Hi y'all and thanks for reading this.
If you or someone in your household has any piece of equipment from Apple, like an iPhone, iPad, iPod or the like then
this is for you!
Since iPhones a.s.o. are so common nowadays the crooks are targeting you. Look at the email I just got in a partial screen shot of the Thunderbird screen:
I have marked the give-away items with colored rectangles as follows:
Blue: I don't have an Apple account! Ha, ha, ha.
Purple: The email does not even come from Apple!
Green: My cursor pointing to the "Verify..." button.
Red: The URL (web site address) that the "Verify..." button actually is pointing to; it has NOTHING AT ALL to do with Apple.
To be addressed as "Dear ejheinze@att.net" is so unprofessional this alone would be reason enough to click on the Delete button!
The item in the red rectangle I see only because I told my email program to show this and because the cursor is on the "Verify..." button. I believe none of this needs further clarification. Should you have any questions please feel free to ask me, preferably in an email.
A general remark:
If the program you use to read your emails
does not show you any of the information in blue, purple and red
then you potentially endanger your computer!
does not show you any of the information in blue, purple and red
then you potentially endanger your computer!
Any Questions? Please feel free to ask me, preferably in an email.
Stay safe.