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[bonnie f]

yes i get emails like that usually in my spam & always ignore them..

[deeva]

A credit freeze only prevents someone from opening new credit in your name. Has nothing to do with existing credit accounts.

[corita]

I have received several emails from  "Apple" thanking me for my recent purchase!   No Apple item in my house, do not open email and check my credit sources often....so irritating!

[kivah]

The email makes NO sense -- and businesses will NEVER be emailing u - or anyone else. If not sure, call the company's telephone # and find out. NEVER reply on-line with any information.

[chrystaltree]

Those types of emails that are designed to get into your computer when you open them are as old as the hills.  The Amazon one was making the rounds or a couple of years but there are hundreds of variations like the one you describe.  They count on people being curious and opening the email despite the fact that they know full well they aren't expecting something for that store.  With Amazon it was $100 coupon (I got that one several times) even thought everyone knows Amazon doesn't do that type of thing.  I would never open such an email even from a company that I shop with.  I'd go to the store's website to see if there is problem with a pending order or I'd call that store's customer service number.  Like I said, this is far from new but it's quick, easy and successful for hackers.  Now they are doing it text messages to our phone, click on the link and they have access to your smart phone.   I got one today.  It was a text that said   "click on this link if you want $287.50".   Seriously?   

[OnlyShopsOnline]

I keep getting one that says my "invoice is now due" and to click the link to pay.  Yeah....right....

I have several people in my email contact list who use Yahoo email accounts.  They have all been hacked over the past year or so, and I'm sure this is where this garbage is coming from.

[Spurt]

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@novamc1 wrote:

A neighbor told me last night that she received a letter delivered by USPS from Hewlett Packard saying HP was  "sorry they could not deliver the five computers she had ordered, because she had frozen her credit and the order could not be approved".

She soon found out that the perpetrator of this scam had all of her vital personal information and had attempted to use  it to buy computers.

Guess that indicates the value of a credit freeze.

It probably would pay to contact any retailer that sends notices like that, because it could mean someone has opened some type of credit account using your identity.

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@novamc1

I agree contact any retailer, but do NOT use the phone number listed on the notice you received and if its an email dont use that phone number and dont click on any links eiter.....

Go directly to the retailers SECURE website (with a lock) and use that phone number to call the retailer!

[froggy]

Almost daily I get emails regarding my $50 reward " gift card" from various retailers some of whom I do business with. I just delete them. There are almost too many to report.

[novamc1]

@Spurt

You're right.  I should have reworded my post about   contacting the retailer sending the email.......everyone should contact the retailer or other source  to inquire about the email and report possible abuse, but only by using an official phone number or email.

No sense falling into the scammer's hands by contacting anything  mentioned in such a bogus email.

I've had many odd emails allegedly coming  from my banks, some retailers, Amazon, and other sources.  No way would I use the "reply" function or use any other info contained in those emails.  If I think there's a problem, I'll search out the true contact info and use that.

[Spurt]

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@novamc1 wrote:

@Spurt

You're right.  I should have reworded my post about   contacting the retailer sending the email.......everyone should contact the retailer or other source  to inquire about the email and report possible abuse, but only by using an official phone number or email.

No sense falling into the scammer's hands by contacting anything  mentioned in such a bogus email.

I've had many odd emails allegedly coming  from my banks, some retailers, Amazon, and other sources.  No way would I use the "reply" function or use any other info contained in those emails.  If I think there's a problem, I'll search out the true contact info and use that.

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@novamc1

I just wanted to make sure that no one uses the phone number or links to contact the company.  Glad to hear that you follow safe procedures too....)

Yep I get these scam emails too and its so frustrating...........I contact the company and forward the scams to their fraud depts.....