Warning! "Your AppleID Account was Just used to Sign in from Chrome on MacOS" is a Phishing Scam
The fake email message below with the subject "Your AppleID Account was Just used to Sign in from Chrome on MacOS," which claims that the recipients' Apple IDs were used to sign in from Chrome a MacOS is a phishing scam. The fake email has links in it that go to a phishing Apple website which steals account usernames and password. 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 cyber crooks have gotten possession of the stolen account credentials, they will use it to hijack their victims’ Apple accounts and use the same accounts fraudulently.
The "Your AppleID account was just used to sign in from Chrome on MacOS" Phishing Scam
From: "AppleID Team Service" service2@noreplyaccount applenumber271342236124 telkomselincorectnewloginfomunirted statespelsaeloginnow.live.mail.com
Date: January 8, 2018 at 2:51:26 PM EST
Subject: Your AppleID account was just used to sign in from Chrome on MacOS
New sign in from Chrome on MacOS
Dear deniesel@aol.com,
Your AppleID account was just used to sign in from Chrome on MacOS
MacOS
Today, 7th January 2018 06.18 (WIB)
Area Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia*
Chrome
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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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