Monday, March 11, 2024

Scams And Spams

I received an email from an acquaintance that contained an e-vite for a party
The body of the message told me that I should click on the invitation to see more details and RSVP. I did as directed, and ended up at a website with a blurred background image behind a box that asked me to log in with my email address. Warning alarms started to go off in my brain, and I quickly closed the page.

I asked the sender to provide more details:

Before I open the invitation you sent me can you give me a heads up as to the content? Sorry to say there have been so many scams and spams I've turned leery of things I don't know:-(

The person isn't big on email, and I wasn't surprised when I never got a response, so I Googled the name of the e-vite company. On their website I learned that legitimate messages from them would come straight from their domain name (instead of someone in my contact list) and would never contain an attachment. My instincts were right!

I forwarded the spam message to the company, marked it as phishing and deleted it, then changed my email password.

Five years ago today: There's A Day For Everything!

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16 comments:

  1. Mevely317March 11, 2024 at 8:14 PM

    How scary! I'm usually the one who warns family and friends about scams -- yet I fell for one on FB just this morning. It was a cute cartoon, but when I double clicked to show the whole thing, my screen froze. Wh n I went back again and read comments I saw where others said it was malicious. What a mess!

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  2. DUTAMarch 11, 2024 at 8:59 PM

    The Web is a very dangerous place! One had better develop a sixth sense about scams.

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    1. Kathy GMarch 12, 2024 at 9:13 AM

      I agree about the 'sixth sense' being vital.

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  3. BootsandBraidsMarch 12, 2024 at 12:42 AM

    Good Grief! That was a close call.

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  4. MikeMarch 12, 2024 at 1:09 AM

    I got one from someone pretending to be Amazon yesterday. It was a little more obvious than your message. I looked up Amazons spam email URL and shipped it off.

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  5. Donna. WMarch 12, 2024 at 4:59 AM

    There's a lot of this around lately. I tend to think I know a scam when I see one, but every once in awhile I click too soon and realize I shouldn't have done it.

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    1. Kathy GMarch 12, 2024 at 9:14 AM

      The scammers must work overtime figuring out ways to trick people.

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  6. Debra She Who SeeksMarch 12, 2024 at 7:26 AM

    Good instincts!

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  7. StrayerMarch 12, 2024 at 10:12 AM

    They're so good at what they do and so tricky!

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    1. Kathy GMarch 12, 2024 at 3:41 PM

      Wouldn't it be wonderful if they took all that enthusiasm and used it for legitimate projects?

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  8. AnonymousMarch 12, 2024 at 11:54 AM

    Scary -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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  9. JeanetteMarch 13, 2024 at 9:04 AM

    You have to be so careful these days! Scammers are everywhere!

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