Online forums suggest at least hundreds of people have fallen for this in recent months, if not many more. In addition, the email was sent to multiple recipients, meaning it was probably a blast to thousands of unsuspecting victims. “All over were little clues that I didn’t pick up right away, so I can see somebody could easily be fooled.”įor instance, iTunes was misspelled as I-Tunes, with a capital “I.” Unfortunately, it appears they already had some of her personal info, which has her nervous. Why would Apple need her Social? Luckily, Wells stopped, before giving a cybercriminal all the information they needed for identity theft. “I clicked on the link, and it then asked for my name and address, and then came the box that asked for my social security Number.” “It said to ‘click here to see the invoice,'” she said. It’s only human nature if you receive a bill for something you know you didn’t order, the first thing you are going to do is cancel or demand a refund. “I thought, ‘I did not buy this, what’s going on here?'” “It said I purchased this app called Basketball Stars,” she said. But Wells is a few years past being a kid, does not have any young children at home and does not play basketball. She had received a receipt from the iTunes store for $40 for a kid’s video game. “I looked at my email and saw I had purchased a basketball game app,” she said. Patricia Wells checked her email the other day and noticed something strange. That’s what happened to a Lawrenceburg, Indiana woman, who learned how easy it is to be scammed, and now wants to warn others. If you buy music, movies, or apps from Apple, you’ve probably seen receipts for iTunes purchases in your inbox.īut what if you didn’t make any purchase?

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