An old scam has been updated for the mobile 21st century.
Apparently there’s a new phishing scam that’s targeting iPhone users. I guess this means that iPhones have really saturated the market.
According to Sophos, the subject line:
IMPORTANT: Your iPhone Warranty Extension for 1 Year!
The forged sender:
iphonewarranty at apple dot com
The phishing scam is trying to [...]

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