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05-05-2012, 04:52 AM

#11

JoyjoyMarie

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Location: Dover DE

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I have been getting cancellation notices from my "hotmail" for over a year. I always enjoy reading the absolutely odd English they employ trying to convey their point. It is such a giveaway to the phishing, even when they have the correct logos, etc. I've also gotten them for my credit cards. For those I call my 800 numbers about and forward the email to their "scam department" if requested. can't be too careful these days!

05-05-2012, 05:26 AM

#12

Granny Sandra

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Location: Rural Retreat Va.

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There was one in my e-mail this a.m. sent it to my DD. she is a computer expert

05-05-2012, 05:56 AM

#13

cherokeerose

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I also got one from Amazon yesterday.

05-05-2012, 07:50 AM

#14

ptquilts

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Location: Vermont

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Quote:

Originally Posted by stitchinwitch

Yep, those emails are in our inbox daily. Has anyone been having trouble with yahoo? Strange things are happening there, too - like in the middle of reading my inbox, a huge ad fills the screen and there is no way to get it off,,,there is no way that I can contact yahoo directly that THEY WILL RESPOND!! It seems like EVERYTHING is going nuts!!

Try using Mozilla Firefox with Adblocker Plus (both free). I haven't seen a popup ad or moving ad in years!!

05-05-2012, 07:53 AM

#15

ptquilts

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Quote:

Originally Posted by anniesews

same thing for me. I called Amazon and they said thay had a team working on this. How do the scamers get our emails?

it's not a question of getting your email, they just send them out to any possible email address, or they may have bought your address off a list somewhere ( when you signed up for something).

Like the bank phishing emails, you get some from banks you don't do business with. But if they send them out to 100,000 emails, they will get some people who DO use that bank. Shotgun approach.

05-05-2012, 08:26 AM

#16

Momo

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Location: Seale, Alabama

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I also got the Amazon.com scam email. did not take the bait b/c I knew I hadn't cancelled an order.

05-05-2012, 09:04 AM

#17

purplefiend

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Join Date: May 2010

Location: Round Rock,Texas

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We got one of those yesterday. I forwarded it to Amazon.com

05-05-2012, 12:05 PM

#18

matraina

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Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Tallmadge, OH

Posts: 5,120

If the subject is Amazon.com, that doesn't mean they sent it. Never click on those. Write an e-mail to them yourself and tell them what you got. Lots of people try to send very "official" looking e-mails from different companies. I have been getting e-mails from my dead niece for two years, starting the day after we buried her. Someone stole her e-mail address book. Such a shame how nasty some people can be.

05-05-2012, 12:16 PM

#19

Mousie

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Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Florida

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I wonder if this explains how I kept ordering something and upon cancellation, would try again.
After two days, I had three! of them coming and had to put in my own cancellations

05-05-2012, 12:20 PM

#20

fishhavengirl

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Arizona

Posts: 221

Quote:

Originally Posted by NancyG

I got that one from Amazon. Since I do order things from Amazon from time to time, I opened it and my virus protection blocked the virus!! Boy, was that a close one for sure!!!

Same thing happened here....good thing the security system was working!