WARNING TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!
10-22-2011, 07:16 AM
#52
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Location: Tennessee
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That exact thing happened to a friend of mines, 76 yr old mother. They got into her contacts, and mailed to all of them this same thing............the sad part is 5 of her friends mailed the $3000 to that email.
10-22-2011, 08:44 AM
#53
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I replied to an email about receiving a package because I was expecting one. I realized it was "off" as soon as I got there. I'm rather surprised at me that I opened it in the first place!
Originally Posted by toomanycats
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?
10-22-2011, 08:52 AM
#54
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On a different, serious note, I received child porn in my email. I called the FBI (I first called locally, and to my ISP, and was told that is where I should call.) and got the run-around. They did not take me seriously. I was forwarded through several voice-mail links, etc. I finally gave up after spending about six hours trying to reach someone.
I marked the sender as "spam" and did not get any more of it, but it really upset me that I was trying to help and was not taken seriously. Especially since I've read articles about "ordinary" people helping bust big porn rings.
I marked the sender as "spam" and did not get any more of it, but it really upset me that I was trying to help and was not taken seriously. Especially since I've read articles about "ordinary" people helping bust big porn rings.
10-23-2011, 08:43 PM
#56
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Western Montana
Posts: 414
Originally Posted by LindaM49
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'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.
10-24-2011, 03:50 PM
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Location: Western Montana
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Originally Posted by IT_Nana
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