14 DAY TRIAL // Users of MobileMe have been receiving a new e-mail that looks like it comes from Apple, warning that attempts to renew the MobileMe subscription have failed because of a problem with charging the credit card. The message prompts users to log in and update (provide) their credit card information on a site that looks like Apple's, although it's not.
This is not the first time MobileMe users are the victims of phishing scams. While Macs are generally virus-free, Internet traps are a lot easier to fall into.
Softpedia reported last year that the transition from .Mac to MobileMe provided the perfect setting for scammers to phish credit card information from unknowing switchers. The scam bore subjects such as "Billing problem." Following the link as recently as Tuesday while using Apple's Safari browser, users were taken to an authentic-looking page, purporting to belong to Apple. A message on the respective page asked users to reinstate their accounts by entering an array of personal details. As ironical as it sounds, while Internet Explorer warned that the page was a scam, Safari and Firefox were unable to flag it.
According to a Macworld report, “it looks like this same scheme is going around yet again.” Users receiving such e-mails are advised to simply ignore links that ask them to enter their credit card information, unless they are 100 percent certain it's coming from the actual source providing the services.
About MobileMe
MobileMe automatically pushes new email, contacts and calendar events to your Mac, PC, iPhone and iPod touch, and makes sure all your information stays up to date across all your devices. The changes you make on one device are automatically "pushed" to the MobileMe "cloud," then back to every device you use. Besides push email, push calendar and push contacts, MobileMe also offers web applications at me.com, a MobileMe Gallery for photo sharing, MobileMe iDisk for online document access and 20GB of online storage, for a monthly fee. MobileMe replaces .Mac.