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"According to Intego's Mac Security Blog, scammers are going after Apple users, trying to get their billing information.  It's probably a hot time of year for these phishing attacks, since a lot of people probably got new Apple products for Christmas.\r\n\r\nThe attack started on Christmas day and have the subject line:\r\n\r\nApple update your Billing Information.\r\n\r\nOf course, whenever you get an email asking you to update your billing information, it's probably a fake.  That's not to say that this attack won't be successful, with a lot of new Apple customers seeing the email.  Apple only asks you to update your account billing in its store and on one of its devices when making a purchase. \r\n\r\nThis is what the rest of the email looks like:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe email looks legit enough at first glance, but the link that's in it goes to a random site that isn't owned by Apple:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is a common phishing scam which seems obviously fake, but when you take the context and timing of Christmas into account, this attack can be quite successful at massive scale.  Imagine your mom using a new MacBook and getting this email today, it might make perfect sense to her that Apple is reaching out, since she just got the new machine.\r\n\r\nIf you've gotten a new Apple product or know someone who did, beware of this scam and remember that your billing information should be guarded with your life.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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