iansheff Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I just received an email, allegedly from Primark with a customer number saying I have been selected for an exclusive offer and to click on a link to a 30 second survey. I have only ever been in Primark once about 13 years ago and never bought anything so I would imagine it is some sort of scam. The email address is one of those full of numbers and letters, a bit like the ones that the scammers use when they are pretending to be from Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmiss Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Been bombarded by emails (about 15 in last 24 hours) supposedly from Amazon in USA saying I’d won an I phone and just needed to pay £4 postage. I expect I’d have to give card details for postage payment and then have my account ransacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteowl Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 No disrespect to anyone intended but how do some people get so many scams? I get the odd one obviously but it looks like some people are inundated! 😲 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Relic Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 44 minutes ago, whiteowl said: No disrespect to anyone intended but how do some people get so many scams? I get the odd one obviously but it looks like some people are inundated! 😲 It depends how you use emails. If you only use it for family and friends (and SheffieldForum of course), you are relatively safe, as very few people have access to it. On the other hand, If you are on ebay or Amazon for instance, they give your details (inc email address) to people you buy from or sell to. Any one of them could also be a scammer (or pass it on to a scammer). Often, websites of companies get hacked, and people's details are compromised. People relying on publishing their email contact details (eg for business) are far more likely to get scam contacts than most of us. What can we do? One thing is to have separate email addresses (or aliasses) for different uses. That won't stop scammers, but if you get one you can narrow down where it came from and it only affect that set of contacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, whiteowl said: No disrespect to anyone intended but how do some people get so many scams? I get the odd one obviously but it looks like some people are inundated! 😲 If you've not opted out of SCC's 'Open register' when you fill in your details for the Electoral Roll, at any point then a lot of your details are free for any third party to buy for starters. As far as I can see, this also includes your contact details. Additionally, how many times do people just tick the little box a the box at the bottom of the long list of a company's T&C's when buying something or willingly just give their email address away for some reason without asking how that company or individual intends to keep or use your email address in the future? I bought something from Debenhams yesterday & as I was being served the assistant asked me for my email address so that she could email my receipt details to me? Why would I want that when she was just about to hand me a paper receipt? I just said "No thanks." If I had, no doubt I'd start being bombarded with Debenhams advertising in a few days? I was still in the area when the next couple were purchasing something & were as asked the same question? Without hesitation, the bloke just went "Oh it's ??!?!!@yahoo." So the more you put your personal details out there, including all the social media details, the more chance you have being contacted by both the genuine companies & the scammers trying it on. You wouldn't just give your home address details if stopped by a stranger in the street? Edited October 2, 2020 by Baron99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saywhatnow Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Yea, I get scam emails almost daily to one of my email accounts. Generally just delete the lot in one go without paying much aattention. If it's an email supposedly from a company I deal with and I'm not sure if it's genuine or not I will telephone them on a number I know to be a genuine one for their business and check with them. If its any claim of an unpaid bill or something like that I know if its genuine they will follow it up in the post if they don't hear from me and I've deleted their emails as spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 17 hours ago, whiteowl said: No disrespect to anyone intended but how do some people get so many scams? I get the odd one obviously but it looks like some people are inundated! 😲 Mentioned this before, but worth a repeat, I guess... Many of these scam emailers use email addresses obtained after data breaches in certain companies - you'll remember the big one affecting Talk Talk customers, for example. There's a site available where you can check to see if your own email address has been 'nicked', and if it appears, which web site has been successfully hacked in order for it to appear. It's definitely worth a view. https://haveibeenpwned.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 20 hours ago, whiteowl said: No disrespect to anyone intended but how do some people get so many scams? I get the odd one obviously but it looks like some people are inundated! 😲 I get scam mails from scammers saying it is from PayPal, I just forward it to PayPal every time I get one, then delete the mail Sometimes they acknowledge the mail and give a case number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmiss Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 01/10/2020 at 23:41, whiteowl said: No disrespect to anyone intended but how do some people get so many scams? I get the odd one obviously but it looks like some people are inundated! 😲 I’ve been more or less shielding for the last seven months so have had to do far more internet shopping than I ever did which is why I think I’m getting more scam emails/calls. There’s always someone out there willing to take advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat500 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I have had a scam txt message this morning. It was from my local hospital saying I have a booking for a mri scan. I could txt back yes, no or rearrange (all the same number). I do go for a scan around this time of year but something told me this was a scam. Probably it was because it was from a mobile number. I checked the number on line and found out it was used for NHS scam and it said not to txt the numbers as they charge a lot. What concerns me is these scammers knew about my hospital details and they have my number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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