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[millieshops]

@Johnnyeager    One link could be that if they get into your bank account, they end up with enough information to open new accounts elsewhere and you might not even know what they are buying using your name and numbers.  They don't have to charge on your account itself.

[reviewer from sc]

I want to also warn about the Amazon scam. I get a few e-mails every month that Amazon is closing my account. IT IS A SCAM!! I forward those e-mails to Amazon's spoof e-mail. They confirm that the e-mail is fradulent. So, if you get an e-mail stating that your Amazon account is being suspended or closed, I would check with Amazon (and don't click anything in the e-mail). 

Also, my mother gets a phone call every couple of months stating that her computer has been compromised, and this company needs the serial numbers off her computer to help her get that computer back up and running. Problem is---she does not even own a computer!! 

[Gorgf]

@reviewer from sc  Amazon is the worst.  I agree. The last one a few weeks ago was they were unable to charge my Prime membership to my account.  I know my bill is are paid on time. I admit I don't know over the years when it is /was exactly due? 

I have had no problem ordering using my Prime. I notice that the Logo next to the email is not the normal company logo for scams. I have called Amazon CS and told her I did not open and she said that is correct. I think it happens alot with Amazon.

[sann]

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@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:

Happens a lot and w/inflation out of control will continue .

My grndson ? called me to tell me he had been arrested for dui. Another scam.

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Yes it is a scam.... Friend of mine got the same call she came very close to falling for it..Local news said they had heard from viewers who had received similar calls.

[vsm]

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@Ainhisg wrote:

With emails, all you have to do is either hover over or click on the sender name, and it will show the email address from which the email came. Many times, you can see that it's not from the business and can mark it as spam.

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Thanks for that info, @Ainhisg .  I'd been using another method, which also works well but which involves an additional computer click: I move the email to spam, where my snippet reveals the source of the email. If it's not from the sender it purports to be from, I just click "delete forever" without opening the email or having to call the company it's supposedly from.

[Kachina624]

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@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:

Happens a lot and w/inflation out of control will continue .

My grandson ? called me to tell me he had been arrested for dui. Another scam.

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@Group 5 minus 1   Are you on Facebook or other social media discussing grandchildren?  I've heard its a great source of information for scammers.

[Group 5 minus 1]

No,we are not.

[colliegirls]

I got the same, mine was a phone call

[Scooby Doo]

I got one of those e-mails once.  I called Chase and they told me that if they send you an email they will address it to your first name and put the last 4 numbers in the text.

I was told to send the email to abuse @ chase dot com

[Jordan2]

I'm the OP, I got another email from "Chase" today worded slightly differently. I noticed the word behavior was spelled the British way behaviour which made me think it was a scam, I deleted it.