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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 7, 2024 10:39:57 GMT -5
I got an email from "Paypal" about a $669.25 purchase from Rock Island Arms llc. Problem is I've never bought from Rock Island and I do not have a Paypal account anymore.  I quit Paypal back 7 or 8 years ago when they went anti-gun. In addition when I was with Paypal I had a different email address. It does bother me that whoever sent this email has my full name and my email address. I've got stuff like this before . A few was supposedly from Amazon. A quick check on my Amazon account took care of those. I dont hate anyone, but I sure have a strong dislike for scammers. |
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Post by deadeer on Oct 7, 2024 11:37:49 GMT -5
I get the same kind of stuff regularly. I was a short term PayPal user, but its been years. Part of the crap we deal with since going mainstream.
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Post by scrub-buster on Oct 7, 2024 12:50:39 GMT -5
I absolutely despise scammers. I'm still at war with the phone scammers that keep calling me. I'm enjoying seeing how many personal insults it takes before they break character and either tell me off or hang up.
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Post by parson on Oct 7, 2024 15:41:17 GMT -5
I received an email today informing me that there was an issue with my Amazon Prime. I ain't got no Amazon Prime!
Some of these scams sure look legit.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Oct 7, 2024 17:23:29 GMT -5
We just got a hour long course at work over this very same topic. It is very scary how easy it is for them to pull this kind of stuff. We had one of our customers paying $18,000 invoice recently to a scam company. We went round and round until finally figuring out exactly what they had done. Emails that look legit. Scan codes that look legit. Links that look legit. Many more where that came from. Also typically have success with young adults and older folks.
Best way around a lot of it is not using easy, passwords and multi authenticators.. They say if in question best to pick up the phone and call speak directly to someone that you are sure is not a part of the scam. Very eye-opening in just an hour long course.
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Post by esshup on Oct 7, 2024 17:47:32 GMT -5
I NEVER click on a link in any email about any place that I do business and have a log-in. I will get there on my own and log into my account to see if what the email is about is legit.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 7, 2024 17:50:40 GMT -5
I NEVER click on a link in any email about any place that I do business and have a log-in. I will get there on my own and log into my account to see if what the email is about is legit. This…. . |
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Post by scrub-buster on Oct 7, 2024 17:53:42 GMT -5
If you have any kind of involvement with a legal case they can access all that information and sound legit. One almost got me like that a few years ago. It was an American on the phone posing as a police officer.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Oct 7, 2024 18:10:12 GMT -5
My bil had a weird bank statement in the mail that said he had 15.00 in it.
He called the bank, someone had taken out a 15,000 loan in his name without going to the bank IN PERSON. Somewhere in Fort Wayne. They did it online. The bank aloud it!
They had all his info. Even had driver license number. He now has to fight the loan problem and get a new drivers license.
If you haven’t signed up with equifax or something similar. You might wanna consider it.
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I quit Paypal back 7 or 8 years ago when they went anti-gun.
