[X4U] Billing problem

[Neil]

I got an e-mail apparently from Apple saying that the credit card I  
have on file is about to expire.  That is what reminded me to renew  
my .mac.  Anyway, after I bought a cheap activation code from  
Amazon.com, I went back to the original e-mail and noticed that it was  
a phishing expedition.  I just happens that they sent the e-mail when  
my credit card was really about to expire and my .mac is almost due  
for renewal.  OTOH, a lot of people renew at the same time in early  
October because that is when they first started charging.

On Aug 4, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Linda wrote:

> On 8/4/08 4:56 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>
>> A few days ago I bought some music from iTunes.  No wI got a mail
>> asking if I had changed my card or some other information.
>> And there was a link to go further.  I did that and got immediately a
>> new window which told me that it was a fraud.
>> It's the first time I got a message that a site is monitored.  How on
>> earth could they know that I had ordered something from iTunes?
>
> They didn't. I got the same email over the weekend -- and I have  
> purchased
> nothing from iTunes in weeks. It's called "phishing" and sometimes  
> they are
> lucky that people believe the email is real. The fact that you'd  
> just made a
> purchase from iTunes is just a coincidence.
>
> ~Linda