Spam e mail
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Spam e mail
In my spam box is a confirmation of an order from Amazon.I haven't ordered anything from them.Has anyone else had a similar mail;should I just delete it?I haven't opened it.
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Re: Spam e mail
I would not but I would check your Credit card as there is a real plague of credit card scamning going on at the moment.
Customers of an airport transfer company Resort Hoppa that operates in Portugal and Turkey have found unauthorised transactions on their cards having used them to pay online. Not sure if they operate in Spain,
The boss had her card scammed last week a number of transactions up to £300 were attempted .
Ignore the email but check your credit card for unusual activity,
Customers of an airport transfer company Resort Hoppa that operates in Portugal and Turkey have found unauthorised transactions on their cards having used them to pay online. Not sure if they operate in Spain,
The boss had her card scammed last week a number of transactions up to £300 were attempted .
Ignore the email but check your credit card for unusual activity,
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Re: Spam e mail
And double check with your amazon login too.
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Re: Spam e mail
Sorry to say but Spain has the highest credit card fraud in Europe.
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Do you know that for a fact, or is it just another smear?
According to this, the UK was Europe's top credit card fraud victim, until this year when it was overtaken by France.
http://www.fico.com/en/Company/News/...p-Reveals.aspx
http://www.fico.com/landing/fraudeur...on_Europe.html
According to this, the UK was Europe's top credit card fraud victim, until this year when it was overtaken by France.
http://www.fico.com/en/Company/News/...p-Reveals.aspx
FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, today published an updated map of card fraud in Europe that showed most countries experienced a rise in fraud in 2012. For the first time in years, the UK did not have the highest card fraud losses in Europe — France took its place, with 29 percent of the region’s losses, compared to the UK’s 27 percent.
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Re: Spam e mail
Definatly check your credit card / account.
Some time ago I had a debit from a company I'd never heard of in Bejing . I did not have much in that account at the time & it happened to make it over drawn. Now not using said account for quite some time, I didn't check it much. Whoo what a shock I got, unauthorised overdraft fee's
Took loads of expensive phone calls to block the card, here's a good one from the Halifax.
" We can't stop any payments from your card as long as it's in date " WTF !!
So what's the point of reporting it ?
Yes the cards in my possession but cancel it anyway.
The only thing I use the card for is purchases from Amazon.
Got sorted eventually, so I now check the account at least once a week.
Suzi
Some time ago I had a debit from a company I'd never heard of in Bejing . I did not have much in that account at the time & it happened to make it over drawn. Now not using said account for quite some time, I didn't check it much. Whoo what a shock I got, unauthorised overdraft fee's
Took loads of expensive phone calls to block the card, here's a good one from the Halifax.
" We can't stop any payments from your card as long as it's in date " WTF !!
So what's the point of reporting it ?
Yes the cards in my possession but cancel it anyway.
The only thing I use the card for is purchases from Amazon.
Got sorted eventually, so I now check the account at least once a week.
Suzi
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Re: Spam e mail
Do emails from Amazon usually go to your SPAM directory? It seems odd. What does your Amazon account show - has there been an order made? It may just be possible that you ordered something inadvertently through 1-click. If you know how, check that the email is actually from Amazon but don't click on any links in the email.
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Re: Spam e mail
My work email account is always receiving "invoices" etc. from a variety of sources (HMRC, banks, ebay, amazon etc.) posing as something they are not.
As fast as you block the sender others appear with slightly different email addresses.
Block and delete.
As fast as you block the sender others appear with slightly different email addresses.
Block and delete.
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Re: Spam e mail
Do emails from Amazon usually go to your SPAM directory? It seems odd. What does your Amazon account show - has there been an order made? It may just be possible that you ordered something inadvertently through 1-click. If you know how, check that the email is actually from Amazon but don't click on any links in the email.
I checked with my bank and all ok
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You are not at risk by opening any e mail, but never open attachments or click on links unless you know and trust the sender.
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Re: Spam e mail
Here's something that one guy did to humiliate these scammers - I found it rather hilarious (but for adult eyes only).
Pissing Off Nigerian Scammers One At a Time!
Pissing Off Nigerian Scammers One At a Time!
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Re: Spam e mail
Yesterday I received a confirmation order from Amazon. I forwarded it to Amazon asking why. I am not a customer of theirs.
They confirmed it was not from them and not to open the attachment. (Which I hadn´t)
They went on to advise me to run a virus scan if I had.
They confirmed it was not from them and not to open the attachment. (Which I hadn´t)
They went on to advise me to run a virus scan if I had.