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Old 16th October 2015 | 13:34
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the_flying_cop
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i got a really clever one this morning, it was rather convincing. It arrived at 1020.

The initial email (all on apple type background) confirming that i had made a purchase of PRO PILOT HD - a sat nav type thing for £34.99. There was a button at the bottom for me to press if i wanted to cancel the purchase. Even the address of the sender was believable.

As it looked legit and I dont normally spend more than £0.79 without breaking into a sweat I was rather purturbed. So i clicked on it and it took me to an apple id login page.

Foolishly I entered my apple id and password into that page and it took me to a further page which wanted all my credit card details and address in order to process the refund.

As i was doing this, a little voice of suspicion told me it sounded a bit off. I thought that it could only have been the wife that had ordered something like this. I went to the app store and confirmed that I had not ordered or downloaded the above app. It does exist however, which makes it even more plausible.

Anyhow, I cleared the page, and also changed my apple password as a matter of urgency.

Once I had done this, I thought i had better have a look at this whole thing again.

So you click on the link from your email, it takes you to the login page. You can enter any old nonsense in there (in the apple id and password section) and it sends you through to the 'refund' page - confirming that it is indeed a scam.


I was rather surprised that i almost got sucked into this one as i am normally quite alert to crap like this. I was annoyed that I hadn't spotted it sooner.

I know it's stating the obvious, but please be cautious with stuff like this. I suppose the first alarm should have gone off when Apple offered to refund something!!!!
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