email scams doing the rounds again

[Sardine]

the usual update your account info or you will die a horrible death type messages.

i've had this week, Barclays , rbs and today Apple.

the amount of broken English in the email is ridiculous, have a laugh...

I usually look at the website and fill all the field with random numbers and swear words

Dear Customer,


You must update your account and follow the instructions.


We are doing this it is to your advantage follow the instructions
This does not take 1 minutes otherwise we will suspend your account.
Activate your account by click on the link bellow and complete the fields:


Click here




Note: Please update your information within 48 hours.
Otherwise, we will suspend your account for your protection.
Thank You


Yours sincerely,


Apple

 

[Pghulme]

the usual update your account info or you will die a horrible death type messages.

i've had this week, Barclays , rbs and today Apple.

the amount of broken English in the email is ridiculous, have a laugh...

I usually look at the website and fill all the field with random numbers and swear words

Dear Customer,


You must update your account and follow the instructions.


We are doing this it is to your advantage follow the instructions
This does not take 1 minutes otherwise we will suspend your account.
Activate your account by click on the link bellow and complete the fields:


Click here




Note: Please update your information within 48 hours.
Otherwise, we will suspend your account for your protection.
Thank You


Yours sincerely,


Apple

Seems legit

 

[Deleted member 14264]

I get them all the time for all sorts of services/companies...

Got one for Apple... I don't have an Apple account... got a bunch for all sorts of Canadian banks at which I don't have an account.

I even got bogus offers for refunds from a bunch of cable/internet/phone companies with which I never did any business...

On top of all the marriage offers from a plethora of Eastern European/African/Asian women.

Heck I even got a few requests for help in transferring millions of dollars from the bank of deceased people living in some Caribbean islands.

Just another day on the Internet...

Forgot to mention the e-mails indicating the secret to making 100'000$ a month is just one click away... (so is infecting your computer with a dreadful malware/ransomware, most of the time)

 

[Nobby_UK]

I get them too...
Some for Banks I am not with
(I used to pass them on to their Anti-Phishing Dept - but can't be arsed any more)

I am getting a lot with Viral Attachments :roll: do the senders think we are stupid ?

Had one of those 'MicroSoft Support' phone calls today

 

[Harrison]

I've always had a few each day for as long as I can remember and the spam filters do catch most of them.

A new one currently getting through is PayPal. Saying your account is compromised and you need to give your bank details including login passwords.

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[Beavis]

Sounds familiar, but I smell a scam from lightyears away.
When I get a CC update request, I fill in all the fields, albeit with false intel, so it looks genuine to them scumbags.
I also get tonnes of mails a day that I can win some sort of fancy item, like a coffe machine, but there's also a fineprint on their site, that you're subscribing to a SMS service, gladly I wasn't born yesterday.

 

[Harrison]

It's a good idea never to reply, even if you are entering bogus details for fun, because the spammed want a reply to verify your email address is active so it can be added to a spam email list to sell.

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