SMISHING - Page 2

Etoile308 · ‎01-04-2014

The package delivery emails and text are as old as the hills.

And I don't ever respond to the survey queries even those supposedly coming from QVC.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I never click on any link provided in my emails even if the sender looks familiar. I always look for a way around it to find the purpose of the message with any link attached. It's just not safe any more.

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

@SilleeMee wrote:
I never click on any link provided in my emails even if the sender looks familiar. I always look for a way around it to find the purpose of the message with any link attached. It's just not safe any more.

@SilleeMee

I agree, but how do you get around emails or texts that offer no alternative but to click on their link, for instance, to confirm an appointment? I hate doing that even if I know who sent them. And they often are using a third party to make and confirm appointments.😠

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@geezerette wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I never click on any link provided in my emails even if the sender looks familiar. I always look for a way around it to find the purpose of the message with any link attached. It's just not safe any more.
@SilleeMee

I agree, but how do you get around emails or texts that offer no alternative but to click on their link, for instance, to confirm an appointment? I hate doing that even if I know who sent them. And they often are using a third party to make and confirm appointments.😠

@geezerette

I usually end up making phone calls to check if the emails are legit. Sometimes I will respond to an email and ask about it that way, too. It's a pita.

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

I'm getting a lot of, You Won... and credit card offers.

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

@SilleeMee wrote:
@geezerette wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I never click on any link provided in my emails even if the sender looks familiar. I always look for a way around it to find the purpose of the message with any link attached. It's just not safe any more.
@SilleeMee

I agree, but how do you get around emails or texts that offer no alternative but to click on their link, for instance, to confirm an appointment? I hate doing that even if I know who sent them. And they often are using a third party to make and confirm appointments.😠

@geezerette
I usually end up making phone calls to check if the emails are legit. Sometimes I will respond to an email and ask about it that way, too. It's a pita.

@SilleeMee

For sure.

What really ticks me off are the emails I get from companies saying not to click on any links-- and then they require it themselves!

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

I often receive messages ike that. I've been getting them for months. Some look very legit but I know when I'm expecting a package the USPS doesn't send messages like that so those messages have scam written all over them.

wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

I've gotten a few of those types of emails--never click on them at all and report as spam--but then I did have my debit card hacked a few weeks ago--had to go thru all the hassel of filing disputes and changing card numbers, pass words etc. there should be a special He^^ for those dirtbags!!!!

Beacon girl · ‎07-08-2016

I got a e-mail not too long ago from usps that my package was being held because it didn’t clear customs! These people must think we are really stupid!