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Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Fake iTunes receipt from phishers targeting Apple users
Date 2017-02-28 20:11 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <ehm3r8F76inU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <8HgtA.675776$Ed5.373290@fx05.fr7> <o945h7$vsa$1@dont-email.me> <o94gb1$5ik$1@dont-email.me>

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On 2017-02-28, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>
> In article <o945h7$vsa$1@dont-email.me>, Alrescha  <alrescha@gmail.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.

Well it's not actually Apple's fault. Geolocation (figuring out where an
IP address resides physically on the map) is not an exact science.

-- 
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JR

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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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