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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect

@Imaoldhippie @It's not a scam. It's a billing error from AT&T.

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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect

@shoesnbags How would a scammer know the exact due dates for our bills?

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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect

@shoesnbags @Mindy D @onthebay

 

Donot click links but its safe to foward to abuse@att.net

 

 

 

 

 

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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect

Thanks @Spurt .  I just forwarded it.

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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect


@Mindy D wrote:

@shoesnbags How would a scammer know the exact due dates for our bills?


@Mindy D 

I'm not sure that the due date is correct on mine.  I have autopay, and my account shows that it was just paid on Dec. 31.  But I'm wondering if AT&T was hacked maybe? Either that or the customer service person I spoke to made a mistake when he said that no email was sent to me from AT&T. 

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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect


@shoesnbags wrote:

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I don't think a legitimate email would abbreviate January.  I wonder what shows up when hovering over the links in the email.

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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect


@Caffeina wrote:

@shoesnbags wrote:

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I don't think a legitimate email would abbreviate January.  I wonder what shows up when hovering over the links in the email.


@Caffeina 

As I said in my original post, the correct email address shows up when hovering.  No long string of letters, numbers, etc. like you usually see with a scam email.

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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect


@shoesnbags wrote:

@Caffeina wrote:

@shoesnbags wrote:

F02AEDE3-90F0-4F8F-B107-9385967FD006.jpeg

 

I don't think a legitimate email would abbreviate January.  I wonder what shows up when hovering over the links in the email.


@Caffeina 

As I said in my original post, the correct email address shows up when hovering.  No long string of letters, numbers, etc. like you usually see with a scam email.


It's the blue links in the body of the email I'm wondering about. They probably don't show true AT&T links. In Windows, if you hover over a link, the actual link will appear in the lower left side of the screen just above the task bar.

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Re: A Scam Email That Looks Perfect


@Caffeina wrote:

@shoesnbags wrote:

@Caffeina wrote:

@shoesnbags wrote:

F02AEDE3-90F0-4F8F-B107-9385967FD006.jpeg

 

I don't think a legitimate email would abbreviate January.  I wonder what shows up when hovering over the links in the email.


@Caffeina 

As I said in my original post, the correct email address shows up when hovering.  No long string of letters, numbers, etc. like you usually see with a scam email.


It's the blue links in the body of the email I'm wondering about. They probably don't show true AT&T links. In Windows, if you hover over a link, the actual link will appear in the lower left side of the screen just above the task bar.


@Caffeina 

OK, I went back and hovered as you said, but I can't tell if the link is legit from looking at what pops up at the lower left of my screen.  It starts off looking correct but then ends in a string of letters and numbers that stretches across the page.  Never having hovered over a link before I don't know if that's normal.

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