Another senior contributor here found this web article:
https://toughnickel.com/scams-fraud/Apple-iTunes-866-712-7753-Scam
I found this Fox Business article on the same subject:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/credit-card-statements-scam-charge
And it happened to us. Apple cannot fix this. Only your bank or card issuer can. If your bank is NOT aware of this decade-old scam, I would consider finding a more up-to-date institution.
Apple is not the only retailer being spoofed for fraudulent purposes. Our bogus charges were allegedly from a major US department store chain, but one with whom we had done no business with the since before the internet was a thing. With 24 hours of our reporting it, our card issuer had the charges identified as bogus, forgave the debt, and issue Mrs AJ a new card number. It was her account ID that had been compromised.