Warning - "Your Apple iCloud ID Has Been Expired" is a Phishing Scam
The "Your Apple iCloud ID Has Been Expired" email message below is a scam. Therefore, recipients of such email (see sample below) are asked not to follow the instructions in it because this is another attempt by cybercriminals to steal their Apple account credentials. 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.
Sample of the "Your Apple iCloud ID Has Been Expired" Phishing Scam
From: "Apple Inc" - hello@mail-2.hive.co
Date: February 11, 2018 at 6:57:12 PM CST
Subject: Your ID iCloud Has Ben Expired !!
Reply-To: reply@mail-reply.hive.co
Apple Inc
Hey Dear,
We need you to login/and verify Your-information right now your-account is already/Blocked.
This is the last warning if you didn't verify, your Account ID will be deleted.
Verify Now
Thank you for your Support and your trust,
Sincerely,
AppleiSupport
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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Note: Some of the information in samples on this website may have been impersonated or spoofed.