{"id":1540,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1540"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Fake-Spotify-Premium-Receipts-Being-Used-to-Steal-Apple-IDs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1540","title":{"rendered":"Fake Spotify Premium Receipts Being Used to Steal Apple IDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This email, which \u00a0purports to be an Apple payment notification, confirms that you have purchased a yearly subscription to Spotify Premium for $150.99. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The message includes a link that supposedly allows you to cancel or review your subscription. It is signed by &#8220;The Spotify Team&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not from Apple and has no connection to Spotify. And the claim that your Apple store account has been used to purchase this Spotify subscription is untrue.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the email is a phishing scam designed to steal your Apple ID, your credit card numbers, and other personal information.<\/p>\n<p>The criminals responsible for this phishing attack are banking on the fact that at least a few recipients, believing that a mistake has been made or their account has been compromised, \u00a0 will click the &#8220;cancel&#8221; link.<\/p>\n<p>If you do click the link, you will be taken to a bogus web page that closely \u00a0emulates the \u00a0genuine Apple website.<\/p>\n<p>When you arrive on the fake page, you will be instructed \u00a0to log in \u00a0using your Apple ID and password. This information can later be collected by criminals and used to hijack your Apple account. They can then use the account to make fraudulent purchases, steal personal information, and send spam and scam messages in your name.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/apple-music-membership-invoice-phishing-scam-email\/\">Apple &#8220;cancel order&#8221; scams<\/a> will also take you to a second page and ask you to complete a refund \u00a0form. The form asks for your credit card details, ostensibly as a means of verifying your identity and allowing the refund to be processed. It will also ask for your name and address details and further identifying \u00a0information. When you complete the form, you may see a message indicating that you have successfully cancelled the Spotify subscription.<\/p>\n<p>The criminals can harvest this information and use it to commit credit card fraud and identity theft. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> \u00a0<a title=\"Apple 'Your Order Has Been Placed' Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/apple-your-order-has-been-placed-phishing-scam\/\">Apple phishing scam messages<\/a> \u00a0like this \u00a0one are \u00a0<a title=\"'Apple &amp; iCloud ID Cancellation' Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/apple-icloud-id-cancellation-phishing-scam\/\">very common<\/a>. An article<a title=\"Phishing &amp; Other Suspicious Emails\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/legal\/more-resources\/phishing\/\"> \u00a0on \u00a0the Apple website \u00a0<\/a>explains how to recognize and report such scam attempts.<\/p>\n<h2>A screenshot of the scam email:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-spotify-premium-receipts-being-used-to-steal-apple-ids\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"634,753\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1-253x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22450 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fake Spotify Subscription Email\" width=\"634\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1-500x594.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spotify-subscription-apple-scam-211018-1-585x695.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Image originally published on Reddit.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-spotify-premium-receipts-being-used-to-steal-apple-ids\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-spotify-premium-receipts-being-used-to-steal-apple-ids\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This email, which \u00a0purports to be an Apple payment notification, confirms that you have purchased a yearly subscription to Spotify Premium for $150.99. \u00a0 The message includes a link that supposedly allows you to cancel or review your subscription. It is signed by &#8220;The Spotify Team&#8221;. However, the email is not from Apple and has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}