is this a scam
03-25-2011, 12:48 PM
#41
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I ordered something (an ereader, finally! I decided to finally just pick one and buy- anyway!) I started to get UPS notifications up the wazoo. I tried to open the first one thinking it was telling me when my reader would arrive, and my antivirus software stopped it from opening saying it stopped a computer attack. After that I just dont open them, but Im still getting about 10 a day in my email. It looks (almost!) like a real UPS notice, so if you arent expecting anything dont open it when it comes, sharet
03-25-2011, 08:55 PM
#47
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Please do NOT open emails like that! I kept getting them supposedly from UPS, which sounded logical, because some of the shops do send by UPS. I sent it unopened to UPS, and they said it was not theirs, that they do not do things that way. And they NEVER ask for particulars in an email.
But to be sure, you can right click on the sender's name and then click on "View message source". If somewhere in all the gibberish that pops up you don't see a familiar address or name, then delete it without opening. Better safe than sorry.
But to be sure, you can right click on the sender's name and then click on "View message source". If somewhere in all the gibberish that pops up you don't see a familiar address or name, then delete it without opening. Better safe than sorry.
03-25-2011, 10:02 PM
#48
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I don't know if it works on all email addresses, but on mine I can hover my cursor over the senders address and will often find that it is NOT the name of the company that the subject line says it is. It will have an address that really tells what kind of person it is from. Instance, I got an email stating that my Bank of America account had been closed. That was the subject line. I hovered and saw that it was from AbcUguessedIt.com. No doubt that it was a scam from that but I DON'T have a BofA account anyway so if they closed it, that wouldn't bother me! These places buy email addressed and send hoping that they can get someone to respond. Sometimes they contain links to porn or "MALE enhancements" or buying drugs online.
Try hovering your cursor.
Try hovering your cursor.
03-25-2011, 10:11 PM
#49
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Originally Posted by twinkie
When I get a "suspicious" e-mail, I right click on the senders name (without opening the e-mail) then I click on properties. Then click on Details and then message source and it will let you see what is in the e-mail without opening it. It is a safe way to see what the sender message is. My SIL is a computer security engineer and he told me to do this to check on any e-mail.
Originally Posted by Hosta
I have gotten 6 emails saying they were from darn't now my brain is malfunctioning and I can't remember there name its the delivery service Brown trucks saying I have a package coming first of all how would they get my email second I haven't ordered anything I have just been deleting them without opening I do hope its a scam
03-26-2011, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Hosta
I have gotten 6 emails saying they were from darn't now my brain is malfunctioning and I can't remember there name its the delivery service Brown trucks saying I have a package coming first of all how would they get my email second I haven't ordered anything I have just been deleting them without opening I do hope its a scam
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