Is this phishing?

Today, I received an email message from "Apple Customer Care", email address: [email protected], message subject: Update.
The message reads as follows:
Dear Apple Customer,
We have recently updated our website database and new security feature has
been added for effective order and shipping.
Please CLICK HERE, to update your account within 24hours..
This is an automated message. Please do not reply to this email.
Thanks,
Apple Customer Support
All rights reserved.
Is this a phishing mail?
Thanks.

Yes, I had the same exact email (misspelling included) and it is indeed a scam. If you were to click on the link, it would lead you to a website where your information would be hacked or a "fake" apple site which would request all of your information! You were wise in posting to this website and this is excellent to warn everyone of this most recent phishing scam.

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    Howdy,
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    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...
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    Subject: First notification:your Apple account has been inactive
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    ==============================================================
    Hope that helps,
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    Daniel Feldman
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    Apple <[email protected]>
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