[X4U] Billing problem

Michael Elliott michaelelliott at mac.com
Thu Aug 7 18:38:35 PDT 2008


Got the same type of email. The link resolved to somewhere in the .ws  
domain.  Can't remember what the WHOIS database said, but obviously  
didn't click the link.



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On Aug 4, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Linda <xpressobean at mac.com> 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
>
>
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