kadee79
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Post by kadee79 on Nov 4, 2022 15:33:54 GMT -5
I just got an email (supposedly from a daily email friend) asking me to send her niece an Amazon e-gift card in the amount of $200! cause she was having trouble with her CC.....well, the email addy for my 'friend' wasn't right & she couldn't afford $200 for a niece anyway cause she just ordered new hearing aids the other day.
So, DON'T FALL FOR ANY KIND OF SCAM LIKE THIS....DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING! Including contacting the person who was supposed to have sent you the email.
I posted this on another board & got a reply from one of the gals there...she had exactly the same thing happen to her last week...so it's going around.
If their CC won't work, how will they repay you $$?
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Sharon
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Post by Sharon on Nov 4, 2022 16:53:26 GMT -5
The church sends out warnings like this periodically. Another version of the scam is an e-mail from the "pastor" asking for gift cards so they can help people who are in the hospital buy thinks that would make their stay more pleasant, or to help out other parishioners with needed items.
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Post by Opti on Nov 4, 2022 20:47:04 GMT -5
Check the email address and check the logic. If the subject line is something like 'I need your assistance' consider deleting without reading. Most are scam email addresses, not legit ones that have been hacked. They are similar to the real email address but different enough you should notice if you do email person X regularly.
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Post by moon/Laura on Nov 5, 2022 9:21:16 GMT -5
You can always contact the person directly yourself and ask them if they sent it, or not. Kind of like many phishing/smishing scams where they tell to to click a link that goes to your bank to correct whatever issue. Nope! Go to the site on your own vs through the link and see if there's cause for concern. Those are usually pretty easy to see they're fake though, due to spelling/grammar errors, or the sender email is gmail or something comparable, etc. I always report phishing/smishing as well.
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Artemis Windsong
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Nov 6, 2022 19:30:45 GMT -5
I got on my cell phone while on FB said update your cell phone number. I asked DH if it was a scam but he didn't know.
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Post by daisylu on Nov 8, 2022 13:23:19 GMT -5
I like when I get emails that look like came from me.
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