Scam Alert. Recent E-Mail I got.

[Taltarzac725]

This is pure BS.

Another section asked me for a lot of information.

I do not even have an Apple account and I checked all my credit cards so no one hacked into my credit accounts somehow and created one.

This is pretty clever though. They get you when you fill out the information they request to verify your account.


Sent: Fri, Jun 17, 2016 1:27 pm
Subject: Your receipt No.7994893015726624




Hello,

The following information for your Order From iTunes.
The Real Housewives of New York City, Season 8HD
$24.99
HD Version
Genre: Reality TV
Released: Apr 07, 2016
© 2016 Bravo Media, LLC.


If these changes were made in error, or if you believe an unauthorised person accessed your account, please reset your account password immediately by going to iforgot.apple.com.

To review and update your security settings, sign in to appleid.apple.com.

This is an automated message. Please do not reply to this email. If you need additional help, please visit Apple Support.

Thanks,

[Conway615]

Misspellings ar always a direct give away...ie:authorised....I delete all messages immediately if I see a word incorrectly spelled...

[ColdNoMore]

Misspellings ar always a direct give away...ie:authorised....I delete all messages immediately if I see a word incorrectly spelled...

You beat me to it! :p

[Taltarzac725]

Misspellings ar always a direct give away...ie:authorised....I delete all messages immediately if I see a word incorrectly spelled...

I missed that. I was fixated on The Real Housewives of NYC.

Someone had hacked my debit card last year and bought some kind of computer game but it was never delivered as other information was needed to get it send to a proper e-mail address.

They did have a small amount pending on that debit card for a while until I e-mailed the Redwood City game creator to get it straightened out.

[tcxr750]

Still waiting for the $12,000,000 check from the Bank of Nairobi.

[Taltarzac725]

Still waiting for the $12,000,000 check from the Bank of Nairobi.

I have received some kind of communications from people in Lagos since 1992 or so. Snail mail letters, then e-mails and now it seems like sophisticated Facebook scams.

[rexxfan]

Misspellings ar always a direct give away...ie:authorised....I delete all messages immediately if I see a word incorrectly spelled...

It's a fine (and perhaps irrelevant) point, but technically that spelling of authorized is not a misspelling, its simply the UK English form of the word.
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Bob C

[Yung Dum]

Don't click on anything. Even if the subject mentions someone you know. Verify with your friend but not by e-mail. Scams and spammers are everywhere. Be cautious.

[Barefoot]

I've received several emails recently from scammers pretending to be Royal Bank or Wells Fargo or Pay Pal or Bank of America. Supposedly my accounts have been recently been compromised. Except I don't have accounts there.
Please be very careful. Sadly, there are lots of scammers on the Internet trying to take advantage of innocent people.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Here is the biggest clue that it is a scam. Never ever would there be a word before Apple.com such as iforgot or applied and that goes for all corp websites. It is alwaws something like Apple.com/xxx

[2BNTV]

I love the one letter that looks like it comes from Toyota, (it doesn't), and claims I need to extend my warranty. I have received this letter 5 times for about one year.

Talked to Toyota salesman and he says it is a hoax. I hope they have fun spending postage with this baloney letter.

I also love the pop-up ads, that claim to be a Microsoft partner and you need to download something, to protect your PC. What a croc!!!

People try to instill fear as their basis for scamming. It's sad that some people fall for it.