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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users |
| Date | 2017-02-28 22:32 +0000 |
| Organization | Miskatonic U |
| Message-ID | <slrnobbunn.9dl.g.kreme@snow.local> (permalink) |
| References | <8HgtA.675776$Ed5.373290@fx05.fr7> <o945h7$vsa$1@dont-email.me> <o94gb1$5ik$1@dont-email.me> <280220171406167339%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
In message <280220171406167339%nospam@nospam.invalid> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <o94gb1$5ik$1@dont-email.me>, Patty Winter > <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote: >> >I have seen a fake "Your Apple ID () was used to sign into iCloud" >> >email. It was not to an address that I use for iCloud but it did make >> >me pause. >> >> I paused recently when I got an authentication request about an >> attempted login supposedly from a town 15 miles away from me. In >> fact, it happened more than once. I don't know why Apple's authentication >> servers thought I was so far away from my actual location. > because that's where your isp geolocated to, and 15 miles is not at all > far. many people drive much, much more than that just to commute to > work. Hell, I drive nearly that far to get coffee. > my isp geolocates to a town 50+ miles away. When I first got my Comcast (business) connection in this house it showed my location in a small town in Colorado (Craig), which is approximately 4 hours away from Denver, where I am. I don't know if it ever got updated because when they came out for the 5th time to fix something they replaced the modem and claimed they had to assign me a new IP. -- Adolescence is the period between childhood and adultery
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Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-28 15:29 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 10:40 -0500
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-28 17:40 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-02-28 18:42 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-28 14:06 -0500
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-28 21:20 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-02-28 22:32 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-28 20:11 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-02-28 22:20 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-28 15:43 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-28 17:42 +0000
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-02-28 09:16 -0800
Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-28 17:38 +0000
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