OT: email scam warning, heads up
Aspie_Rocco
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Just a heads up, I got this scam attempt email. Phishing I think it is called. Notice the bad grammar as a tell. 
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It's junk/spam email. Everybody gets it.
Yup
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Yup, got a Charles Schwab phishing one yesterday. Eye, hand, brain coordination is required to not tap on the link. Peace Roy
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Lots of rubbish lately..... and for some reason, the phones have been unusually active lately...and NOT with political calls.... all sorts of sales type calls..."This is ----- on a recorded line..." My latest ploy is to pick up but not answer...
Cheers, RickO
i hit the spam button and move on
The number of spam calls on a daily basis has gotten overwhelming. I’m sure three quarters of the calls I get any more are junk.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Thanks for the heads up. these email and phone scams are getting completely out of control.
I keep getting calls from IRS employees with heavy accents, telling me I am going to be arrested if I don't wire them money in the next two hours, someone must be falling for this type of scam, unfortunately it's probably seniors who can't afford the loss.
I been getting the bank phishing emails saying my bank account has been locked and I need to verify my banking information. If you get this one, do not open attachment.
Hmmm, thanks. I never get these spam attacks. Don't know why but glad I don't. I don't have an Apple or I-phone or such and that may help.
bob
Luckily the OP's example had lots of red flags (terrible spelling etc.) but they are not all so obvious.
My company even sends its employees "fake spam" emails to test us.
It's not the mail client, it's the servers you connect to. Some mail servers have very good spam detection. Others don't. The spam/scam detectors in front of the mail servers I used to run was continuously updated, but I only had 40K users, so it wasn't a terribly hard task. Places like gmail is probably a nightmare.
On the matter of phone calls, I recently changed my cell phone number (which I had for some 15 years) when I reluctantly had to get a smart phone. I was getting as many spam/scam calls as I was real calls, and decided it was worth the effort to change the number. I kept both phones live for a couple months, informing those I wanted to have my new number my new number. All of the others who may not have called know my e-mail address.
Result? Virtually no unwanted calls. It's like I have a usable phone again.
And if you've got 10 minutes to kill, you should be like this guy...
RE: "Notice the bad grammar as a tell."
Geeez....you had me there! I thought that meant it came from the white house...but then realized the spelling was OK.
We signed up for the Do Not Call list. We still get the junk calls.
I got the "IRS is going to issue a warrant for back taxes" phone call yesterday.
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