Comments on: Apple .Mac customers targeted for fraud

Phishers apparently take advantage of the difficulties that occurred when Apple transitioned users from .Mac to Mobile Me service last month.

[Seaspray0]

"Apple did not provide a comment for this story." De ja vu. They didn't admit there was a problem with the 3G iphone, either. If it's negative, you will get silence.

[Galaxy5]

This phishing attack was reported on MacInTouch at the time.

[The_Decider]

There is no technology that will save a person from their stupidity. Phishing attacks take advantage of a users lack of knowledge of SSL certificates. There is not a damn thing Apple, MS or anyone else can do.

This is an education issue.

CNET, what sorts of addresses were the other 200?

[M C]

....aaaaand let's make this Apple's fault.

Fan those flames, CNet!

[catch23]

They never said it was Apple's fault. But I guess anything but fawning praise for Apple is considered bashing by the Faithful...
Sad, really

[Perry_Clease]

"Apple did not provide a comment for this story." De ja vu. They didn't admit there was a problem with the 3G iphone, either. If it's negative, you will get silence."

Why should they? The phishing attempt wasn't their fault. As to something that negative resulting in silence, that doesn't always hold true, look at how vocal trolls are.

[ikramerica--2008]

Phishing is called phishing for a reason. Because it involves fishing for suckers and reeling them in. I routinely get emails warning that my Bank of America account needs updating, or my Paypal. Problem is, I don't have a BofA, and I know PayPal doesn't work this way. But someone who does have a BofA account might be fooled. So is some crook sending 1000 emails out hoping to find 100 who happen to be Bank of America's customers somehow the fault of Bank of America? No. Should they warn their customers? Yes, and they do. Should Apple warn it's customers? Yes. But it's hard to warn them before you find out about the phishing. I think Apple has a responsibility to warn paying customers, but that doesn't make it their fault.

[protagonistic]

A fool and his money are soon parted...

Regardless of what OS he is using. :-)

[andrewrennie]

I am a MobileMe subscriber and my account was coming up for renewal. I got these emails and usually I can see straight through a phishing email but these ones were exceptionally well done. The only thing that gave it away was the web address that you were directed to which was not an apple.com address. I can definitely understand why people would have got sucked in by this email.

[docinaustin]

So, if I leave my car in the mall parking lot with the keys in the ignition can I blame my car manufacturer if it gets stolen? I think not. Phishing isn't something new. People need to be more aware of their lives and take ownership for their own situations.
It's horrible that these people got taken for a ride but it's not Apple, their ISP or anyone's fault but the people who are running these scams.
When all else fails, just think everyone out there is wanting to screw you over.

[aleXXX123456]

It's nice to see where all that "rescue Vista add" budject is going too, funding CNET FUD

[ncalishome]

Fanboys are funny, in a inane nitwit kind of way. Email phishing is in no way FUD. If scammers were not phishing for Paypal account/billing information every day don't you think CNET would report it when it did happen? The fact that .mac has become a viable and profitable scam is newsworthy and only goes to prove a point that targeting Apple is worth the time and money

[ChimericPhantom]

I got pulled into a different phishing scam and stopped part way into it. Please help me understand this: I have to open the email to see who sent it. That can trigger a signal to a scammer that my address is "live." If I click on the link that is typed in the email, then the link takes me to a bogus web site. So where do I see the SSL certificate? Before that even, why cannot I read the sender address of the sending email to see whether the person whose name appears is the true sender? In my case, I had to open the email to see that she did not send it to me at all. This is 2 questions in one request. Take care and don't open anything from WAYN Where Are You Now? It is bogus.

[jes834]

once again showing who uses apple products. people who prefer not to think.