Spam email re Apple account

I have been receiving the following emails :
Information Regarding Your account:
Dear Apple Member:
Attention! Your Apple account has been limited!
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the Apple system.Werecently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requestedinformation from you for the following reason:
Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your Apple account.
Reference Number:
PP-259-187-991.
Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. Weappreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.
It looks totally dodgy to me, but wondered whether anyone could shed any light.

You can tell that it's a scam by the grammatical errors and especially the embedded link to a non-Apple domain.
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