A sample of today&#39;s SPAM/SCAM emails. Are they targeting elders?

@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Oct 22

I open some of them. Just to see what they're trying this time. But I don't respond to them. Today, I DID bother to forward this one to spoof@paypal.com.

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Oct 22

I actually DID get a response from a bot at PayPal letting me know they had received my "complaint" and were "constantly working with law enforcement" around these kinds of spoofs.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (29416)

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20 Oct 22

I don't open them, either. I am so sick of scammers.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (326601)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Oct 22

These guys never stop trying, do they?

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

Some people must fall for it in some way or another. I wonder if they do target old folks and people for whom English is a second or a third language.

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

@JudyEv Horse Jr.'s mom learned English late. Her native tongue is Croation, but she speaks German as well. She fell for the Alex Jones (conspiracy theory) stuff. I don't know if she's ever fallen for a SCAM email.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (326601)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Oct 22

@TheHorse Certainly old people here get scammed regularly. Some are very gullible (I'm bad enough!) and some are very afraid of any type of authority figure or big company. Especially, as you say, those for whom English is their second language.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45665)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

20 Oct 22

I used to forward them to spoof but can't be arsed (as the Britsh would say) most of the time now.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45665)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

20 Oct 22

@TheHorse Guess you haven't read any British fiction.

@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

@BarBaraPrz P.G Wodehouse is one of my favorite authors. And I've read some Dickens as well. Where was Doyle from? I love Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The novel I'm currently reading is by a Welsh author, but I can't figure out exactly where Wales is. I'll have to look it up. They probably have their own vernacular.

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

Does "arsed" mean "bothered"? I had not heard that term!

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (58896)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

19 Oct 22

Bec cause they know it's bs, and don't want their stuff reported. Well, there are ways around the coding. Scammers are funny.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (58896)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

19 Oct 22

@TheHorse Yep. screenshots are one way around the coding. Scammers don't always think people know how to screenshot.

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

@kaylachan Maybe I'll see if I can figure out how to take a screen shot. But I'd have to post it as an image, right?

@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Oct 22

I can get around the coding? Would a screen shot work? I've never done that.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (95352)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

19 Oct 22

I believe that spam artists send elderly persons they know that the senior citizens are vulnerable to falling for any gimmick to steal their money.

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

I wonder about people for whom English is a second or third language as well. They might not notice the bad English used in the scam emails.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (95352)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

20 Oct 22

@TheHorse When I get spam calls on the telephone, some of the accents from the caller sound like they are not from here.

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

@Deepizzaguy LOL. Most of my scam calls come from Asia somewhere. But some of the recorded ones are from the US. Or at least they're using US voice actors.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99421)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Oct 22

I get the same email almost every day. I delete it. They don’t give up.

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

Same here. It wastes valuable seconds of my life deleting most of them. Occasionally I save them to do a post about them.

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Oct 22

@RubyHawk Probably the best thing.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99421)

• Atlanta, Georgia

20 Oct 22

@TheHorse I delete every time I look at my mail.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (96391)

• Marion, Ohio

19 Oct 22

I get those all the time. Even if I would "log in" they wouldnt be able to. I get a text to my phone also.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (96391)

• Marion, Ohio

20 Oct 22

@TheHorse I have had a couple of scam texts.

@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

I wonder if I've gotten scam texts on my newish phone. I would hardly notice.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (80147)

• United States

19 Oct 22

I get those PayPal ones too and today I got one similar but it's from Amazon and my account is being suspended until I verify my info.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (80147)

• United States

19 Oct 22

@TheHorse we can laugh about it but sadly there are people who fall for these scams

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@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 22

@Marilynda1225 So I have heard. Else they would not keep doing it.

@TheHorse (207500)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Oct 22

I think I've gotten the Amazon one. I don't think I have an Amazon account.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (158447)

• United States

20 Oct 22

I'm lucky. My internet service provider filters out most of that crap.

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