"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 7/30/2014 3:15 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:49:28 -0500, Janet Wilder >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> They said they denied the transaction because the billing address did
>>>> not match.
>>>>
>>>> I had used the card at Target, supposedly the day before they got
>>>> hacked, so I'm guessing it was from the Target scheme.
>>>>
>>>> I use a Chase credit card and anytime there is an online or phone
>>>> transaction or one over $200, I get an instant email. I pay my bill in
>>>> full every month so I don't shop for rates and I feel very safe with
>>>> Chase.
>>>
>>> I hope I don't tempt fate by saying I have never had any problems and
>>> hold several credit cards, I am just sensible with them. If something
>>> happens these days, like it did with you, the system pretty quickly
>>> picks up on it not being your usual spending and checks. A friend did
>>> not even know her card had been stolen, until the bank called her,
>>> only about ten minutes after it had been stolen. The idiot was trying
>>> to buy a stereo system, not her sort of expense.
>>
>> I had a credit card number stolen a few years ago. I must say the people
>> that stole the number were going by train through Switzerland, so they
>> were on an adventure at least. Thieves.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Those pesky foreign folks have been sending me a lot of email as Hawaiian
> Telecom saying that my email account has reached it's limit or that it's
> overhauling the mail system and I need to log in. They're really ramping
> up the phishing.
>
> The one I got yesterday was really sweet. It's a series of 5 delivery
> failure emails followed by a notice saying that the account is in
> violation of the terms of service and my computer was spamming. That one
> was pretty alarming. After checking my office computers, it appears that
> the delivery failure emails were the setup and the real phish came later.
> They almost got me that time!

I wasted a big chunk of time today. Got an email from Frontier telling me
that I needed to upgrade my mail or third parties could read my messages.
Sounded bogus so I started an online chat with them only to discover that I
has started the wrong online chat.

Got into the right chat. Waited. Had to verify stuff. Seems it was legit.
K. Went back to the email and clicked on the link to tell me what to do.
Seems it was a video. I was like... Why would they do a video instead of
just listing the steps? Only there were no actual video there. Just a
black screen.

So started another chat. Repeat above. Guy types out all of the
instructions and... All of my settings were correct!

But to close one screen it forced me to enter a bunch of survey stuff for
them about how my customer service experience went? Then when I got home
later, I got two emails asking me to do more surveys. Uh no. Buy a clue
people! Don't just assume that everyone has no clue how to configure their
email. Sheesh.