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The "Your Apple ID has been Locked" scam below with a link to onlinehome.us and which purports to be from Apple claiming the recipients' Apple ID is locked because a service has detected two unauthorized devices, is a phishing scam. Scammers are sending the fake and phishing text to potential victims with a link to a fake Apple website that steals account credentials, personal, and financial information.
Your Apple ID has been locked.We have locked your Apple ID because our service has detected two unauthorized devices. To unlock your account, you required verify your Apple ID.Click the link below to unlock your Apple ID.http://s948425084.onlinehome.us/Your account will be automatically unlock, after finishing the verification.Copyright © 2023 Apple Distribution International, Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Irlande.All rights reserved.
Your Apple ID has been locked.
We have locked your Apple ID because our service has detected two unauthorized devices. To unlock your account, you required verify your Apple ID.
Click the link below to unlock your Apple ID.
http://s948425084.onlinehome.us/
Your account will be automatically unlock, after finishing the verification.
Copyright © 2023 Apple Distribution International, Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Irlande.
All rights reserved.
If you want to check if your Apple ID is locked or not, go directly to https://appleid.apple.com. If your ID was locked for security reasons you will be notified after attempting to sign in.
If you were tricked by the Apple ID Locked scam, please change your Apple password immediately, before your account is hijacked and used fraudulently. And, contact Apple for help.
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Wondering why they don't shut this guy down. His site/contact info is on whois.com. This is 4th message pretending to be Amazon message......Your Amazon Account on hold due to a billing issue. U͏n͏f͏o͏r͏t͏u͏n͏a͏t͏e͏l͏y͏, W͏e͏ h͏a͏d͏ t͏o͏ d͏i͏s͏a͏b͏l͏e͏ y͏o͏u͏r͏ A͏͏m͏͏a͏͏z͏͏o͏͏n͏͏ a͏c͏c͏o͏u͏n͏t͏.Re͏͏c͏͏o͏͏v͏͏e͏͏r͏͏y͏͏ y͏͏o͏͏u͏͏r͏͏ a͏͏c͏͏c͏͏o͏͏u͏͏n͏͏t͏͏ i͏͏m͏͏m͏͏e͏͏d͏͏i͏͏a͏͏t͏͏e͏͏l͏͏y͏͏ c͏͏l͏͏i͏͏c͏͏k͏͏ l͏͏i͏͏n͏͏k͏͏ b͏͏e͏͏l͏͏l͏͏o͏͏w͏͏: http://s952240024.onlinehome.usP͏l͏e͏a͏s͏e͏ t͏a͏k͏e͏ a͏c͏t͏i͏o͏n͏ o͏n͏ y͏o͏u͏r͏ a͏c͏c͏o͏u͏n͏t͏ w͏i͏t͏h͏i͏n͏ 4͏8͏ h͏o͏u͏r͏s͏ t͏o͏ a͏v͏o͏i͏d͏ p͏e͏r͏m͏a͏n͏e͏n͏t͏ s͏u͏s͏p͏e͏n͏s͏i͏o͏n͏.Regards,Amazon Service
Most scammers that run websites obviously are smart enough to not use their identity.They trick an older person in to giving them their Identity. This means that the website could be being run under a stole identity.
Same scam saying my Amazon account is locked
Report this to abuse-ionos.com
Out of curiosity who’s that? I got one of these too and I’d be happy to
I just received the same message though purportedly from Paypal. These folks need to have their oxygen privileges taken away.