Has anyone recently received a text supposedly from Apple, as a security alert?

These, the endemic AT&T phishing for those caught in the AT&T breach, the “pervert” creative-fiction spam, all sorts of junk is around.

If that’s a cut-and-paste of the actual text, that’s just filled with typos and phrasing errors.

Which typically means scam.

Typos and trademark errors in actual Apple materials are very rare.

And it would be your bank flagging a suspicious transaction, not Apple.

And banks don’t release a transaction until you talk with them, and banks can usually claw back fraudulent payments, so this whole scenario is false.

If Apple is actually holding up something, you’ll see a 🔴 on some Apple payment-related app, too.

To research the contents of a questionable message, you can use DuckDuckGo or another search engine to check (for instance) the phone number.

Sending email addresses and sending phone numbers and sending SMS text numbers can be spoofed / faked / forged. I was receiving messages “from” a good friend, due to scammers working from a Yahoo breach. Those were easy to spot for me, due to the friend’s death.

Phone callers also routinely lie and scam, too. Student loans, arrest warrants, relatives needing bail, back taxes, fund drives for charities, all sorts of scams.

The AT&T phishing campaign is actually done well. This spam scam, given the errors, not so much.

• https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-avoid-phishing-scams?os=io___&ref=app
• Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

Yes, this scam or phishing attempt has been reported several times. Thank you for bringing up in the community to alert others to the potential of being scammed through texts and emails etc.