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03/01/2024 10:21 am
...asking for assistance; my true email address is not john.kuvakaswbfva@gmail.com, and I would never ask for gift cards to be sent directly to me. It's a clever scam, but this time, they spelled my name wrong on the signature line. I'm not sure where they derived their list of recipients. But there are folks receiving emails that are nowhere in my contacts.
There are some ingenious scams out there right now. One of them is an email or text to verify your address so a package can be sent to you. Another is an alert that there is a problem with your account or you're late on your payment. This one is actually quite brilliant. It will have a link to their page, maybe something like "bankofamerica.com." But the "r" in America is in Cyrillic, not English. They are very similar. If you click on the link in that email or text, you go to a site that looks authentic, sign in, and now they have your ID and password.
In short, verify everything, don't give your personal info to anyone, and always type in the URL yourself.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
03/01/2024 10:27 am
...asking for assistance; my true email address is not john.kuvakaswbfva@gmail.com, and I would never ask for gift cards to be sent directly to me. It's a clever scam, but this time, they spelled my name wrong on the signature line. I'm not sure where they derived their list of recipients. But there are folks receiving emails that are nowhere in my contacts.
There are some ingenious scams out there right now. One of them is an email or text to verify your address so a package can be sent to you. Another is an alert that there is a problem with your account or you're late on your payment. This one is actually quite brilliant. It will have a link to their page, maybe something like "bankofamerica.com." But the "r" in America is in Cyrillic, not English. They are very similar. If you click on the link in that email or text, you go to a site that looks authentic, sign in, and now they have your ID and password.
In short, verify everything, don't give your personal info to anyone, and always type in the URL yourself.
I don't know why I'm continually amazed at the number of people in this world who think taking advantage of others is a career path to live by.
03/01/2024 12:04 pm
@bob-jackman +1 Bob. If they spent as much effort looking and qualifying for a real job they might just find some happiness and self respect........but I'm dreaming of course.
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03/01/2024 12:39 pm
What's always surprising to me is that there's always something wrong with spelling, grammar, etc. Seriously, how hard is it to enter a proper "r" ?
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03/01/2024 1:12 pm
Several years ago someone hacked my email and sent porn to my address book. Fun ensued (not)!
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
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03/01/2024 3:43 pm
What's always surprising to me is that there's always something wrong with spelling, grammar, etc. Seriously, how hard is it to enter a proper "r" ?
Yes, a lot of spelling and grammatical errors in spoof e-mails, but I think the point in this case is that you are invited to click on a link which you think is a legitimate "bankofamerica.com" site but the "r" is the Russian lower case "g", which looks almost identical, so the click will take you somewhere else entirely (probably Russia!)
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
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03/01/2024 3:59 pm
Oh crap! I just sent you a $6.5 million dollar gift card. Let me know if you don't get it - I'll send another. 
Seriously, I, too, have been involved in these scams; never have bitten, but want to do serious damage to their person!!
Thanks for the alert John. I am struggling with a brand new computer, Windows 11, and getting everything put back on it including the import of old email addresses, so I know that isn't yours, above. Appreciate the heads-up sir!
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