Unfortunately I have been too busy to post any type of blogs lately. Working until late in the evening kinda does that to you. BUT… I really needed to share this stuff, just in case there is someone out there who even for a moment wonders about it!
Let me first do the obvious and make it clear “YOU HAVE NOT WON THE BRITISH LOTTERY! NO, you have NOT been selected by some random act of god to be the sole heir of some dude in Africa. NO, neither PayPal, nor any legitimate bank or company will EVER, EVER ask you for your user name and password via email. NO, none of them will close down your account if you do not click the link.”
Here is what I got in my inbox just a few days ago:
Guys, I do this for a living. Let’s start with the obvious, I do not even HAVE a Wells Fargo account. This crap was sent from a supposed email account of wellsfargo@yahoo.com! Yeah, all legitimate HUGE companies use free email accounts from Yahoo, or Google…NOT! Secondly, look at the horrific spelling and grammar mistakes (Due to slightly problem????). Yeah, because the people who work at these companies are not even educated enough to use proper spelling or grammar in their business advertisements!
I almost want to tell people that they deserve to be robbed if they clicked on crap like that, but unfortunately I have also seen some really good scams. I remember getting one from “PayPal” a while ago that asked me to confirm my $1,000 purchase of some kind. Yes, your first instinct often is to immediately dispute whatever outrageous claim these fraudsters are using as hooks. But please be aware that once you click the link, a nice little “tool” is going to be installed on your computer that records your keystrokes. It is the “best” way to get your identity, credit card and bank account information stolen.
Hence, I am putting it out there openly for all to see! DO NOT CLICK BOGUS LINKS THAT SEEM TO COME FROM YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, A LENDER OR ANY OTHER SERVICE! A legitimate company will usually have an 800 number somewhere in the email, will never come from a free email server and will never ask for any personal information. If you are not sure, go to the main site and see if any offer, etc. is true.
OK, I have done my due diligence to ensure that these asswipes are not getting richer. I hate to say it, but there simply is no magic way of getting rich over night and no, we do NEVER send money, or personal info to total strangers. The only time we may send money for a “promised” article is on ebay, or any other legitimate shopping site!
Tags: email scams, fraud, phishing, scams
