Is this Phishing or for real?

Question

Received a message that looks like it came from the iTunes Store. I went to the iTunes Store, clicked on "Check for available Downloads", and entered my AppleID. It seems all media has already been downloaded. Has anyone else seen this? Is this just another Phishing Expedition? Lot of posts about hacked iTunes accounts these days. Thanks.
"Dear XXXXX,
Thank you for your recent video purchase on the iTunes Store.
You may have experienced a grey or black screen while viewing your purchased
video(s). Apple regrets any inconvenience caused by this issue and has placed a
new copy of your video purchase(s) in your download queue, free of charge. To
begin downloading, click this link:
https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/checkForPurchases
Alternately, you can open iTunes and choose Check for Available Downloads from
the Store menu.
Sincerely,
iTunes Store Customer Support
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww"

Answer 1

Howdy,
I also did get a similar email to the 2nd one (cdboehmer's post) indicated in this , however, in my case, it was in English as it should be, and it is real. In my case, it was apparently a notification regarding Apples Sale's information, which I do only rarely log into and I do have an account with due to my affiliation with Apple.
Of course, It's always good to be on the safe side, and ask if your not sure it's a a fake, say, here on these forums or where ever you can get some good advice, and remember, if you get an email with a 'link', instead, you can always type in a URL manually, instead of clicking on a link that may or may not take you to where it looks like it will take you, but could be a fake made to look like the real site to fake you out.
Some applications also will show you the REAL underlying URL for the link, if you hover the mouse over the URL/link for a few seconds, and if it's not going to the right place but some other bogus web site, then it is most likely phishing/spam/UCE, etc...
I was also able to validate in the email headers that it did come from Apple (although that too can be spoofed and could be lies).
In this particular case, it's legit.
The original and real email:
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From: [email protected]
Subject: First notification:your Apple account has been inactive
Please log in to your Apple account to avoid deactivation
Our records indicate that your account has been inactive for 90 days. To keep your account active, you need to log into your account at least once every 90 days.
To avoid repeating the registration process, please log into at portal.apple.com
(the link here is: https://portal.apple.com/, which is real.)
Thank you,
Apple
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Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Daniel Feldman
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