ANOTHER Scam - Amazon fake letter (best, seniors, city, call)
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This was on the Shopping and Consumer Products forum, but I wanted to post it here, also, as many seniors are the victims of such scams (although, hopefully, not many of us who post here).
This was on the Shopping and Consumer Products forum, but I wanted to post it here, also, as many seniors are the victims of such scams -- although, hopefully, not many of us who post here,
I'm sure if you click on that letter you will have a virus downloaded onto your PC, one that makes you pay a ransom to get your files back (maybe).
I would NOT copy it or go anywhere near it- block the sender of the e-mail to be safe.
The email itself won't do any harm..it's the attachments/links contained within that usually hold the virus code.
Every company has an policy about phishing/spoofing. The best thing to do is forward the scam to the company so they can investigate and/or take action.
I don't get many but when I do I always forward it to the company to investigate and be made aware of it.
I view any email as suspicious if it is from someone unknown. Clicking to see the actual email address it was sent from usually is the giveaway and I mark it as junk and delete. If the sender email looks like it could be legit with a seemingly correct email address of a company I do business with, I still never click on any links. I go directly to their website to check for messages or notifications there.
I view any email as suspicious if it is from someone unknown. Clicking to see the actual email address it was sent from usually is the giveaway and I mark it as junk and delete. If the sender email looks like it could be legit with a seemingly correct email address of a company I do business with, I still never click on any links. I go directly to their website to check for messages or notifications there.
You don't even have to click (and probably shouldn't). Just hover the mouse cursor over the link to see where it will take you. Dollars to donuts it is NOT the place you think, and may end in .ru or other overseas (from US) domain.
Most if not all companies these days will not send attachments but rather send an email asking you to log in to your account and check for messages there. So rule #1 - never download an attachment unless you're absolutely sure you know the person (not just the company) sending it to you.
Rule #2 - never log-in by clicking on a link in an email. It can take you to a site that looks exactly like your log-in page but it isn't. It will steal your password. Keep the proper link to any log-ins in a Favorites list, or Google it. Google is pretty good about filtering out bogus links and fake pages.
A few weeks ago, I got a phone call from “Amazon“ telling me that someone had used my Amazon to buy something from Columbus Ohio. It was a voice software voice and so grammatically bad that I checked my Amazon account and left it go.
They did use the Amazon customer service phone number, and the message didn’t prompt me to press one, so I don’t even know what the point was. Sometimes these scams seem to be very half baked.
You don't even have to click (and probably shouldn't). Just hover the mouse cursor over the link to see where it will take you. Dollars to donuts it is NOT the place you think, and may end in .ru or other overseas (from US) domain.
I can’t hover on my phone, I have to touch the sender name to see the complete email address. Click was a poor word to use. My junk mail rules are quite strict and I find I need to often check the junk mail box to search for people or companies emailing me for the first time. Some look alike emails occasionally get through to my inbox though.
I'm getting something similar on my email but different stores. Thank goodness I know not to click on it.
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