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Scam Alert

phoenixbrd — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:42:36 GMT

Several forum members have been kind enough to alert me regarding current online scams (seems to be trending over the last 6 months). So I'm sharing what I just received in my email. I did some research to find it was a scam (no surprise there, but necessary):


	Hi (my email), Your wire deposit has arrived, this payment was made on the 12/06/21 Confirmation number Z2ET2 Confirm your details in the file bellow! View in Dropbox (This was in blue and you could click on it) Thanks! - The Dropbox Team

Want to stop getting invites from Dropbox? (Unsubscribe was in blue and you could click on it)
Dropbox, Inc., PO Box 77767, San Francisco, CA 94107

Re: Scam Alart

Snowpuppy — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:43:46 GMT

Is dropbox even a thing?

I don't get much spam/scam but recently Netflix Mexico alerted me someone logged into my account. I don't have Netflix anywhere.

And Paypal which I do have that my account was locked and login here. Pretty legit looking but the email was from Paypl.com with no A in pal.

Re: Scam Alert

chickenbutt — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:44:53 GMT

I hope you didn't click on ANYTHING in that email. That's, as they say, how they get ya.

Re: Scam Alert

Diamonds22 — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:49:03 GMT

Another red flag is the date of the deposit (12/6/21).

Re: Scam Alert

phoenixbrd — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:53:01 GMT

@chickenbutt , @Snowpuppy I didn't click on anything...never do anymore. I (and my husband) have also received those PayPal email statements saying it was locked due to suspicious behavior (we have both received them from our banks also). I always check PayPal (and banks) by going into my account (not clicking anything on the email) and never find that my accounts were locked. Seems I'm deleting these scams weekly.

Re: Scam Alert

phoenixbrd — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:54:31 GMT

@Diamonds22 Yup, I thought of that too. Your kidding me, notifying me of a deposit wired 6 months ago! Thank goodness, these scammers are not too smart!

Re: Scam Alert

chickenbutt — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:57:42 GMT

Actually, it would 6 months in the future. You'd think they would catch an error like that - or maybe they just bank on others not noticing.

Re: Scam Alert

Mistreatedbycs — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:58:24 GMT

Why wasn't this directed to your SPAM file.

You can hover over the sender and see their e-mail address before opening.

Re: Scam Alert

phoenixbrd — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:59:32 GMT

@chickenbutt Whoops...who would have thought...even better evidence!

Re: Scam Alert

grandma2pkmh — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:00:34 GMT

@phoenixbrd They are super people, they made a deposit on a date in the future - 12/06/21.

Re: Scam Alert

proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:24:15 GMT

@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Diamonds22 Yup, I thought of that too. Your kidding me, notifying me of a deposit wired 6 months ago! Thank goodness, these scammers are not too smart!

@phoenixbrd @Diamonds22 Some foreign countries use that format with the day first. So yes scam. Edited to correct.

Re: Scam Alert

phoenixbrd — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:05:10 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs Good question...we are receiving a lot of scam mail. I stopped the hoovering over the name. I used to do that before deleating, but one of the articles I read said that now even hoovering can generate a virus. Don't know if this is true, but I'd rather be safe.

Re: Scam Alert

phoenixbrd — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:02:26 GMT

@grandma2pkmh Where can I sign up for those powers!!!

Re: Scam Alert

Sushismom — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:52:09 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Diamonds22 Yup, I thought of that too. Your kidding me, notifying me of a deposit wired 6 months ago! Thank goodness, these scammers are not too smart!
@phoenixbrd @Diamonds22 Some foreign countries use that format with the month first. So yes scam.

I believe you mean the day first, month second.

Re: Scam Alert

proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:08:54 GMT

@Sushismom wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Diamonds22 Yup, I thought of that too. Your kidding me, notifying me of a deposit wired 6 months ago! Thank goodness, these scammers are not too smart!
@phoenixbrd @Diamonds22 Some foreign countries use that format with the month first. So yes scam.
I believe you mean the day first, month second.

@Sushismom Yes, I did. My mistake.

Re: Scam Alert

Meowingkitty — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:19:36 GMT

The date is written as day/month/year. Normally it's month/day/year.

Re: Scam Alert

SusieQ_2 — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:20:08 GMT

@Sushismom wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Diamonds22 Yup, I thought of that too. Your kidding me, notifying me of a deposit wired 6 months ago! Thank goodness, these scammers are not too smart!
@phoenixbrd @Diamonds22 Some foreign countries use that format with the month first. So yes scam.
I believe you mean the day first, month second.

Exactly right. Many countries write the date with the day going before the month. For 12-6-21 the date would be read the 12th day, 6th month, and the year being 2021 or as we say it June 12, 2021.

So while it's not an error, or a clue that the date was set in the future, it would be a clue that the correspondence didn't originate in the United States.

Re: Scam Alert

MrsSB — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:27:13 GMT

If received today, this was meant to look like the transaction just happened yesterday, as in June 12. 2021 which is how many countries other than the U.S. write their dates. But yes. I agree. Nothing but a scam for sure.

Re: Scam Alert

millieshops — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:58:05 GMT

@phoenixbrd Years ago when I was able to speak with someone at PayPal, I was told one way to know it's phishing mail is that even if they have your email, if they don't address you by name, it's not from PayPal.

I expect every legit business to do the same.

Re: Scam Alert

shoesnbags — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:01:40 GMT

I would have figured it was a scam as soon as I saw they had misspelled the word "below." bellow