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Is this a scam?
May 4, 2024 09:09:56 #
I receive a notice similar in style to this maybe once a week.
They're not an Ethiopian Bank offering me $2.4 million or the IRS saying they're going to arrest me. They all seem a rather innocent ad for a financial advisor or insurance company and contain click tabs to "unsubscribe." Often, the sender is simply listed as "From a mailing list" which does seem suspicious. I clicked on the sender's address as you can see and it's absolutely no one I know but it also seems rather innocuous. Rather than unsubscribe, I just trash the message but to avoid further annoyances, I'm tempted to hit the unsubscribe button...or maybe I shouldn't.
Thoughts?
They're not an Ethiopian Bank offering me $2.4 million or the IRS saying they're going to arrest me. They all seem a rather innocent ad for a financial advisor or insurance company and contain click tabs to "unsubscribe." Often, the sender is simply listed as "From a mailing list" which does seem suspicious. I clicked on the sender's address as you can see and it's absolutely no one I know but it also seems rather innocuous. Rather than unsubscribe, I just trash the message but to avoid further annoyances, I'm tempted to hit the unsubscribe button...or maybe I shouldn't.
Thoughts?
May 4, 2024 09:14:04 #
May 4, 2024 09:18:38 #
Trash it or mark as spam.
I never click on the unsubscribe link in unsolicited emails!
They can go to a page that may do just as much damage as any other page they have.
Just because it says "unsubscribe" doesn't mean that's what will happen when you click on it....
(I also look at the header info to see where it really came from and look at the links to see where it wants to go. That will sometimes allow me to confirm spam or real.)
I never click on the unsubscribe link in unsolicited emails!
They can go to a page that may do just as much damage as any other page they have.
Just because it says "unsubscribe" doesn't mean that's what will happen when you click on it....
(I also look at the header info to see where it really came from and look at the links to see where it wants to go. That will sometimes allow me to confirm spam or real.)
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May 4, 2024 10:01:04 #
If you simply trash the email, they already have your address and another will eventually follow. If you hit the unsubscribe link and have to enter your e-mail, don't. That may take your email and spread it around to others. If your email is already there, you can hit the unsubscribe button and that may or may not work. It will work if it's a legitimate ad and it won't if they just put it there to make you think they will honor the request. Lord knows, I have hit that button on many political fund-raiser emails and was never unsubscribed...occasionally it was successful.
May 4, 2024 10:10:44 #
May 4, 2024 10:46:36 #
Indi wrote:
Phishing. Mark it as such or Junk, or Spam.
BEST advice yet... Also, DO NOT OPEN EMAIL...
May 4, 2024 10:52:21 #
Burtzy wrote:
If you simply trash the email, they already have y... (show quote)
I set up filters to just delete spam emails that match certain criteria.
New ones are added to the filter list.
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May 4, 2024 11:02:33 #
It may not be a scam but it certainly is a robocall through your email. Send it to spam.
May 4, 2024 12:38:53 #
Drigby1
Loc: American Fork, UT
Or just put it in a junk folder. It then should always go there. My junk folder is automatically deleted every week.
May 4, 2024 12:48:07 #
Drigby1 wrote:
Or just put it in a junk folder. It then should always go there. My junk folder is automatically deleted every week.
I don't get much spam, but my email client puts most of it in the spam (junk) folder. I review when something is placed there and empty accordingly. I don't let them exist for more than a few hours if that.
Occasionally it erroneously marks something as spam, and I just move that item to the in-box.
Things in the spam folder are not "marked by the email client" as spam until I empty the spam folder containing them.
May 4, 2024 13:48:23 #
Often when I get that type of email, I mark it for deletion but also report it to my provider as a scam or phishing. Then my provider can have all future emails from that address held and not even delivered to me. Eliminates hassles and future clutter in my mailbox.
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May 4, 2024 13:57:03 #
May 4, 2024 14:08:08 #
I have set up a rule for these messages. When they arrive in my inbox, the rule automatically send them to the junk folder and I never see them. I empty the junk folder once a week just to clear the trash.
May 4, 2024 15:01:42 #
If you need a loan on your property, you will generally do better with your local bank or credit union. These guys will hit you for fees and increases in charges regularly. Mark it as junk and never see it again.
May 4, 2024 15:23:16 #
Thoughts? Well first they will need your social security # to check your credit--and it's all downhill from there.
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