iTunes Scam Mail Virus | Ramblings of an e-trader

Saturday, 2 October 2010

iTunes Scam Mail Virus

Last night, I received an email that looks like it was an invoice from iTunes. Although I am an iTunes customer and have two accounts at the iTunes app store, I did not register my accounts with this particular email address, so that gave away the fact that this was a scam.

Besides, I have been reading about people saying that their credit cards linked to iTunes have been charged without their knowledge so any email from 'iTunes' is suspicious. Also, although I have two iTunes accounts, IO did not link any credit or debit card with my accounts. In addition, I only download free apps from the iTunes Store so how could I run up a bill to the tune of US$900? I trashed the mail.

My sister also received a similar email, and she unknowingly clicked on the link that was in the email. She said that because of that, her computer was infected with a virus that took technicians two hours to clear! She also called up Apple, who told her that the email was fake. Oh well, that's after clicking on the link!

If you receive an email from iTunes, better make sure that it's authentic. I'm sure you would know how many apps that you have downloaded from iTunes, and their prices, right?

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