Recent Email Scams

@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

I have never received from eBay, but some claiming to be Amazon.

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Gudheart

@gudheart (12659)

•

5 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I am glad I always ignore such emails.

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@akalinus (43332)

• United States

5 Apr 16

I used to get ebay scam mail. I was never on ebay but they kept saying they took money out of paypal for items I never ordered. I forwarded these emails to spoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com. Not sure if these are still good, or not. But I don't need to worry. An Arabian prince is going to send me millions of dollars as soon as he gets ALL my information.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Apr 16

I'm not likely to receive those sort of emails as I don't buy anything on line. If I did receive one it would obviously be a scam. It's amazing what these scammers come up with, isn't it? And even more amazing that people are taken in by them.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

It all depends from where they come. I received a fake one from Amazon and I was waiting for a package, but I did not reply to the email and contacted the Amazon support by phone, the email was a scam.

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jason hargrove

@tomford (135)

• Richmond, Virginia

5 Apr 16

@LadyDuck also you can track your orders on the site so you don't need to send anything through a email

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

5 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I can understand that you might open a mail if you have actually ordered something. Good for you for checking with Amazon.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

5 Apr 16

I cannot remember any particular email scams recently, but I delete such nonsense without consideration and may well have just deleted some without fully realising.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

I delete many every day, I have received none from Macy's but several from "fake" Walmart and Costco.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

5 Apr 16

@LadyDuck many of the very popular ones seem to have disappeared these days. I remember when PayPal or bank related emails were prolific and you could receive several in one day.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

@Asylum Yes, I remember many from American Express and also Visa, now they have disappeared.

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Karen Waterson

@rosekiss (30414)

• Eugene, Oregon

5 Apr 16

When I get those kinds of emails, I just delete them, as I know that I hadn't ordered anything from them.One really does have to be careful, as ou are right, there are a lot of scams out there, and we don't want our information getting in the wrong hands. It is best to delete them, and not do anything about them.

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Karen Waterson

@rosekiss (30414)

• Eugene, Oregon

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I have never thought of doing that, but then I wouldn't know how or where to send them, so I just put them in my spam folder.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

I usually forward them to the computer police, so that they can check if they can stop the scammers.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

7 Apr 16

@rosekiss PayPal has a specific email where to forward all the email that we judge scams or dangerous and most of the company appreciate to know if there are scammers who are faking their logos.

Always smiling

@allknowing (137553)

• India

5 Apr 16

I can easily identify what is genuine and what is not as I am always vigilant of such matters.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

You are lucky to be able to always identify the fake, sometimes even the police was in doubt.

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@allknowing (137553)

• India

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck Such a situation has not visited me so far, I am just a nobody on the Internet that I should be harassed by those who are looking for big things. i get those legacy kind of emails which I just delete which I am told some have entertained!! And as for online shopping none so far. And as for asking for personal data that is already given to the site and so if a request comes it will definitely not be from the site.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

@allknowing I had to call PayPal when I received an email who asked me about a payment I had made. The email looked legitimate, I made a payment as described, but in reality the site of the one who received the email has been hacked. I did not reply to the email and I called the PayPal customer services giving them all the details, they asked to forward the email and they were able to stop the scammers.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

5 Apr 16

I am very good with the scams. I just laugh at them and toss them out. Thanks for warning us Anna.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck Very cunning these scammers Anna.

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@davidalicea100 (3495)

• Merced, California

8 Apr 16

I have been scammed before i was pissed.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

8 Apr 16

@davidalicea100 I have known many who have been scammed and the scammers are always unpunished.

allen0187

@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

6 Apr 16

Received one of those 'I'm a Nigerian Princess looking for someone to help me take out x-amount of dollars from my country' sort of emails. I'm surprised why so many still fall for these scams!

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck if one were to believe any of these emails, one would think that Nigerians are stacked and bathing in cold cash!

Dawnwriter

@Dawwriter (246)

• Pakistan

6 Apr 16

These are the most common type of scam emails and so obviously fake too. I wonder why they even bother.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

I think that most of us received some Nigerian emails, I also received the one of the Princess and another from a so called lawyer who had money ready to deliver to me.

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maezee

@maezee (41988)

• United States

6 Apr 16

I havent gotten any of these types but I keep good track of what I order so I would see something fishy going on. I do receive occasional Nigerian Prince type scams asking for money wired to them. I hope no one is gullible enough to give money to them.

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maezee

@maezee (41988)

• United States

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck yeah! Ans thats been going on for years!

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

It's incredible how active the Nigerian scammers are, I receive at least 1 a month from them.

lady Di

@lady1993 (27224)

• Philippines

5 Apr 16

those kinds of emails are even more scarier than those that just say you won something or you are an heir to whatever.. i hope people are more careful nowadays since hackers are becoming more and more wise these days

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

I hope too because if you are waiting for a package it's easier to think that the email is legit.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

5 Apr 16

No, not received any emails of that sort, but I am a very prudent person and would not fall for that.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

I never reply to those emails, I am receiving many from "Walmart", they are so dumb that they do not know that there are no Walmart in Switzerland.

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@akalinus (43332)

• United States

5 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I used to get them from J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI. They are watching me.

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@akalinus (43332)

• United States

6 Apr 16

@Marty1 You bet! But these scammer idiots don't know that. They use names of current FBI agents also. I used to forward these emails to the FBI. I had a mail address but lost it. J. Edgar is long gone.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

5 Apr 16

thanks for the heads-up, I just a lot of calls from a Microsoft scam the other day - all in all 5 calls but when I actually sent Microsoft a message, they said it was a scam. From a local number as well. So now I have blocked that number and tell them my computer is an Apple - which it is!

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

We also received a call from Microsoft that was a scam, the guy had a funny accent, I told him I did not talk his language and hang up.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck yes - they sound like they are from India or something - very strange accents

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@akalinus (43332)

• United States

5 Apr 16

I keep getting WalGreen account scam mails. I don't shop there much. I also get mail about parcels waiting for me, or your order is ready, just confirm the details. Right! I did not just fall off the turnip truck.

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@davidalicea100 (3495)

• Merced, California

6 Apr 16

I think walgreens sucks lol

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

@Marty1 I always check the full details of the senders if I am in doubt. Once I received an email that looked like send by PayPal, I got the phone and called them. It was a fake email.

@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

I received many Walmart scam mail, of course I never replied even because I am sure they cannot be true, we do not have Walmart shops here, so there is no possible delivery.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

5 Apr 16

No scam emails, thank goodness!

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

I had some just before Christmas, all with the subject "impossible to deliver", I did not even opened them.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

7 Apr 16

@DianneN You are right Dianne. I have just deleted an email from Cotsco that asked me to login to claim my fidelity card... Cotsco does not exist in Switzerland, of course I have never asked any fidelity card.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck You have to be so careful with everything now days

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

5 Apr 16

Not that I know of, but I have a really great email spam filter. It only allows emails from addresses I have put into my address book.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

I always check the spam folder because it happened in the past that important email ended up there.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

7 Apr 16

@Marty1 The filters are not always reliable. I found a recipe from PayPal in my SPAM folder and I was very upset.

ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I love my spam folder. At times it does catch something real, but mostly it is the garbage that is collected.

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youless

@youless (112561)

• Guangzhou, China

5 Apr 16

I often receive scam emails. In fact it is so easy to identify it. As usually the sender's email address is quite strange, usually it is quite long and the words have no meanings at all. I must say that they are not professional

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youless

@youless (112561)

• Guangzhou, China

5 Apr 16

@LadyDuck Actually most scam emails are trying to transfer a lot of money to you

I just smile and then delete it. If we are not greedy, it is not easy for us to be cheated.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

@youless Yes, but in order to send you the money, they need your data and an "advance" to prepare the necessary documents... ridiculous.

@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 16

Most of them are not professional, some are pretty good, but I never reply to those emails.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (72184)

• United States

9 Feb 17

It does not happen often but I have had this happen so I know the emails you mean. It is usually stores that I never shop at so it is easy to tell that it is spam. I do need to check at times though to make sure my checking account or PayPal etc have not been hacked!

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (72184)

• United States

9 Feb 17

@LadyDuck I am curious what this photo you posted is about. Looks like maybe a food delivery bike?

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

9 Feb 17

I also check my PayPal account quite often because I want to be sure not to be hacked.

@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

9 Feb 17

@shaggin It's not a food delivery bike, this is the mail delivery bikes that the mailmen use in Germany. The black symbol of yellow background is the German Post (Deutsche Bundespost).

Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

8 Apr 16

Every day I receive misleading emails. I have even received emails from supposedly my email address. Lots of thieves out there!

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

11 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I used to open links in emails but not anymore. It is too dangerous.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

11 Apr 16

@1hopefulman I agree, it's far too dangerous, it's too easy to get a virus.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

9 Apr 16

You are right, lot of thieves. I am receiving emails that seem sent from my niece account, but they are forged.

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@davidalicea100 (3495)

• Merced, California

6 Apr 16

I get these alot from paypal and also ebay claiming to be them when really they are not. My email is full of spam

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@davidalicea100 (3495)

• Merced, California

8 Apr 16

@LadyDuck I block all incoming spam and junk mail, im tired of having to read it all day long

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

8 Apr 16

@davidalicea100 I have also blocked several senders, I am tired to find plenty of emails that are not interesting.

@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

I am glad that gmail is good in filtering the spam, I receive many every day.

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

7 Apr 16

Not from Macy's but I have received emails in this vein. Thanks for the warning.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

7 Apr 16

@fishtiger58 The filters are unable to catch all the spams, there are some parameters to classify an email as SPAM, one thing is the missing subject, or some senders that are blacklisted.

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

7 Apr 16

@LadyDuck Oh ok I see. I have always wondered about that.

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minisam

@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

6 Apr 16

Recently l started receiving sung emails in huge numbers some were even threatening.I never give them a second thught but these were so disturbing then I asked in a forum where I'm a member and people advised me to ignore them. I think they got my email address from a program which I signed up I can't be sure.But I'm talking to over 20 different emails daily

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

I also am receiving many recently, I wonder what happened because I did not receive them before.

@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 16

@miniam This is very possible, sometimes we are required to enter our email and then we are spammed.

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minisam

@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

6 Apr 16

@LadyDuck To me I think it may come from a program I signed up to online

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