The Random Post Thread
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I recently received this text:
Welcome. It's time to start your document signing session with BMW of Akron: “
(With an attached link.)
Welcome. It's time to start your document signing session with BMW of Akron: “
(With an attached link.)
I never open any email that is obviously spam but sometimes I try to go to the sender's website to see if it's legitimate. Most of the dot-com addresses are spoofed and do not exist. I just got an email asking "Does your timeshare qualify?" (I don't have a timeshare.) The email came from "Gavu.com." There is no such website – but if I want to buy the domain name, I can "click here" or call the number. Uhhhh.....no thanks.
Today I got an email with this heading:
Cripped by Credit Card Debt?
No, I can honestly say I am not cripped, nor have I ever been cripped.
Cripped by Credit Card Debt?
No, I can honestly say I am not cripped, nor have I ever been cripped.
In the past two weeks I have gotten several emails saying "Your Hulu account has expired" or "Your Netflix account has expired" – which is odd, because I do not have a Hulu account or Netflix acccount. Today I got an email saying "Your Peacock TV membership has expired" – which is odd because I don't have Peacock TV either. I've also gotten a few emails that say "Your SiriusXM account has been deactivated." Uhhh.....no, it hasn't. Nice try, scammers.
Here's a sample of my spam folder
As you can see, I get the same crap you get. But I never see any of it, because it goes directly into my spam folder. Not sure why your email doesn't do the same.
As you can see, I get the same crap you get. But I never see any of it, because it goes directly into my spam folder. Not sure why your email doesn't do the same.
Most of these scam emails go into a spam folder but I still have to open the folder so I can delete them all. I've gotten a few of those "Just for you" Mastercard offers too. Just for me? Really? Wow! But tell me, Mister scotch, why your ISP considers a notice of the shipment of an Amazon order to be spam.
Why? I never go to my spam folder, except for the purposes of this discussion.
Because it's a mass email, identically sent to thousands of people (with an email replacement). And this is an email account I have with a provider who's been around as long as email has existed. So it's not like it's new technology.
What's more, I just went back to the email. If you try to copy the text in the body of the email, it's actually a hyperlink. So that's probably a big giveaway to the Spam Detection Department.
I just got an email saying "Your paid product test is waiting." It was not in my spam folder; it was among my regular email. It came from a sender at the website "24umu" – which of course is spoofed. No such website exists. How dumb do these spammers think I am?
Please don't anyone answer that.
Please don't anyone answer that.
Sometimes I get e-mails saying there are changes to my Medicare coverage. I delete them all. I am 51 and do not have Medicare.
Because sometimes stuff gets flagged as spam that shouldn't. Gotta skim through them to make sure something important doesn't get deleted.
What I wanna know is; if Microsoft allows me to flag something as spam, why does it still show up in my spam folder? If I decide I want to black-list everything from China-Imports.biz, why does it still show up in my spam folder?
Yes, if I suspect I didn't get something I should have, I'll check the spam folder. But it's rare.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I also get false positives regularly. One of my e-mails i have set to just add [spam] to the subject. Easier to clean up. The other one does the spam folder which doesn't get cleaned as regularly.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Usually the verification codes for putting Netflix or whatever other service on a new device go to my spam folder so I have to look at it for that. Like if it wont let me get a text code and I have to do email it almost always goes to the spam folder.
I posted that CNN story yesterday about scam crypto that starts with hot girls on WhatsApp. I have a few WhatsApp contacts but the only one I really talk to is Pam. I'd say once or twice a month I get random messages saying hello on there from a random way too sexy Asian girl. I always block them.
I also get random calls and texts now and then. Usually the Pixel filters them out so I never even see them unless I actively check the un-trusted sections.
I posted that CNN story yesterday about scam crypto that starts with hot girls on WhatsApp. I have a few WhatsApp contacts but the only one I really talk to is Pam. I'd say once or twice a month I get random messages saying hello on there from a random way too sexy Asian girl. I always block them.
I also get random calls and texts now and then. Usually the Pixel filters them out so I never even see them unless I actively check the un-trusted sections.