General Discussion I Think I Might be Getting Scammed

William D'Andrea

William D'Andrea

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This morning on my yahoo mail account, I received about a half dozen emails from different websites, stating that my ICloud account may be at risk. I don't have an ICloud account.
Each different website had the same log on.
I think that might be a scam. Should I just ignore it?
 
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Your ICloud account that you don't have? I don't even know what ICloud is, but if you don't have one, then how can it be at risk? Sound like a bunch of nonsense to me. Just some pesky scammers looking to fool someone. I wouldn't be too worried about it if you don't even have such an account to be at risk in the first place.
 
Hey, maybe we should all pray for the scammer to repent, and come to know Jesus as his/her personal Lord and Savior?
 
William D'Andrea said:
This morning on my yahoo mail account, I received about a half dozen emails from different websites, stating that my ICloud account may be at risk. I don't have an ICloud account.
Each different website had the log on
I think that might be a scam. Should I just ignore it?
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Absolutely a scam. Good job noticing the different email addresses. Even if you did have an icloud account, NEVER click the links in an email (good scammers can make them look very professional and legit). Always go directly to the actual site outside of email and log in to see if there are problems.
 
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It's happened again. Today I received an email from an organization using the word "VERZON".
It stated "Whoops! You may have been doubIe-biIIed".
Under that was the word "VERIZON".
Under that were the words, "the total sum you overpaid this year is $1,912.16. To correct this, we will be returning the complete sum to you. Furthermore, as a gesture of goodwill and to thank you for your continued loyalty, we are adding $750.00 to your reimbursement. In total, you will receive $2,652.16, which will be issued to you as a prepaid card."
While that sounds great, I do not own a VERIZON card. I have two cards with the name "VISA" on them.
The e-mail was sent from an organization named "Andover Spray Foam Insulation".
I've never done any business with them. I don't personally need to hire anyone to use spray foam. I live in a senior retirement community, that deals with contractors, who perform maintenance work. So, if spray foam insulation is ever needed, that's who they'd contact.
I think it's best for me to not reply. Who knows where this may lead?
 
William, never respond to these types of emails. Report them as spam and be done with them.
 
Okay, William. I'm going to shake my finger at you (in love, of course. ;) ) How many times have I mentioned to hover over the email sender? You'll know right away whether it's real or not. And do as Rebecca and Accord said, don't open them. Mark them as spam and delete them. 🥸
 
For me, I usually get voicemails (because my phone auto-blocks numbers that aren't in my contacts) saying something like 'Your car is out of warrantee' when I don't even own a car, or something about college debt (haven't been to a formal college either), google account something or other (don't have that either), etc. It is so ridiculous, but for those who actually have those things, someone might get fooled.

Also another scam I heard of recently. Someone received an email first listing the recipient's other contact info including phone number and mailing address, then claiming to have hacked into the person's computer to turn on the camera, mic, etc. They then claimed to have video of the person looking at certain sinful filth online. They threatened to show this video to the person's friends, family, co-workers (this person did not even have any real 'co-workers') if they were not paid a large sum of money by a certain date. The person who received this threatening email had NEVER looked at such filth and knew the entire thing was a big fat lie. However, I just wonder how many people in this sick world who have found themselves in the claws of such sin might have fallen for such a scam.
 
We've all got lots of deleting to do. I think I delete ten times more e-mails than I actually read. It helps fill in the time. It's also good finger exercise.
 
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If you post publicly on Facebook you will also get notices from real "official" Facebook reps with names like "Yo Yo" and they will claim you are in violation of the ToS and are using copyrighted material and they will give you an AOL account that doesn't have Facebook or any of it's abbreviations in its name to contact them to sort it all out... some scammers are lazier than others ;)
 
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Hey, maybe we should all pray for the scammer to repent, and come to know Jesus as his/her personal Lord and Savior?
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LOL I have done that before...especially with those that call in with an accent telling me whatever it is that say to make me pull out my credit card to keep myself from "legal" trouble.... :D
 
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