A couple of months ago my husband got an email...he uses my email address here at home for important things...not his addy at work. It was from our mortgage lender/Chase bank telling him that as of a certain date he would not longer have access to his online account to either make payments or look at it. It had the official Chase logo etc. but there was just something about it I didn't like. So...he called Chase and they said it's a scam...do NOT reply to it at all...not even to tell them to go jump off a bridge...lol. Anyway...the next month came and went and he still had access to the account. A couple of weeks ago I got the same exact email from the same person. Funny thing is...we refinanced our mortgage so it is no longer with Chase.

I'm a member of several candlemaking/soaping boards and just about everyday someone posts email scams they receive...mostly giving them a long story about receiving products that were broken and want them replaced. Most of them delete the emails OR request that the package be returned to them with the receipt so they can inspect it. Of course they never hear another word from them.

Too many people with too much time on their hands that they can sit around and think up this stuff.

I have received several of those type of messages. Plus, the ones from UPS saying you have a package ( I actually was expecting one but did not open this) and the latest being from facebook. you were to go to your facebook page and do something....I do not even belong now or never will belong to facebook....then there are the phone scams... it is getting to the point can't trust anyone........ X Files anyone?

Facebook is easy to set security so no one can see anything you don't want seen. I have two, one for family and one for quilting info. Family Facebook is set for only a few family members to access. It's great to keep up with family.
My public Facebook page has a generic email address and where I get notices of give aways, quilt patterns, bargains, etc from quilting websites. I win so much quilting things from Facebook postings! All the major quilt sites, designers, manufacturers, authors, and shows use Facebook for great information.

While I love to get mail, talk to anyone, any time the conversation gets to money, then I'm automatically on the alert.
No way do I give to any charity or group or person that I do not check up on to start with. Very few will be on the level.

It would really be better to use another contact method than a reply to the email... you are confirming to the scammers that you & your email address are real.

A different email address, different ISP, if they have more than one, or phone call, or contact a closer relative or friend who would have telephone contact.

these scams have been around long before facebook.
I would not blame facebook anymore than I would any other site.

scams are as old as the internet, facebook is not.
while facebook has issues, facebook is not the problem.

This scam is older than facebook.

My hubby just got scammed big time on Craigslist.
The ad and everything in it, pictures info, were taken from a ligit add on Ebay. Papers even had the Ebay and Paysafe logos. The catch was the money was to go through Western Union. Well, he thought it all looked right, made copies of everything, and then sent the money. Well they got the money, he got nothing. I kept telling him that going through WU didnt sound right for Ebay, but of course, his answer was " give me a little credit for protecting myself". It was a very expensive lesson, but I think he learned a lesson. And oh! It felt GOOD to be the smart one!! ,LOL

This scam has been going around for years. Contact your loved one that the email came from and tell them that their account has been hacked and they need to delete that account and open a new one.

I received something similar lately. Except I knew they WERE traveling in foreign countries, the e-mail "came" from a country they were actually visiting, so I was concerned. The e-mail claimed their passports and wallets had been stolen, so they were desperate for cash to pay the hotel bill, meals, and pay fees at the embassy to have their documents replaced. Sounded plausible. But no, they got no money from me!

So let's be careful.