This is so troubling. The scammers are getting better and better at copying logos, email addresses etc. that look legit.

I got one:: a receipt for a purchase on itunes. I'm not on itunes. It says if you have questions about this order, click here. It looks very legit. If i had an account with itunes, I may have fallen for it. I hate that this happens!

We received emails a few weeks ago that said they had failed to validate our payment. We did not open them. I think they sent three or four that looked like they were probably the same thing. Very scary.

I get stuff like this almost every day. I posted this to FB today. It's from an email I *just* received. lol I said not to open attachments and to just hit that delete button.

Debby -- The poor grammar alone would put this in the spam bin.

Not to mention the location......when did Apple relocate to the Republic of Ireland??

As chisue says, it's obvious from the grammar to be a phony. And as Debbie says, these things come daily, there's no ah-ha moment of discovery for any one. The answer is to be sure to indicate as spam in your mail file and if they keep not getting filtered, change to a different mail system. Gmail by Google is particularly good at filtering spam, I NEVER see anything like this get through into my inbox.

Apple has had a huge presence in Ireland for a long time. Same is true of many large tech companies. Here's a snip from the Apple website:

" Apple is proud to have been doing business in Cork, Ireland, since 1980. We now directly employ over 5,500 people across the country, up more than 30 per cent over the last 12 months."

But it would seem logical that overseas locations cater to the overseas customers in that general area. If there was a legitimate issue with the account here in the US wouldn't it be far more likely that a US customer service location be contact, not a foreign one??

btw, I get similar email messages from so-called Microsoft contact locations that are also spam.

"But it would seem logical that overseas locations cater to the overseas customers in that general area."

It doesn't work that way. I believe Apple has some R+D in Ireland (and elsewhere, of course), and at one time also had finance and treasury people too. It's a very disproportionately large employee base given the small size of the country. These are examples (and there are many others) to show that particular functions may have nothing at all to do with the population of the country where located. Those 5500 Irish employees are in a country with a population of 4.7 million. Apple has 2200 employees (60% fewer) in Germany, a country whose population is 82 million (more than 15 times bigger). 6500 employees in the UK, the (of course) nearby English speaking country, whose population is 66 million. Who and how many are where depends on function location and other factors, there's no pattern or anything to assume.

"If there was a legitimate issue with the account here in the US wouldn't it be far more likely that a US customer service location be contact, not a foreign one??"

You've never called tech support or customer service for a US company and gotten someone in India? Or in the Philippines? I recently called customer support for Honeywell (the thermostat company) and spoke with someone in Mexico. They were very knowledgeable, helpful and very easy to understand but not in the US.

I get a kick out of receiving four or five e-mails in my spam folder from Russian girls all with different first names all with the exact same message. Does anyone really fall for these messages?

Obviously, some do, or the messages would die out. Yes, unfortunately people do fall for these scams.