Just got another scam e-mail

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After ordering two things on Amazon today. Check out the "to" and "from" fields. And the spelling. This is now my go-to place to share, ask for advise ;)

What to do?

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More often than not they have the emails setup where it pulls the images from their server with a unique ID string on the http request when you view it so that they know they sent it to a valid and active email address. Can't think of the techie term for it though at the moment.
 
I'd mark as spam and delete. Some email providers have an option in the setting to not load remote images without confirming with you first.
 
JBP said:
More often than not they have the emails setup where it pulls the images from their server with a unique ID string on the http request when you view it so that they know they sent it to a valid and active email address. Can't think of the techie term for it though at the moment.
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That's if you were stupid enough to respond to it right

This one, somehow didn't go to my Spam folder.
 
Contact Amazon customer service and verify that there is no problem. If no problem exists, ignore the email. I'd give you the customer service phone number, but I could be a scammer too.
 
schwinney said:
That's if you were stupid enough to respond to it right

This one, somehow didn't go to my Spam folder.
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No, html formatted emails can pull remote images automatically. Just like with email offers from Napa, advance, etc. All images are loaded remotely so that if there is a typo or error in the image they just fix the mistake instead of having a bajillion emails with 99¢ Pennzoil Platinum that folks gonna raise hell for them to honor then having to send corrected emails, pissing folks off for having to many emails then unsubscribe and lose potential customers
 
JBP said:
More often than not they have the emails setup where it pulls the images from their server with a unique ID string on the http request when you view it so that they know they sent it to a valid and active email address. Can't think of the techie term for it though at the moment.
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Tracking Pixels.. that's what I was trying to remember
 
I generally don't recommend Gmail, but their spam filtering is pretty spot on. If an email gets reported by many users then they will blanket mark the sender IP, not just domain as a spam host. They're good at catching domain spoofing emails too
 
schwinney said:
After ordering two things on Amazon today. Check out the "to" and "from" fields. And the spelling. This is now my go-to place to share, ask for advise ;)

What to do?

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Well get ready.The latest scam they are doing: calling your phone to tell you there is a suspitious $1000 or more charge to your account for Iphones and related items. Well right off you know if you did this or not. If NOT then DELETE right away. DO NOT open, press one or what ever they claim you must do. They either want to get you talking to wrangle your private info or they can even have some set up where if you press
certain buttons you may be authorizing your cedit cards to pay them some money. Way too many creeps out there with lots of tec savy folks working together to create and pull every scheme you can imagine to prey on the vulnerable. A recent retired buddy just fell for one of those
parasite companies who send Medicare / Social Securty mailers out to fool elderly into thinking these are official US Governement mailers. He called them and gave them a bunch of his personal info! Ugh, now he has no idea who they are (of course the phone is a non funtioning number by now) and no way to find them. So he waits to see what, if any damage he has caused himself. You MUST be careful.
 
Step 1 of dealing with a phone scammer - Ask them who they are trying to reach.
95% of the time, they are using a remote dial device, are just trying random phone numbers, don't use a phone list, so they probably don't have a name attached to the number they have dialed.

Step 2 - Tell them you will call them back, and hang up. Don't get the number from them, just hang up.

Step 3 - Stop answering your phone for numbers you don't know. Let them leave a message. No, the warranty company isn't calling you about the warranty on your car expiring.
 
Bladecutter said:
Step 1 of dealing with a phone scammer - Ask them who they are trying to reach.
95% of the time, they are using a remote dial device, are just trying random phone numbers, don't use a phone list, so they probably don't have a name attached to the number they have dialed.

Step 2 - Tell them you will call them back, and hang up. Don't get the number from them, just hang up.

Step 3 - Stop answering your phone for numbers you don't know. Let them leave a message. No, the warranty company isn't calling you about the warranty on your car expiring.
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Step 2 - You're being too nice. Just hang up.

Treat them like debt collectors....
 
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