I keep getting mail from Apple about validating my account and now I need to sanitize my email. Is this a hoax as they want my credit card details

I have been receiving email supposedly from apple asking me to validate my account. I ignored as I thought they were a hoax as they wanted me to verify my CC details. Now I'm getting mail saying I'm transmitting virsus mitting viruses and I need to verify my credit card details.?? Is this real or hoax as it also saying if I don't it will lead to permanent deactivation immediately. HELP

It is absolutely a fake. Do not, I repeat do not, respond to these emails in any way. You can report them to Apple if you wish:
[email protected]
but there's little or nothing they can do about such scams so it's probably not worth the effort and you can just delete the fakes.
Regards.

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This is an automatic message by the system to let you know that you have to confirm your account information within 48 hours.
Your account has been frozen temporarily in order to protect it.
The account will continue to be frozen until it is approved And Validate Your Account Information.
Once you have updated your account records, your information will be confirmed and your account will start to work as normal once again.
This will help protect you in the future. The process does not take more than 3 minutes.
To proceed to confirm your account information please click on the link below and follow the instructions that will be required.
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Copyright 2014 Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino CA 95014 - All Rights Reserved.

There is little or nothing Apple can do about such fake messages other than warn people about them and provide instructions on how to determine if a message is genuinely from Apple, which they provide here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4933
There's really no way any company can stop such frauds, so we as consumers need to educate ourselves about such fakes and make sure we verify any requests for account information, particularly when unsolicited and unexpected.
Regards.

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sailsalot wrote:
I have a new ipad and have used the community to answer questions for myself. Your help has been great! I don't know how you got my sailsalot name from my Skype account but I signed in with you as "gags76" and got help with my new ipad. I discovered I used a different Apple id and password on my ipad from my computer (imac) and changed that. My e-mail is Could you email me if there is something I should do at my end. I have to use itunes to sync with my ipad so I have been going back and forth between the two. Should I sign in with my proper Apple id on my ipad?
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