Watch out, Apple fans – this scary scam is stealing personal accounts with real Apple Support tickets

• Phishers are targeting Apple users in a new scam to steal Apple Accounts
• The scam harnesses genuine Apple Support emails to fool victims
• Always verify by calling Apple and never hand out authentication codes

Would you trust an unsolicited caller who claimed to be from Apple if their call lined up with genuine alerts from Apple’s own website? That creates a sense of trust, and it’s exactly that feeling of authenticity that scammers are exploiting in an active campaign that’s targeting Apple users and attempting to steal their account details.

For Apple user Eric Moret, that risk was all too real. As detailed in a Medium blog post, Moret received a text message out of the blue that contained a two-factor authentication (2FA) sign-in code, even though he was not attempting to sign in to any of his accounts. One minute later, he ...