Change your Apple ID password & if you use the old password for any other services change it on them also. Run scans using your antivirus / antimalware software to check the state of your system; if you don't feel confident in doing this engage a local technition to do it for you at a small cost.
On 11/4/14, RobH. <[email protected]> wrote: > Ignore, delete, that is fishing for enough details to screw you. > > RobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Mader" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 12:51 PM > Subject: I need some assistance, I'm getting an email from Apple saying that > > my account has been locked anyone else getting this and what is it? > > > Hello, I have a question for all of you on the VI phone list. > So I keep getting this email, and it says "your Apple online access has been > > temporarily locked quote "click here to confirm it and unlock "then, it > wants my username, and password. Then it want my credit card number, which > to me seemed a little bit suspicious, so I did not go any further. And I'm > about to change my password. I would like to know if anyone can tell me if > this is a real legitimate email or not? Do I need to confirm my account with > > them or is this just a hoax? Also The strangest part, was that it opens up > and IP address, instead of ID.apple.com. So I'm kind of concerned about > this.and they sort of don't know what to do with it. Just to see what would > > happen to see if it would prompt me for the other message it did with the > credit card number, I did click the link and I saw where it said this > account has been suspended and nothing else. Awfully strange. I would think > > that if Apple wanted to suspend my account, I couldn't download from the app > > store. I just downloaded a dark room for the app store so something really > strange is going on. Sorry if there are any errors in this message, I am > dictating to my iPhone at this point and I do apologize if there are any > mess ups LOL. Thank you all for your help, I do appreciate it. Should I > maybe call Apple and conferment? Just out of wonder and again I do > appreciate all of your help. Jerry Mader > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
