Emergency warning to 1.8 billion iPhone users for new fraud that empties bank accounts

A new warning was issued to all iPhone users about a fraud that exploits Apple servers themselves to send fake shopping alerts. According to a Bleeping Computer report, hackers create fake emails that appear as shopping notifications, coming directly from the technology company. The warning was issued after a user report, which shared a suspicious email containing a false PayPal payment and a message number for contact in case he wanted to challenge the charge. Email said: “Dear customer, your PayPal account has been charged $ 599. We confirm the receipt of your recent payment, ”displaying sender shows [email protected]. According to the Daily Mail, in fact, phishing email was an invitation from the iCloud Calendar, with the text of fraud hidden in the Notes field and sent to a Microsoft 365 address controlled by the attacker. When such an event is created, Apple automatically sends email from their […]
Source: News Beast

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