Scam Alert

phoenixbrd · ‎03-27-2010

Several forum members have been kind enough to alert me regarding current online scams (seems to be trending over the last 6 months). So I'm sharing what I just received in my email. I did some research to find it was a scam (no surprise there, but necessary):


	Hi (my email), Your wire deposit has arrived, this payment was made on the 12/06/21 Confirmation number Z2ET2 Confirm your details in the file bellow! View in Dropbox (This was in blue and you could click on it) Thanks! - The Dropbox Team

Want to stop getting invites from Dropbox? (Unsubscribe was in blue and you could click on it)
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Snowpuppy · ‎03-09-2010

Is dropbox even a thing?

I don't get much spam/scam but recently Netflix Mexico alerted me someone logged into my account. I don't have Netflix anywhere.

And Paypal which I do have that my account was locked and login here. Pretty legit looking but the email was from Paypl.com with no A in pal.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I hope you didn't click on ANYTHING in that email. That's, as they say, how they get ya.

Diamonds22 · ‎03-09-2010

Another red flag is the date of the deposit (12/6/21).

phoenixbrd · ‎03-27-2010

@chickenbutt , @Snowpuppy I didn't click on anything...never do anymore. I (and my husband) have also received those PayPal email statements saying it was locked due to suspicious behavior (we have both received them from our banks also). I always check PayPal (and banks) by going into my account (not clicking anything on the email) and never find that my accounts were locked. Seems I'm deleting these scams weekly.

phoenixbrd · ‎03-27-2010

@Diamonds22 Yup, I thought of that too. Your kidding me, notifying me of a deposit wired 6 months ago! Thank goodness, these scammers are not too smart!