Account Temporarily Deactivated, Phishing email warning!!

I would just like to warn fellow users about a suspicious email received from the email: ([email protected]) which states that my account has been temporarily deactivated due to "Billing Information associated with your account is either invalid or out of date." when no such info is out of date or invalid. Clicking on the link it provides for verification leads you to the website (http://apple.app-idma.com/user/login/wr3o3Npm6GphSNuLX0Zgk4wOwVrFc4uM6uDwAqOw4h9 4AEJIQ8x7kyiL0iZmsiv8bCGmMyGMRP7IQknLzbiALaZYfpjDr8RcuJrkSz3i6uLhPxewCDqVATC4ALa TQt/login/) which looks suspiciously like a phishing scandal due to no links on the website working and strange domain name.
I would advise that people delete this email immediately and alerting apple support.
If I could be given an apple support address which I could forward this email to, that would be great.
~sgib

Thank you. Good job!
For those who may come here later:
Phishing & Other Suspicious Emails
FORWARD the email to [email protected]
Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email - Apple Support
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