On 7/30/2014 1:49 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/30/2014 11:53 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>> The funniest (or should I say phunniest?) phishing scam I got was a few
>> years ago. Allegedly from the IRS. You have a tax refund! Just click
>> on this link to claim it. R i i i g h t. That's not going to happen.
>>
>> First of all, I do my own taxes. I know when/if I'm due a tax refund.
>> Secondly, since when does the IRS *email* people about refunds? They
>> don't. If you look on their web site they even have a warning about
>> scams like this:
>>
>> http://www.irs.gov/uac/Suspicious-e-...Identity-Theft
>>
>>
>> The wisest and safest thing to do is simply delete the email. Certainly
>> don't believe where they say they came from if you didn't instigate the
>> email communication.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> Of course.
>
> Even if I get a legit looking email from my bank or a credit card, I
> will not click the link. I'll go directly to the web site and log in
> for the message.
>
> About a month ago, I got an email from my main credit card, so I went to
> the site and logged in to find that they had denied a purchase in
> California for over $300. I picked up the phone and called the credit
> card company who ran a list of other purchases by me that were legit.
> They closed the account and overnighted me a new card.
I had a hacker with (of all places) WalMart in SoCal about three years
ago. The idiot who hacked my credit card info (I have no idea how he
did it, I'm very careful) was stupid enough to use *my* email to confirm
purchases he made at a WalMart. As a result of his stupidity, I got an
email confirmation: your order is ready for pickup.
WTH?! I immediately called that WalMart location. Do NOT let this
person pick up anything! Call the police. I don't know them. I
haven't been in Southern California since 1967.
I then called my bank and told them to cancel the card. It did take a
couple of days for them to send me a replacement.
To give WalMart credit, they responded immmediately. They had cops
waiting for this guy when he came in to pick up a television and some
other items he had ordered. He was promptly arrested. My card wasn't
charged.
Jill