Yes, I concur with Peter (H)'s advice there. You do not want to fall for the bait of replying to something the slightest bit dodgy looking. My wife who is very disciplined in reviewing daily all credit card transactions on the banking app recently noted 5 transactions in the space of 24 hours. Chronologically > $0.99, $0.99, $67.00, $154.00, $167.00. They were ALL transactions from Apple on the credit card statement. Upon noting this, she immediately called the bank to report and shut down the credit card which had clearly been compromised. The $0.99 transactions were the giveaway "test" transactions by the perpetrator as a means to test the card for being able to be hit with dodgy transactions. All costs were reimbursed and a new physical card issued. Fortunately through all of this, Apple Pay continues to function with no discontinuity, so is a good thing to have set up as a fallback should you ever find yourself in this position of reluctance to cancel your card, you can still buy stuff over the counter.
Regards Pete. Go Eagles! and Pies! ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: Cc: Sent:Fri, 10 May 2019 07:57:38 +0800 Subject:Re: Something I didn't buy > On 9 May 2019, at 9:42 pm, Pat wrote: > > I received an email today which may or may not have come from Apple. It says, “Your Apple Subscription Receipt” (to Netflix). But, I did not order a subscription. I think it is probably a scam, although it looks very authentic. One anomaly is that where it says ‘you can cancel a Subscription at any time: Cancel/Refund Subscription’ there is no URL. > > The email did not say ‘No Reply’, so I did reply, but it bounced. > > What recourse do I have? > 1. Always, always, ALWAYS make it your first order of business to check the sending address of the email. If it has genuinely come from Apple, the sending address will end in .apple.com. If its some variant of .apple.xxx.com, or something else that doesn’t evem contain the word “apple”, you can be sure it didn’t come from anyone at Apple. Likewise, a genuine email from Netflix will end in .netflix.com, not some variant of .netflix.xxx.com. You can check the sending address byt rolling over the address at the very top of the email and clicking on the little disclosure trinagle that appears (assuming you’re using Mail). 2. Never, never, NEVER reply to suspicious emails. It’s just inviting a ton of trouble. It confirms that your email address is real, inviting a potential flood of spam from the same source or others. Kind regards, Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Settings & Unsubscribe -
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