours, your iCloud will be suspеndеd and any savеd accounts and information will bе lost!

Apple, Inc.

Copyright, 2018"

Delete

September 24, 2018 at 12:37 PM by
Your AppleID has Been Disabled Scam Email Messages
an anonymous user from: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Check the spelling of iCloud in emails asking you to check/verify/access your account.

Depending on your selected font, a capital "I" (eye) can look virtually the same as a lowercase "l" (ell). I received a warning email and HAPPENED to notice that the (ell) in "believe" looked different to the (ell) in iCIoud ... or any of the other (ells) in the message.

So with all the (ells) in the whole message they forgot to change the one (ell) in "believe" to an uppercase (eye).

If you copy/paste the text of their message into a MS Word (or any word processor program) you can change the fonts of the entire message and the differences will pop. Times New Roman worked rather well for me.

Here's the actual message I received:

SNIP>>

Your AppIe ID was used to sign in to iCIoud via a web browser.

IP Address: 81.23.109.186 (Moscow, Russia)

Browser: Chrome

Operating System: Windows

For your protection, your AppIe ID is automaticaIIy Iocked.

If you have not signed in to iCIoud recently and believe someone may have accessed your account, go to AppIe ID https://appIeid.apple.com/secure and verif your account.

AppIe Support

<<SNIP

Also note the "verif" typo. Hope this helps someone.

tn

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September 11, 2018 at 4:46 AM by
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Here is another scam:

"From: AppIe Notices <noreply-unchjakardah-7.1-totskahmemskah@yarahprihatini.cc>

Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2018 10:31 AM

Subject: Re: 📧 [New Notification] [Summary Service Added] We've sent notifications the last issues of your account was updated, received on email Sept 6, 2018 [FWD] ...

Dear Client,

On September 6, 2018. your account was logged into an untrusted device

There has been a big change in account activity.To protect you, we have disabled your account.

Please follow the steps below to update your payment information:

1.

Please login to your account.

2.

Unlock account

3.

Update billing information on Mac or iPhone.

Please login to your account

Login to Аpрle lD

The iCloud Team"

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