Beware New 'Phishing' Scam!

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Old 11-06-2014, 10:01 PM
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There is an email that is circulating that appears to be from "Amazon" congratulating you on winning a 90% discount coupon in honor of their 20th birthday. If this sounds too good to be true, you are correct - it is a scam! Do not open any links- DELETE the message!
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Old 11-08-2014, 05:29 PM
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Yes, and I got a call from someone yesterday saying that the IRS is filing a suit against me and I should call them for help. Yeah right. There must be a lot of suckers out there is why they keep making these calls.
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Old 11-08-2014, 07:43 PM
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Glad I never have to worry about those kinda scams ever again.

Today I received an email from Barrister James informing me he is ready to transfer 6.5 million dollars into my bank account.

That's a stand-up kinda guy, right there.
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Got one today telling me that my MedicAlert was ready to ship. All I had to do was call #............

You guessed it; I didn't order one. I just added that one to the ones from Microsoft about my computer and the ones from Windows about my computer. Those come about every two weeks.
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I got an email saying his excellency moputo of Nigeria.....
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How about this one. First look at address it came from , Microsoft? I do not think so. Then Subject Account Closed, well if that were true I wouldn't get this. And then Dear Mail Users not specific. Account update needed within 24 hours click here?? They even used logos, copyright etc. Called Microsoft and they said they did not send and account is OK.

However , they did not want me to forward for their investigation. But it probably cost a lot of money to get an EMAIL in India.

From: chihhunglu@outlook.com
Subject: Microsoft account closed
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 09:11:39 +0000

Dear Mail Users,

Your Account information needs to be updated within 24Hours, If this is not done we shall suspend your account Please Click Here to Update.

Sincerely,
The Outlook Team
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