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[Digital Daily] Then the fun begins, as they start downloading content charged to the original user’s credit card, or, more likely these days, sell access to the iTunes account to a 3rd party consumer who downloads like crazy until the original user can get through to Apple or their CC company to shut it down.

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[NewsPlurk Sci/Tech] Apple can't stop ongoing iTunes charge scam - NewsPlurk: Scammers steal from PayPal accounts through users of iTunes .By Slash Lane A phishing scam relies on hijacking users' iTunes accounts linked to PayPal, giving thieves the ability to drain money from someone's online...

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[TechCrunch] Fraudsters Drain PayPal Accounts Through iTunes: No, you can “hold iTunes” any way you want, but everyone that is getting caught by this is not smart enough to catch phising scams or viruses before they get infected / tricked so there is no reason they should have their payment information connected to accounts they are going to get phished.

[567 Technology] The Real iTunes Fraud Vulnerability: Gullible Users: It turns out that iTunes allows email addresses (used as the iTunes Account ID for non-MobileMe customers) and passwords to be changed without the email confirmation interlock required by the majority of today’s online services and discussion forums (ironically, even the Disqus service hosting these blog comments requires it!)

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[TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog] How to minimize the chance of your iTunes account being hacked | TiPb: Except for the small problem of, have you ever tried to type those passwords on the pathetic excuse for a keyboard that comes with the iPhone? Sure I can type words all day long easily, but typing a random mixture of mixed case letters/symbols/numbers isn’t just aggravating, but for many including me, it comes down to the fact that when you get to the next letter you’ve forgotten where you are in the password key.

[p2pnet news] p2pnet news » Blog Archive » Huge Apple iTunes phishing scam: The receipts appear to be legitimate, and come from Apple, generated by the user’s iTunes account. The receipts show purchases for iTunes electronic gift certificates and charges that hit checking accounts, credit cards or PayPal depending on what the user has linked to his or her iTunes account.

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