Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/07

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Subject: [Leica] Apple scam
From: lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 13:13:01 -0500

If you use a Mac and have an Apple ID, be sure to check your credit card 
bill for unauthorized charges. On Feb. 24 my Apple account was charged $1799 
USD for the purchase of a Macbook. The charge was from India. A few days 
later I was charged a similar amount for laptop order placed in Singapore. 
It was impossible for me to have placed either order since I was in hospital 
for an operation at the time. Apple fortunately refused to honor either 
order and disabled my account. However I did receive an official looking 
communication from Apple requesting my ID and credit card information to 
reinstate the account.?

I called Apple directly and was told that it was a phishing message and that 
I should call my credit card company to terminate any Apple payments on my 
account.

Apparently a large number of Apple IDs have been hijacked and sold in Asia 
and the Indian subcontinent. I was fortunate in detecting the false order 
immediately. Even so, it was a lot of trouble. If you are not diligent it 
may cost you considerable time and money.

Larry Z


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