Don’t open any files attached to emails claiming that you’ve received a $50 iTunes gift certificate and that you’ll find your certificate code inside.Spammers have dug into their bag of tricks and pulled out the bogus iTunes gift certificate scam again, hoping that they can entice another round of recipients into downloading malicious content on their computers.
Although the email is set to appear as if it were sent from the iTunes Store (support-no6188@itunes.apple.com), the fact that the email was sent to multiple recipients should serve as a huge red flag and hopefully stop some folks from falling for it.
From: iTunes Store (support-no6188@itunes.apple.com)
Subject: Order 48030 #iTunes Gift Certificate
Dear customer,
You have received an Itunes Gift Certificate in the amount of $50
You can find your certificate code in attachment below.
Then you need to open iTunes. Once you verify your account, $50 will be credited to your account.
So you can start buying video, music, games right away.
iTunes Store.
Attached is a file named “Gift_Certificate_iT2718.zip”, which according to the spammer contains the certificate code for your $50 iTunes credit. In a more likely scenario, the file contains a Trojan that will open a backdoor and download additional malware onto your PC -- just like it did last year.
If you receive a copy of the fake iTunes gift certificate email, it’s highly recommended that you delete the email without opening any of the attached files.
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