Mail pirate

Bonjour,
Je vous envoie ce mail car je viens de recevoir un mail me disant que je devais me connecter sur le site internet d’iTunes dans les 48 heures, et si je ne le fait pas, mon compte sera supprimé. C’est évidement un message pirate car il y a des fautes d’orthographe dans le mail et quand on arrive sur le site, ce n’est pas du tout une URL Apple… Ce serait donc bien d’en avertir les utilisateurs pour éviter une fuite de mots de passe et de piratage de compte en masse.
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