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First wave of iPad phishing scams arrive

How big was the launch of the iPad? Enough so that a phishing scam e-mail message was sent out on Monday telling people to contact the Apple Store.
Written by David Morgenstern, Contributor on

How big was the launch of the iPad? Enough so that a phishing scam e-mail message was sent out on Monday telling people to contact the Apple Store.

As usual with these scams, the message appears to be about an order from a vendor. Here, the sender is store.apple.com and the subject line presents a long number and then either "Apple Store Notification" or "Apple Store Notify." The body of the message presents a link to "order info" as well as   a suggestion to contact customer service.

Now, I don't recall other Apple Store phishing messages. Could this be the first?

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