How do I know if an email from Apple is legit?

How do I know if an email from Apple is legit?

To tell if it is really them: View the full header of the email. Open Mail, open the email, press Cmnd + Shift + H to view the header, look where it came from, obviously you wanna look for apple.com, anything else is most likely fake.

Is there a fake Apple email going around?

If you receive a phishing email that's designed to look like it's from Apple, send it to [email protected]. If you forward a message from Mail on your Mac, include the header information by selecting the message and choosing Forward As Attachment from the Message menu.

How can we prevent phishing?

Anti-spyware and firewall settings should be used to prevent phishing attacks and users should update the programs regularly. Firewall protection prevents access to malicious files by blocking the attacks. Antivirus software scans every file which comes through the Internet to your computer.