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OT Eternal September
jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/30/2014 1:49 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 7/30/2014 11:53 AM, jmcquown wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>
>> 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.
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> 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
>
Sure you did.
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