topic Re: SPAM: AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARD in Community Chat

SPAM: AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARD

jlkz — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:02:13 GMT

This one slipped through the Apple protection: it is an email purporting to be from American Express Credit card and wanting account info once you click on their link.

it looks better than most; however, there is a strange format construction where it tells you what to do.

laughable: We do NOT have an American Express Card. Forwarded the span to .gov.

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OKPrincess — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:07:40 GMT

Thanks for the heads up. We own one but haven’t used it in years. Be anxious to see if I get an email.

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software — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:11:51 GMT

Even if you have an American Express card, NEVER click the links in an email.

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Ibby114 — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:17:19 GMT

It's such a misnomer that Apple is safe and secure! It was explained to me by our tech people at work -- since there are fewer Apple products 'out there' the security breaches seem marginal.

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mimomof4 — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:28:08 GMT

We've been getting that same email the passed couple months. We had an American Express card with Costco before the went to Citi.

The format is strange and the wording on some of the emails has obvious grammar mistakes.

I have seen so many of these fake emails I immediately send them to the fraud department for whatever company they are trying to be so it can be investigated.

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Free2be — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:28:04 GMT

I had received a couple of these emails and knew they weren't from Amex. I also noticed a spelling error.

I feel sorry for people who get caught up by these scammers. I hadn't used that card since Costco switched over and at that time it was closed. I thought maybe somehow Paypal had a breach because it was still listed there as a backup card on my Paypal account and the scam email showed up shortly after I recently took the time to delete the dead card from Paypal.

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dex — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:29:18 GMT

@mimomof4

@mimomof4 wrote:
We've been getting that same email the passed couple months. We had an American Express card with Costco before the went to Citi.

The format is strange and the wording on some of the emails has obvious grammar mistakes.

I have seen so many of these fake emails I immediately send them to the fraud department for whatever company they are trying to be so it can be investigated.

How do you do that.I would like to be able to do it also.

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Mindy D — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:33:01 GMT

I’ve seen this one. Thanks for giving us a head up.

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mimomof4 — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:36:26 GMT

@dex wrote:
@mimomof4
@mimomof4 wrote:
We've been getting that same email the passed couple months. We had an American Express card with Costco before the went to Citi.

The format is strange and the wording on some of the emails has obvious grammar mistakes.

I have seen so many of these fake emails I immediately send them to the fraud department for whatever company they are trying to be so it can be investigated.
How do you do that.I would like to be able to do it also.

Sometimes you can find the email on a companies website by searching for fraud. I have called customer service for the particular company or did online chat. They give me the fraud email which is usually something like fraud or abuse @companyX.com (example the one for chase is abuse@chase.com). Now everytime I get a fraud email I immediately forward it on.

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morganjen — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:38:19 GMT

I've gotten a bunch of these lately. They struck me as phishing, so I just deleted them. I do have an Amex card.

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FrostyBabe1 — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:41:39 GMT

@Ibby114 wrote:
It's such a misnomer that Apple is safe and secure! It was explained to me by our tech people at work -- since there are fewer Apple products 'out there' the security breaches seem marginal.

Unless you're using an Apple e-mail address, it's not them. It's your e-mail provider.

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NickNack — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:45:38 GMT

@jlkz You clicked on the link? You should never click on links like that. You can get a virus that way.

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Spurt — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:20:23 GMT

@NickNack wrote:
@jlkz You clicked on the link? You should never click on links like that. You can get a virus that way.

@NickNack

You can hit FORWARD to send it to the Fraud Dept, but not click any links in the email. A CC Fraud Support Tech told me this

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NickNack — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:32:44 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
@NickNack wrote:
@jlkz You clicked on the link? You should never click on links like that. You can get a virus that way.
@NickNack

You can hit FORWARD to send it to the Fraud Dept, but not click any links in the email. A CC Fraud Support Tech told me this

That's a good point @Spurt. I've sent emails to the fraud dept. of websites, too.

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dooBdoo — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:47:34 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
@NickNack wrote:
@jlkz You clicked on the link? You should never click on links like that. You can get a virus that way.
@NickNack

You can hit FORWARD to send it to the Fraud Dept, but not click any links in the email. A CC Fraud Support Tech told me this

If the business is going to use the forwarded email to investigate, they also need the full headers included with it.

Unfortunately, the simple act of opening some of these more sophisticated nasty email messages can activate and generate a dangerous download and/or transmit a notice to the sender telling them they reached an active email account. For this reason, it's usually best to have strong settings and filters on the email account to automagically block these or sweep them into a spam folder without user intervention.

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jlkz — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:42:30 GMT

@NickNack

NO I did not click on the link as they requested. I forwarded the email to government spam site.

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esmerelda — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 03:37:41 GMT

@FrostyBabe1 wrote:
@Ibby114 wrote:
It's such a misnomer that Apple is safe and secure! It was explained to me by our tech people at work -- since there are fewer Apple products 'out there' the security breaches seem marginal.
Unless you're using an Apple e-mail address, it's not them. It's your e-mail provider.

@FrostyBabe1 I wondered what “Apple protection” was.

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esmerelda — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 03:40:58 GMT

@dooBdoo You can’t forward them without opening them can you? Also, that SPAM folder will get crowded and need to be cleared at some point.

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KingstonsMom — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:30:53 GMT

I do have an AM EX card, but haven't received the email.....yet anyway.

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iwrite — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 06:35:01 GMT

i received one of those emails also. i deleted it.

it never dawned on me to forward it to the company because i didn't know that they investigated these things. do any of the other companies email you back saying thank you or any? i just wonder if they actually do investigate.

i use to get a lot from banks that i have never had an account from. it amazes me that people that don't have an account would actually click on any link.

thank you for letting me know