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[Kachina624]

[Love my grandkids]

@Jordan2 SCAM. DON'T CLICK ON ANY LINK.

[NYCLatinaMe]

Don't click on any links.  

I have received many such emails.

I can usually see the sender's actual email address by right clicking on the sender's name.  If the email address doesn't end in apple.com it's a fake for sure. 

[NYCLatinaMe]

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@San Antonio Gal wrote:

I get strange text messages from supposedly the USPS trying to deliver a package, but they need more information.  I never click on the link.

So many scammers out there.  Awful.

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@San Antonio Gal  I get lots of these too.  ignore.  Elon Musk is now sending me emails now.  I don't think it's really him, so I just delete.

I also get emails from Sam's and Costco.  I am not a member so I just delete, but those who are and read them, check the sender's email address and don't click any links.

Gutter companies (I have none), hair loss, hemp, all scammers.  I just delete.

Anything that is offering a deal from a company I never signed up with.

I just delete.

Please don't click on these links. 

[NYCLatinaMe]

@Still Raining  I get several every day, year round.

[beach-mom]

@Jordan2 - I get emails and texts like this all of the time. The first time I got an email I wasn't sure about I called Amazon. Something just didn't look right.

The Amazon rep I talked to told me to always check the sender's address by hovering over the line. If it comes from a "Gmail" address it is probably fake.

She also asked me to forward the email. She said they investigate emails like this to try to stop them.  

You can sometimes tell from the actual content of the message too. If the writer uses overly formal language or something seems off in the wording, I would never click on the link!  

[geezerette]

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@San Antonio Gal wrote:

I get strange text messages from supposedly the USPS trying to deliver a package, but they need more information.  I never click on the link.

So many scammers out there.  Awful.

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I just got one of those a little while ago with very complicated directions about what to do.

[roeroe1005]

@San Antonio Gal,

I've been getting them too the past few weeks.  And they are coming from an international phone exchange, +63 939. 

Huh, who knew USPS works outside the US..

I block the number and report as junk, but still get them.

Annoying ...

[NYCLatinaMe]

Forgot to mention, many fake/scam emails offer insurance (especially auto, which I don't have) and "Black Friday Deals".  Elon Musk emailed me again today.

Don't click on the links.

We call these scams but what they are technically is called "phishing".  Those links, if clicked on, allow the person that sent you that link access information in your computer, like emails (as in cases of famous people you may have heard of on TV), banking information passwords, and other things that may be of value.

With phone calls, the scam is that they falsely claim to be someone to whom you would give money, or try to get information from you to steal money from your bank accounts.  If you give these people enough information, they may be able to open credit cards on your name and that type of thing.

So a good rule of thumb is not to give ANY info to people one does not know.

Hope this helps someone.

[monicakm]

@Jordan2 

This reeks of scam bait!