Apple is one of the top service providers in terms of entertainment, apps, and electronics. Due to Apple’s success as far as consumers go, it comes with susceptibility to fraud and scams. Apple is aware of this and offers support and advice to their consumers who experienced fraud from those phishing for personal and financial information. (Please reference their support site for tips on how to protect your Apple ID.) According to APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report*, it is stated that the number of phishing site as of the first quarter of 2020 was up 165,772.
A tale-tale indication of a phishing attempt occurring, for example, could be a link from Apple stating that your ‘payment was declined,’ and a ‘new payment method needs to be inputted.’ When clicking the link, the culprit of the Apple scam being used will lead you to another webpage that replicates Apple’s payment page. This is where the consumer will fill in the payment method which then will complete the phishing attempt successfully….
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