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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1943298" data-attributes="member: 204485">Sounds like a phishing attempt to me.&nbsp; As they wanted you to change your Apple ID password they obviously don't know what it is no doubt the next step would have involved offering you an &quot;easy&quot; way of changing it via a link they provide.This is the way things are now, they (scammers) knew your email and account balance and this is supposed to convince you that you are contacting the &quot;real&quot; provider, the next step is to ask you to confirm something they don't actually know, like your address or age.&nbsp; In this way they piece together your profile and if they get really lucky access to your bank account.&nbsp; The same old rule holds true for all cases, banks, financial institutions, online subscriptions whatever, they all say the same thing essentially, they will never ask you for any personal information via email, SMS or social media.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other thing is never click on any link from such a message that might take you to a fake &quot;Ghost&quot; site and I think the same applies to phone numbers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1943298, member: 204485"] Sounds like a phishing attempt to me. As they wanted you to change your Apple ID password they obviously don't know what it is no doubt the next step would have involved offering you an "easy" way of changing it via a link they provide. This is the way things are now, they (scammers) knew your email and account balance and this is supposed to convince you that you are contacting the "real" provider, the next step is to ask you to confirm something they don't actually know, like your address or age. In this way they piece together your profile and if they get really lucky access to your bank account. The same old rule holds true for all cases, banks, financial institutions, online subscriptions whatever, they all say the same thing essentially, they will never ask you for any personal information via email, SMS or social media. The other thing is never click on any link from such a message that might take you to a fake "Ghost" site and I think the same applies to phone numbers. [/QUOTE]

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