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Jamie

Any one getting fake E-mail from "Amazon.com" lately?

I got one this morning indicating my order was successfully canceled!

And the reference # they give (link), points to a Health&drug mall in
Canada. Also the hyper tag link at the bottom "Amazon.com" points to the
same place.

Thing is, I have not ordered anything from Amazon for a long time,
like maybe 5 years or so.

I am not that gullible ;)


Jamie
 
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Don Y

Any one getting fake E-mail from "Amazon.com" lately?

I got one this morning indicating my order was successfully canceled!

And the reference # they give (link), points to a Health&drug mall in
Canada. Also the hyper tag link at the bottom "Amazon.com" points to the
same place.
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Well, if "my order was SUCCESSFULLY canceled", why would I need
to click on ANY link? said:
Thing is, I have not ordered anything from Amazon for a long time, like
maybe 5 years or so.
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Doesn't matter. Spammers "play the odds". I.e., Amazon, PayPal,
eBay, <favorite_large_bank>, etc. are LIKELY to be entities that
folks have had transactions with. If you received an email from
the SpammersRUs.com domain, I suspect you wouldn't bother to open
it! :>

I get one or two spams a week on *one* email account (none on
any of the others) that I use in public forums/mailing lists/etc.
The provider filters (flags) these for me -- though the fact
that they are spam is immediately obvious:
"Dear Friend" (wow, we're friends but you don't know my *name*?)
"You order is ready" (gee, I never use this email address online!)
"Hi!" (c'mon, do you really think I am that desperate for contact
that I'll open *anything* just to see what's inside??)
I am not that gullible ;)
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Doesn't matter. Out of a few hundred million such emails,
*someone* will respond!
 
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Jamie

Jim said:
Any one getting fake E-mail from "Amazon.com" lately?
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[snip]

Only fakes get fake E-mail ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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That would mean that you also fall into that category. Your posting
history tells the story of how you have encountered these
issues long before I. Does that mean you were a fake before me?

Yes, I have a very good memory for things of this nature. You can't
cover that one up nor can you cover up the blunders you have bend
pulling off or think you have been pulling off here lately!

It's just that the majority here are simply being polite and ignoring
you.

Have a good day and may your lack of knowledge about people lead you
to that dark corner.

Jamie
 
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Jamie

Don said:
Well, if "my order was SUCCESSFULLY canceled", why would I need



Doesn't matter. Spammers "play the odds". I.e., Amazon, PayPal,
eBay, <favorite_large_bank>, etc. are LIKELY to be entities that
folks have had transactions with. If you received an email from
the SpammersRUs.com domain, I suspect you wouldn't bother to open
it! :>

I get one or two spams a week on *one* email account (none on
any of the others) that I use in public forums/mailing lists/etc.
The provider filters (flags) these for me -- though the fact
that they are spam is immediately obvious:
"Dear Friend" (wow, we're friends but you don't know my *name*?)
"You order is ready" (gee, I never use this email address online!)
"Hi!" (c'mon, do you really think I am that desperate for contact
that I'll open *anything* just to see what's inside??)



Doesn't matter. Out of a few hundred million such emails,
*someone* will respond!
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True. I was able to track it down and it just seems strange that, that
web page (Business) would actually be engaging in this kind of activity.

I suppose there could be a disgruntle customer, employee or X-employee.

Jamie
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Any one getting fake E-mail from "Amazon.com" lately?

I got one this morning indicating my order was successfully canceled!

And the reference # they give (link), points to a Health&drug mall in
Canada. Also the hyper tag link at the bottom "Amazon.com" points to the
same place.

Thing is, I have not ordered anything from Amazon for a long time,
like maybe 5 years or so.

I am not that gullible ;)


Jamie
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Yes, fake cancellations, fake (airline) reservations, fake order
confirmations.

Sometimes they coincide plausibly with actual online activity, just by
chance.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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Don Y

Hi Robert,

I never look at them..their title tells it all.
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Agreed. Or, the return address ("Gee, [email protected]
sure looks like I sent this to *myself*?" <nope>).
Or the presence of an attachment, etc.

Knowing the sorts of people who are likely to
send mail to you goes a long way towards screening
out the cruft.
 
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Jamie

Robert said:
Well, you WERE gullible and stupid enough to follow the links..
AND you knew damn well you had NO order..
In my SPAM box i see things like that a lot..Amazon, PayPal, various
banks (i use NONE of those), umpteen variants of the Nigerian scam,
variants of "your e-mail has won", variants of Microsoft lottery, etc,
etc and etc.
I never look at them..their title tells it all.
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No, I wasn't gullible, I didn't use vulnerable software to track that
down. What exactly did you think I did? launch the links from the
browser? Do you really take me for a fool?

It's just that I haven't gotten any thing suspicious like that in quit
some time. I used to get lots of it but still, even then, I wasn't
gullible like many are and start clicking away..


Jamie
 
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Pimpom

Spehro Pefhany said:
Yes, fake cancellations, fake (airline) reservations, fake
order
confirmations.

Sometimes they coincide plausibly with actual online activity,
just by
chance.
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Yes, coincidences do happen. When I received my first Nigerian
scam mail ages ago, it claimed that I had been recommended as a
trustworthy partner by a high-ranking official from my country.
It just so happened that one of my closest friends was ambassador
to an African country at that time. I'd heard of junk mail and
online scams long before we had internet access in my region, but
the circumstances made me pause for a moment before I deleted the
mail.
 
J

Jamie

John said:
Do you really take me for a fool?



Yes, most of the people here do. You haven't noticed?
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Not really, I've to busy watching a good many here making an
ass of themselves, and you're one of them.

So misinformed you are.

Lots of sheep here.

Jamie
 
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josephkk

Any one getting fake E-mail from "Amazon.com" lately?

I got one this morning indicating my order was successfully canceled!

And the reference # they give (link), points to a Health&drug mall in
Canada. Also the hyper tag link at the bottom "Amazon.com" points to the
same place.

Thing is, I have not ordered anything from Amazon for a long time,
like maybe 5 years or so.

I am not that gullible ;)


Jamie
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Yep, i have been getting them for about a week now. Since the order
numbers are fubar i consign them to spam pretty quickly.

?-/
 
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