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Title: iTunes Gift Card phishing email
Post by: *wheels* on May 07, 2010, 06:01:18 PM

I've just received a dodgy looking email telling me that I have received an iTunes Gift Certificate



Supposed sender: consultants@itunes.com
Subject line: Thank you for buying iTunes Gift Certificate!
Message:
Hello!

You have received an iTunes Gift Certificate in the amount of $50.00 You can find your certificate code in attachment  below.

Then you need to open iTunes. Once you verify your account, $50.00 will be credited to your account, so you can start buying music, games, video  right away.


iTunes Store.




http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au/news/40656-iTunes-gift-card-phishing-scam-emerges

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/phishing-apple-gift-cards

Title: Re: iTunes Gift Card phishing email
Post by: Poddy on May 07, 2010, 06:06:28 PM

Its never ending :(

Title: Re: iTunes Gift Card phishing email
Post by: *wheels* on May 07, 2010, 06:25:09 PM

They've picked the wrong target in me.

What would I want an iTunes gift card for? I don't iPod or iPhone or iAnything else!  :shakehead:

Title: Re: iTunes Gift Card phishing email
Post by: Poddy on May 07, 2010, 08:05:28 PM

it was directed direclty at Tessa hahaha, hope she can resist

Title: Re: iTunes Gift Card phishing email
Post by: Centuries on May 07, 2010, 11:45:53 PM

Makes me annoyed to think of how many people are caught by that type of lure.

Title: Re: iTunes Gift Card phishing email
Post by: *FluffyDuckee* on May 08, 2010, 06:58:39 PM

I got one of those too.  I didn't click on the link because I knew I hadn't bought anything or used Itunes.  But I could imagine that someone who was buying app or tunes all the time would possibly think it was genuine.