Apple Scam

[bakerwales]

Just received my bank statement and the is a payment on there that neithe I or hubby made. It shows as - APPLE.COM.BIL IE. It is only for 99p but I was concerned as I had read similar things happening to other people. I googled it and people have questioned this going back as far as 2019 as being on their bank statements. I have contacted my bank (Nat West) and they were very helpful. We have no apple products, Ipad/iphone etc and do not use Itunes and Icloud. Reading between the lines it seems I am not the first to speak to my bank about this. It was on a joint account and was my husbands card. He only uses it for petrol for the car and his tractors. The bank have cancelled his card and are sending another out and they have blocked Apple from trying to take anything in the future (if we want to purchase from apple we have to ask the bank to remove the block) and are refunding the 99p. Be aware as this is an ongoing scam.

[bookbinder]

Thanks for the headsup, bakerwales. I haven't seen this on my bank statement, but I'll definitely be on the alert.

[barry1010]

That does seem to be a genuine Apple payment, seems probable that someone was testing the card by spending a small sum with Apple.
Glad you spotted it and got it sorted before larger amounts were taken.

[woofgang]

If its a genuine test payment from a scammer....ie scammer buys something small from Apple using your card details, then blocking Apple won't stop the scammer....keep an eye open for unusual small payments on any other cards on the same account. I have had similar happen twice, once the payment was to O2 and once to a shop at a petrol station.

[jno]

as woofgang says, the problem isn't with Apple, it's with your card being hacked, so check your next/last statement carefully. (If you can look at it online as you go rather than waiting a month for a paper statement, do.)