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Junk email never seen before - lost in space - 01-17-2020
Just got this. We didn't order a TV, and there's nothing in either our order history or bank records.
Not worried about it, but am wondering how does the scammer benefit from this? Just harvesting phone #s?
The email does have a little doohickey that pops up when I mouse over the date, the kind I've seen in emails where it links to a tracking #.
Re: Junk email never seen before - Racer X - 01-17-2020
You should try and reroute it to yourself.......
Re: Junk email never seen before - cbelt3 - 01-17-2020
Phishing... I’ve gotten them.
Re: Junk email never seen before - hal - 01-17-2020
lost in space wrote: ...but am wondering how does the scammer benefit from this?
phishing - you call the number concerned about the transaction. You need to ID your account by providing info. While you're contemplating on the wisdom of providing the info, the guy on the phone asks about these other orders he's seeing. You hand over your name, address, phone#, amz user name/password, and then they will try for more - "I'm still not seeing it - what's your SS#?"
This is phishing
Re: Junk email never seen before - Carm - 01-17-2020
They like to go Phishing.
Besides the fake email address, the “Dear Customer” is a dead give away.
They also have it like three times. “Please Call” some random number.
Other times is please log into your account with a bogus link.
Re: Junk email never seen before - 3d - 01-17-2020
I get a TON of order confirmation emails like this from AliExpress. I just ignore them. Not once have I ever received something I didn't order.
Re: Junk email never seen before - jdc - 01-17-2020
3d wrote:
I get a TON of order confirmation emails like this from AliExpress. I just ignore them. Not once have I ever received something I didn't order.
My youngest daughter gets them for FedEx -- as far as I know, her email has never been used for anything -- but its a commonname @ me. com
Re: Junk email never seen before - lost in space - 01-18-2020
I see. The name and address they show aren't ours. Makes sense.
I've gotten a lot of phishing emails, just never saw one like this. Most often we get "Is Elaine (or any name) there?" I fell for the first one we got, telling the scammer wrong number, then they ask what the number is, what my name is, etc. Losers.
Re: Junk email never seen before - RAMd®d - 01-18-2020
Obviously they're phishing scams.
The question was- how does the scammer benefit from this not 'what is this'/
Are the lines of blue text links? If so, a phone number is probably not the goal.
Or, they hope someone will call and they can talk them into providing personal information to 'verify' that the order is or isn't genuine. And yes, we know it's not.
Re: Junk email never seen before - hal - 01-18-2020
lost in space wrote:
I see. The name and address they show aren't ours. Makes sense.
I've gotten a lot of phishing emails, just never saw one like this. Most often we get "Is Elaine (or any name) there?" I fell for the first one we got, telling the scammer wrong number, then they ask what the number is, what my name is, etc. Losers.
This is a good scam because AMZ allows you to ship to an address that isn't yours for gifts and such, so a notification like this might be an indicator that your AMZ has been hijacked and the scammer is sending TVs all over the country on your nickle.