Heads up, warning warning. Letting the membership know

[country gent]

Came in from garage and checked e-mails Had an order confirmation from amazon to the tune of $3800.00. Called the listed number on the e-mail for customer support help. Ask some seemingly minor questions name zip code and such. I was told my amazon info ( I dont do business with amazon). I was then told I needed to go to the local Kogers store, When I told them I was disabled and couldnt drive I was put on hold for 30 or so secs and to;d it was taken care of.

I then looked up Amazons customer support number and called them. The Representative I talked to asked some questions and sent an e-mail to show what theirs looked like. He said to check card but he thinks its a scam they send you to store for gift card and have you call back with the card number.

Monday I will call the bank and check and see if any hits on the card and have it replaced.

If you get this call amazon directly not the number on the e-mail

Hope this saves my friends here some grief
Country Gent

[StuBach]

Thank you for the heads up.

My company has Training we have to go through on these phishing/Scam attempts yearly. It’s a really good practice to get into to never click on any links or call any numbers you get in email. If you get a strange email, always get the company contact direct from their website you find through google or typing in yourself. It’s super easy to make a scam site look legit with a fake HTTP address.

Better to be over cautious than lose your identity. Several family members have fallen pray to this kinda thing so please be careful everyone.

[Minerat]

Another trick on emails you don't recognize don't open it but right click on the senders name and look at the properties. If the email address does not match the senders name I just delete it. This come from your friends opening a similar email and having their contacts list stolen you then get an email from them asking you to look at this picture and then you join the circle.

[Ozark mike]

If we would send em a nuclear grenade for every time they pulled these stunts the world would be a better place

[DougGuy]

Beware of AT&T emails saying your payment did not go through as well. Looks JUST LIKE it really came from AT&T. And of course, they post a link and ask you to click on it to take care of the matter. (btw, DO NOT click on the link).

The genuine AT&T won't wait if your payment fails, they cut you off immediately, they don't text you, call you, or warn you, you go to use your phone and it says it can only be used for emergency calls.

Just for curiosity I went and looked at my bank, and sure enough, like clockwork, my automated payment had been deducted at the end of July.

[Scrounge]

Came in from garage and checked e-mails Had an order confirmation from amazon to the tune of $3800.00. Called the listed number on the e-mail for customer support help. Ask some seemingly minor questions name zip code and such. I was told my amazon info ( I dont do business with amazon). I was then told I needed to go to the local Kogers store, When I told them I was disabled and couldnt drive I was put on hold for 30 or so secs and to;d it was taken care of.

I then looked up Amazons customer support number and called them. The Representative I talked to asked some questions and sent an e-mail to show what theirs looked like. He said to check card but he thinks its a scam they send you to store for gift card and have you call back with the card number.

Monday I will call the bank and check and see if any hits on the card and have it replaced.

If you get this call amazon directly not the number on the e-mail

Hope this saves my friends here some grief
Country Gent
I've got what says it's an automatic invoice from the local 2nd Amendment group to renew my membership. It might be legit, but I'm not paying it until I get ahold of them on Monday. At the normal contact #I have for them, NOT the one from the email, because it's From: address is not the one they use.

[tomme boy]

There are a few guys on Youtube that track these guys down. One I like to watch sets up a virtual machine on his computer and then contacts them. He lets them think they are taking over his computer but he is destroying theirs. Sometimes he get a whole group of scammers when they all are on the same network.

[Ozark mike]

So i guess hacking a hackers computer is legal

[CastingFool]

If I receive a questionable email, requesting payment or anything advising of undelivery goods, atc, I go directly to the website. I don't reply to the email, click on the link provided, or call their cs number. I had a email like that saying it wss from eBay, so I contacted eBay directly and was instructed to forward the offending email to an specific eBay address.

[dtknowles]

So i guess hacking a hackers computer is legal

It is not legal but it is like call the police because someone stole you weed.

Dumb.

Tim

[Wayne Smith]

I am frequently getting one supposedly from eBay saying I have to reset my credit card info - I delete it. I've reported it to eBay before

[Ozark mike]

It is not legal but it is like call the police because someone stole you weed.

Dumb.

Tim

Ya havent been to Washington lately but they probably get calls about stolen wee all the time. Been there once ya can't drag my dead corpse back craazy people i tell ya

[flyingmonkey35]

A new one is if you have somyhing posted online for sale.

I have a truck for sale

Scammer i would like to buy your car but can you send me "generic link" to a car fax report.

It only costs a dollar. They give you a free report. And steal and sell your cc info.

The next one is.

Id like to call you but to verfiy you are real o texeted you a code.

This code is to reset your email account password.

I resopned to the last one in baili. With "though shall not steal" and he resopned back immeadlty woth no sir.

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[tankgunner59]

I get a call from time to time from someone with a recorded voice telling me that if I don't respond by a certain time my CC will be charged X amount of dollars for my Windows security account. I don't have a Windows security account and they don't have my CC number. I've even called my CC bank and verified no action has ever been taken. I'm sure they expect seniors to answer the call and respond and would probably be advised to give some kind of personal info or get a gift card and give the number to them. Everyone should do what I did and call your states AG and give the number. It can be changed but I was told by the AG's office that these guys use the same list of numbers.

[john.k]

Emails are wasted on me ,takes me a week to even read genuine ones from the Taxation dept.............But ,recently I get a yellow envelope in the mail with big red print "Disconnection Notice".....Its a scam ,but from a major internet provider.....anyway , on the news they been fined bigtime for the scam by the Consumer Affairs ,like $4 million.

[flyingmonkey35]

Rule 1 SCAMS WORK.

Or they wouldent do it.

Rule 2 the villian never thinks they are doing worng. In thier minds they are justifed.

Rule 3. Never give them a inch or they will take your arm.

A sucker is born every minute.

And

If its to good to be true it probly is.

Stay safe.

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[Conditor22]

IF an email is sent to your email address name not your name it's most likely a scam. Places that know you will use your name.

I must block 6 or more emails a day.

[ioon44]

If I don't recognize the email I just delete it.

[bedbugbilly]

We got a similar e-mail the other day - that's what the "delete" button is for. It would have been much quicker to just go to Amazon.com and look up your account (if you have one) and check your "orders and order history".

There are so many scams out there that it's crazy. Like I posted in another thread - all these tech companies can take control of your computer, your Facebook, your twitter and whatever else there is and blame it on algorithms that anything but what the Socialist Left wants you to see is there but anything that is a bit conservative disappears - but they can't tackle all of this spam and scam crap that plagues us all.

My wife and I follow the rule that if we don't recognize an e-mail (and even then, you never know if someone has been hacked and their e-mail address used) - the delete button gets pushed. If you happen to delete a legitimate e-mail - trust me - they'll contact you in another way. Never give out personal information.

[fiberoptik]

Wife & daughter went to El Paso. I get a call from some Indian guy saying he’s from Social Security calling about my wife. Says that their rental car had traces of blood 🩸 in the trunk along with drugs. Started asking questions and threatening to cancel her check. I said “Go ahead!” I spent hours trying to report it to the FBI. they didn’t even care!


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[higgins]

About twice a month I get a phone call from various numbers (even a text number once) and a guy with a strong Indian accent tells me that I can get a real deal on my Directv by calling them back. I haven't even checked with ATT since they have the means to legitimately contact me.

[Idaho45guy]

Just got an email from PayPal warning that my account had been compromised and to click on the link to confirm my activity. My department is part of our Internet Security department at work and we regularly get training on how to spot phishing emails.

The one I got was very, very good. Had all the appropriate logos and disclaimers and looked legit. One minor grammatical error in the text gave it away, though.

I logged into PayPal directly from the bookmark on my PC and found no warnings or alerts on my verified account.

[Handloader109]

The FIRST thing with email that implies an issue with an account or service you currently pay for is to DELETE the email.
2. Close your browser and then reopen and go to the correct website that you just were 'warned' about. Use your saved bookmark for that site.
3. Log in and check to make sure everything is ok. Log out or close browser.
4. Forget about the email, no one will do anything to reduce or eliminate these scams.

[redhawk0]

I just got a scam email today from USPS...stating that I needed to contact them about the recent mail hold that I placed...it is summertime and the scammers know it...yes...I was on vacation just 2 weeks ago and did a mail hold. The email had the official USPS logo and everything.

But...if you pass your mouse over the "reply" button (without clicking on it)...you'll see a different link address then USPS. That's a pretty tell-tale sign its a scam. Message....DELETE.

redhawk

[Scrounge]

So i guess hacking a hackers computer is legal

Technically, no, but who are they going to complain to?

[KYCaster]

I was spending some time with my Mom one evening a few years ago. I answered her phone and it was a CS rep from Microsoft saying that her computer had been hacked and they wanted to help her resolve the issue.
I kept him busy for almost an hour till he started getting a bit suspicious. Then I asked him if I could speak to someone who spoke English as a first language because I didn't like asking him to repeat every instruction because of his accent.
While waiting for his supervisor, I asked him where he lives... Malaysia... Aisa? That's a big place!... No, Malaysia, it's a country... I've never met anybody from Malaysia, what's it like there.
He seemed to be a pretty nice guy; wife, three kids, Christian in a largely Muslim country. That took up another twenty minutes or so.
Finally got his supervisor on the line. He wasn't amused!! Call was terminated rather quickly!

Be careful out there!
Jerry

[farmbif]

if you get police to do anything about an online scam, your way ahead of the rest of us. I was one of a bunch of people who got scammed by an elaborate bogus arms list scam including a fake ffl web site and phone numbers. none of the police nor the postal inspector in any of the jurisdictions would do anything about it. they all said to call the other agency they could not take the time to even take a report because drugs or murder wasn't involved. several reports sent to postal inspector with addresses phone numbers, tracking and money order numbers and they never ever even acknowledged anything.

[PHyrbird]

Just a helpful note: these obvious scammails don't deserve the delete button. It stays in your trash bin for days, the spam button is better. Oh, remember to empty both spam & trash regularly. Most email apps only do it after several days.