Scammers have found a way to abuse Apple’s email notification system to deliver phishing messages and trick people into giving away sensitive data and system access.
Recently, people started receiving emails from the email.apple.com domain, notifying them of a $899 iPhone purchase via PayPal. The email also shared a phone number for the victims to call, to “cancel” the order. These are your usual, run-of-the-mill ‘callback’ phishing emails that trick the victim into calling the provided phone number in panic. While on the phone, the scammers convince the victim to share sensitive information, or grant remote access to their computer.
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Source: TechRadar News
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