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The image below was sent to me by a friend who was sent this fake bill by “apple”. I was immediately able to tell cos look at the email address used na… support at bandcamp dot-com. Gmail exposed the email address when the email was forwarded to me. Cancelling the order would have led him to type in his apple ID and password which would have given them access to his account and bank details. This is what a phishing scam looks like. Phishing emails generally try to appear as if they are from a trusted source  and attempt to get recipients to do whatever they want them to do.. including sharing sensitive information. here’s what these phishers/ scammers do. they replicate an email or a site that looks very similar to a trusted site (like apple) and get you to click on a link, put in sensitive information which…

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