Ace-Garageguy Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) I'm sure most of you know enough to read the sender line and not respond to this stuff...but just in case you don't, another round has started up, trying to get people panicked who're buying Christmas gifts online. It's an attempt to steal your personal and account info. DON'T FALL FOR IT The logo looks legit, and the email starts off: 𝖶𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗎𝖾. 𝖣𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝗅𝖾𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽 , 𝗐𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗅. 𝖳𝗈 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝖻𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍. Edited November 25, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 The dead giveaway is usually your name doesn't appear on the e-mail at all, just the e-mail addy it was sent to. But if there's any doubt, contact whoever it's supposed to be from on your own, not using ANY contact info in the e-mail. ,, and yes, some of them are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Got a Netflix e-mail just like that......delete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Nunes Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) * Edited November 28, 2022 by Joe Nunes Needed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I got an e-mail from "Amazon" a couple of weeks ago claiming that there had been "suspicious activity" on my account. Claimed that someone had ordered an item for several hundred dollars. Also a scam. They're hoping that you'll call the number provided to "verify your account information". U-huh. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) Yep, I also get notices from banks I've never done buisness with, virus protection, all sorts of bull. Edited November 26, 2022 by Classicgas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 1017 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I delete anything that I don't recognize. I don't open anything that is not a direct reply. Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) My company sends out fake emails to snag people. If you click on it your boss gets an email and you have to take a class. The emails look too good and lots of folks get snagged. My employee got caught by a fake Amazon receipt. It supposedly had a return address other than Amazon.. guess what? Amazon emails come from varying addresses! When I complained their reply was that my employee shouldn’t be on Amazon on company time! Um.. the free snacks we put in the coffee rooms all are ordered on Amazon! Snack delivery! Edited November 27, 2022 by Tom Geiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Tom Geiger said: ...guess what? Amazon emails come from varying addresses! Of course, anyone with a modicum of internet knowledge, common sense, and a little healthy distrust (and who pays attention to details) can easily spot a spoofed address. But of course, I'm also aware those qualifications weed out most everyone. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 My e-mail address is really old......from the start of Hotmail. So I get a ton of fakes. Pretty easy to spot.....just use common sense. Learn the basic's. Look at e-mail addresses, HOVER over hot links to see where it WOULD take you. All things anyone using e-mail needs to know. Kinda like back in the olden days when our parents made us memorize our phone number and address before we could go out alone. Same thing today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkybritches Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: My company sends out fake emails to snag people. If you click on it your boss gets an email and you have to take a class. The emails look too good and lots of folks get snagged. My employee got caught by a fake Amazon receipt. It supposedly had a return address other than Amazon.. guess what? Amazon emails come from varying addresses! When I complained their reply was that my employee shouldn’t be on Amazon on company time! Um.. the free snacks we put in the coffee rooms all are ordered on Amazon! My company does the same thing with the fake emails. It amazes me the amount of times some of these highly educated people fall for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Nunes Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) * Edited November 28, 2022 by Joe Nunes Needed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/25/2022 at 3:46 PM, Ace-Garageguy said: 𝖳𝗈 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 [sic] 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍, The improper tenses are giveaways to me (not that I'm a master of composition or languages myself), that's if I read the email from some oraganisation with whom I don't have an account (Amazon, various banks, Apple, etc. etc.) to begin with. Another one which these benchods employ is the aggressive, automated message which starts as soon as one answers a call from some random number (and these benchods use whatever area code they can... I don't answer calls from numbers I don't recognise, with maybe two exceptions.). My 91 year old uncle answered a call (same area code as where we live), and that "dire" message started off with: "A charge has been made to your Amazon account in the amount of nine-hundred dollars..." My uncle said something which I cannot repeat here, before he hung up the call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 17 minutes ago, 1972coronet said: The improper tenses are giveaways to me... Yup, which is exactly what I meant by someone who "...pays attention to details" being able to easily spot a fake, in my response to Tom. Sadly though, I notice this type of usage error more and more frequently in native English speakers, which fuels my constant lament about the state of "education" in this country now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 and besides that, I looked all over their site and didnt see one mythical Greek woman warrior for sale . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) I get a lot of Amazon emails (I buy a lot from them, subscribe to their Prime streaming channels, etc). My email routing rules filter well, so anything that is bogus pretty consistently ends up in my spam folder. And even if they get to my inbox, poor grammar, typos and bogus email domains flag them as suspicious. Edited November 28, 2022 by Rob Hall 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 be wary of any email from streaming services that ask you to verify your account if you have already been using them for a while. I have received so called "messages" from Disney+, which I ignored. I figure if it's legit, they will send another message. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 20 minutes ago, von Zipper said: and besides that, I looked all over their site and didnt see one mythical Greek woman warrior for sale . I wonder if Bezos would even get the joke. Sure as shoes 99% of his people wouldn't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 'very much importance in this matters. None reply will make us loose your account.' Yea...right 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMiles Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) I got a text saying my bank was compromised and I should login. I block the number and moved on. My bank doesn't text with real phone numbers and the real possible fraud messages are very different Edited November 28, 2022 by MrMiles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, Dave Van said: 'very much importance in this matters. None reply will make us loose your account.' Yea...right Sounds like it was written by a recent HS grad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: I wonder if Bezos would even get the joke. Sure as shoes 99% of his people wouldn't. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 9 hours ago, von Zipper said: and besides that, I looked all over their site and didnt see one mythical Greek woman warrior for sale . Look harder... 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMiles Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I like the calls that say that they are from the visa Mastercard service Like they are both the same company and not direct competition 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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