I received 2 emails supposingly from Apple requesting that I update my profile.  Could someone confirm this is a scam?  Thanks.

I received 2 emails supposingly from Apple asking me to update my profile because my account is blocked.
Evidently, this is a scam.  Did others receive the same request?

It's absoutely a scam, one which has been reported here a number of times. Do not respond to the email in anyway, just delete it.
For more information on how to detect phishing messages purporting to be from Apple, see:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4933
Regards.

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