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Sep 19, 2024 - 8:14:53 AM
15279 posts since 1/15/2005

I am sure this is not new, but I have been getting at least one new email a day about ..... either one that I owe or one that is owed to me. All look legitimate (at least the email part, as I do not open the "Invoice" attachment) and they are all showing up on my regular mail and not in my spam box. Intil the last month or so I would only get one or two every few months. Happening to anyone else?

Sep 19, 2024 - 8:18:28 AM
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Texasbanjo (Moderator)

USA

30754 posts since 8/3/2003

Oh, yes. I get on an average of 2 or 3 a day saying my account will be locked or your payment has been declined. After I sent a few to my spam folder, now that's where I find them rather than my mail box.

Do you have a spam filter?  If not, you need one.  If you do have one, you need to make it more sensitive to spam.

Edited by - Texasbanjo on 09/19/2024 08:19:29

Sep 19, 2024 - 8:39:29 AM

chuckv97

Canada

72770 posts since 10/5/2013

I get a couple per week

Sep 19, 2024 - 9:00:22 AM
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rinemb

USA

16530 posts since 5/24/2005

Locally, we are getting fake emails from "Ktag" our or DriveKs.com. Its how you pay for using the turnpike. The email of course looks legit, saying you owe etc. The State of Kansas Turnpike Authority finally issued a warning, that we will never get an email notification from them requesting payments. Brad

Sep 19, 2024 - 9:08:09 AM

Buddur

USA

4048 posts since 10/23/2004

Yup.

My work email is the worst. Add that to all the daily spam calls we receive.

Sep 19, 2024 - 9:12:24 AM

2534 posts since 2/9/2007

They've just found a way around your spam filter. Every time one shows up in your inbox, flag it as spam, and the filter is supposed to "learn" how to recognize them.

Sep 19, 2024 - 9:18:06 AM

Owen

Canada

15803 posts since 6/5/2011

It sounds like we get relatively few of ^^ those types of things.  I suppose it's either dumb luck on our part, or the guys that want money are targeting those that have some.   wink

Sep 19, 2024 - 9:18:51 AM

15279 posts since 1/15/2005

quote:
Originally posted by Texasbanjo

Oh, yes. I get on an average of 2 or 3 a day saying my account will be locked or your payment has been declined. After I sent a few to my spam folder, now that's where I find them rather than my mail box.

Do you have a spam filter?  If not, you need one.  If you do have one, you need to make it more sensitive to spam.


Sherry, these are not the kind from say McAfee, Norton, Sirius radio scams, etc. claiming they are going to cut your service or that it has expired, but ones that look legit from an individual that or say a construction company that may have done work for you.  Since I am listed as a "golf course" in Google and other search engines, I guess they think I get a lot of invoices and a may have someone handling them that doesn't know one from the other thinking they will pay it.

Sep 19, 2024 - 11:03:24 AM
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Texasbanjo (Moderator)

USA

30754 posts since 8/3/2003

quote:
Originally posted by BanjoLink
quote:
Originally posted by Texasbanjo

Oh, yes. I get on an average of 2 or 3 a day saying my account will be locked or your payment has been declined. After I sent a few to my spam folder, now that's where I find them rather than my mail box.

Do you have a spam filter?  If not, you need one.  If you do have one, you need to make it more sensitive to spam.


Sherry, these are not the kind from say McAfee, Norton, Sirius radio scams, etc. claiming they are going to cut your service or that it has expired, but ones that look legit from an individual that or say a construction company that may have done work for you.  Since I am listed as a "golf course" in Google and other search engines, I guess they think I get a lot of invoices and a may have someone handling them that doesn't know one from the other thinking they will pay it.


No, I don't get that kind of spam, although I used to many years ago when I worked for a mobile home dealer.  Then it wasn't online, but by snail mail.

Sep 19, 2024 - 12:29:25 PM
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15279 posts since 1/15/2005

quote:
Originally posted by Texasbanjo
quote:
Originally posted by BanjoLink
quote:
Originally posted by Texasbanjo

Oh, yes. I get on an average of 2 or 3 a day saying my account will be locked or your payment has been declined. After I sent a few to my spam folder, now that's where I find them rather than my mail box.

Do you have a spam filter?  If not, you need one.  If you do have one, you need to make it more sensitive to spam.


Sherry, these are not the kind from say McAfee, Norton, Sirius radio scams, etc. claiming they are going to cut your service or that it has expired, but ones that look legit from an individual that or say a construction company that may have done work for you.  Since I am listed as a "golf course" in Google and other search engines, I guess they think I get a lot of invoices and a may have someone handling them that doesn't know one from the other thinking they will pay it.


No, I don't get that kind of spam, although I used to many years ago when I worked for a mobile home dealer.  Then it wasn't online, but by snail mail.

 


Just a new twist on an old trick, I guess.

Sep 19, 2024 - 4:37:21 PM

1800 posts since 11/10/2022

I get several texts per month saying a package failed to deliver with a link to click. Especially funny because I usually have no packages even coming.

Sep 19, 2024 - 6:41:41 PM

15279 posts since 1/15/2005

quote:
Originally posted by NotABanjoYoda

I get several texts per month saying a package failed to deliver with a link to click. Especially funny because I usually have no packages even coming.


I get those too.

Sep 20, 2024 - 6:15:04 AM

55 posts since 12/31/2015

quote:
Originally posted by Texasbanjo

Oh, yes. I get on an average of 2 or 3 a day saying my account will be locked or your payment has been declined. After I sent a few to my spam folder, now that's where I find them rather than my mail box.

Do you have a spam filter?  If not, you need one.  If you do have one, you need to make it more sensitive to spam.


Sep 20, 2024 - 6:22:30 AM

55 posts since 12/31/2015

abuse.net/lookup.phtml

Find the source/code display in the e-mail, and send to abuse.net

Sep 20, 2024 - 4:34:52 PM

15279 posts since 1/15/2005

quote:
Originally posted by exvagabond

abuse.net/lookup.phtml

Find the source/code display in the e-mail, and send to abuse.net


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