ranma Posted July 15 Posted July 15 (edited) I've been getting a lot of spam email sent not only to my spam mail, but also my regular email as well Misspelled works are a tipoff of it being a scam- Temu being spelled Temuu or Teemu. Omaha Steaks spelled Omaha Stteaks, Notice-Nottice, Delivery -Delivvery,and package- Packkage... There's ben other's that say they are from Tracctor supplly , and some other easy to spot scam email's. Any other's that you guy's have gotten that you noticed the bad spelling of??? I just delete the ones I get never open them! Edited July 15 by ranma 1
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 16 Posted July 16 56 minutes ago, ranma said: ...Any other's that you guy's have gotten that you noticed the bad spelling of??? I just delete the ones I get never open them! Yeah, it's pretty common and as you say, one of the easy tipoffs to scammitry...or is it scammage...? However, as "common knowledge" continues to decline and any kind of proof-reading is apparently just too much trouble, I notice all kinds of spllellink and grammur and linguine misteakes everywear. 3
slusher Posted July 16 Posted July 16 I mark it as. Spam. If you open sometimes it will give you computer a virus..
ranma Posted July 16 Author Posted July 16 I still have trouble with my spelling as I tend to spell words by how they sound. I also have trouble with grammar as well due to a Learning disability. Which still gives me issues with that and math skills, Fractions don't compute well in my head. I understand the fraction just not multiplying them! 1
Falcon Ranchero Posted July 16 Posted July 16 Got a scam text the other day. Can't remember if there was bad spelling, but the scam said I had gone 63km in a 40km zone and that I had to resolve the ticket by clicking on the link in the text. Couple problems with that. 1) No vehicle in my name. 2) Cell number isn't registered anywhere at all. 3) Was out camping for a week when I got the scam. 4) Hadn't driven a car that whole week either. Sometimes scams are so plainly obvious it's sad.
Mike 1017 Posted July 16 Posted July 16 Any E-Mail that I get that is not from someone that I recognize I just block the sender Mike 2
stitchdup Posted July 16 Posted July 16 my favourite was the "your herbert fright order is ready for delivery" 5
Falcon Ranchero Posted July 16 Posted July 16 42 minutes ago, stitchdup said: herbert fright Sounds like some author of thriller novels: "The Monster of Blue Lagoon, by Herbert Fright" 3
ranma Posted July 16 Author Posted July 16 Got another one just an hour ago Slate Firm Insurence , and Krouger storres I'm guessing that those were supposed to be State Farm & Kroger..... 1
Rodent Posted July 16 Posted July 16 3 minutes ago, ranma said: And now one from Wally Mark??? My favorites start out, "Dear Costumer" 1 3
Mike C Posted July 16 Posted July 16 Here's another one: I wonder what "order" it is. I know all my orders and there aren't any right now. I get these a lot. Notice how it has no information on it about anything.
ranma Posted July 16 Author Posted July 16 Got a legit Temu email along with this "other one" Confiimation Teemu- Urrgent nottice deliivery 0fyour packaage.........
stitchdup Posted July 17 Posted July 17 would the scammer that offered to sell his mates parts to me on here count. messaging a mod to scam them shows the level of intelligence they have, though it did makes their removal a much simpler job
Mike C Posted Monday at 10:06 PM Posted Monday at 10:06 PM Here's a scam I just got today: Norton Receipt Date: Monday, July 21, 2025 Receipt no: XKS61427MB9997 Membership ID: 4850 Renewal complete. Your benefits continue. Hey Michaelj, We're notifying you in advance--your Norton plan will renew automatically. A charge of $558.77 will apply for the 1 Year subscription term. No further action is necessary unless you'd like to cancel or modify your subscription. Plan Snapshot: Service Plan: FullScope Shield Qty: 1x Duration: 1 Year Billing: Auto Debit Amount to be Charged: $558.77 We're happy to help at (859)-4O2-7872. Appreciatively Yours, Norton, lifelock I wonder just how they are going to "charge" me for it. It's certainly not a "renewal" because I never had it in the first place.
ranma Posted Monday at 11:36 PM Author Posted Monday at 11:36 PM Got one for CARshiieeld:Uurrgent nottiice.....And yes that's how they wrote it!
1972coronet Posted Tuesday at 12:23 AM Posted Tuesday at 12:23 AM I like the ones I've seen most recently in 'SPAM' : 16.06.2025... receepts for purchace Urjent last notise - actions is required
Ace-Garageguy Posted Tuesday at 01:01 AM Posted Tuesday at 01:01 AM 2 hours ago, Mike C said: ...I wonder just how they are going to "charge" me for it. It's certainly not a "renewal" because I never had it in the first place. The scam works by the recipient getting hysterical and clicking the link or calling the phone number to cancel it, and in the process giving out credit card and other info.
Ace-Garageguy Posted Tuesday at 01:00 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:00 PM (edited) Got this one this morning, claiming to be from my ISP, complete with a bogus click-here-to-pay link: Your automatic payment was declined by your bank. As a reminder, here's a quick summary of your service suspension: Last day of service: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025 Please make a payment soon to avoid any downgrade quality service. If y︊ou do︊n't m︊ake a pay︊ment wi︊thin 1 day︊s, we will temporarily Turned off our service. Edited Tuesday at 01:02 PM by Ace-Garageguy 3
Ace-Garageguy Posted Tuesday at 10:08 PM Posted Tuesday at 10:08 PM Hmmmmm...."standard father fees"? Most interesting.
bobthehobbyguy Posted Tuesday at 11:18 PM Posted Tuesday at 11:18 PM 22 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: The scam works by the recipient getting hysterical and clicking the link or calling the phone number to cancel it, and in the process giving out credit card and other info. Yep. The big red flag is that you need to act immediately or something bad is going to happen. It's depressing that people fall for this scams. 1
ranma Posted Tuesday at 11:33 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 11:33 PM I got one of those "dad" text needing help..... Yah, my Dad passed away in September of 2013!!!
sidcharles Posted Tuesday at 11:39 PM Posted Tuesday at 11:39 PM most of what i read online contains poor spelling. the rest: bad grammar. i mean good grief. when you see the red squiggy line, just click on it for crying out loud. 2
peteski Posted yesterday at 02:48 AM Posted yesterday at 02:48 AM The misspellings and bad grammar in SPAM emails has been around for decades. What's changing is what the scammers are asking for. I have also been wondering why spell them so badly and I'm starting to think that is done in attempts to fool the SPAM filters which look for correctly spelled keywords. I could be way off, but it is something to ponder. I am probably giving too much credit to all the scammers.
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