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TreasonousBastard

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7. Opening the attachment could trigger a nasty download, but more than likely you haven't been...

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Sat Nov 14, 2020, 01:38 PM

Nov 2020

hacked. Yet. They have a million ways of getting email addresses, even just randomly generating them, so they probably just picked yours up somewhere.

The idea is that if they send out a million of these and get 10 answers with 2 paying, they actually made a little money. They really luck out if you open the attachment and download bad stuff.

If you can read the full headers, you can see where it really came from, but that's probably phony anyway. Best thing to do is forward it to your ISP and/or mail provider and PayPal and let them deal with it. Or just trash it.

I use PayPal, and they don't send out stuff like that. They ask you to log in through their real website, and don't give you bad links. They're big enough to have seen this far too often already.

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I know it is a scam but shall I be worried? [View all] question everything Nov 2020 OP

Naw I wouldn't worry about that ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #1

Welcome to "PITA" world! (Pain In The Ass) MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #2

Thank you. Wonder how they got my email. question everything Nov 2020 #3

usually it's the shot gun approach. Get a lot of email addresses and put a "warning" and see what mitch96 Nov 2020 #15

DITTO, received similar message from 'paypal,' elleng Nov 2020 #4

"They" are making the rounds. question everything Nov 2020 #5

I think if any of your accounts have been hacked, they wouldn't WheelWalker Nov 2020 #6

Opening the attachment could trigger a nasty download, but more than likely you haven't been... TreasonousBastard Nov 2020 #7

Was not an attachment. Just plain text. question everything Nov 2020 #10

OK, there was that "attached to..." wording which kinda hinted at an attachment... TreasonousBastard Nov 2020 #11

Not unless you open the attachment. n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2020 #8

I've got that one and another from Amazon. Do not respond and do not click on any buttons. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #9

go into your personal paypal acct and check for bogus transactions.. samnsara Nov 2020 #12

Don't have a PayPal account. Never had one so there is nothing to check.. question everything Nov 2020 #13

They don't want you money, they are looking safeinOhio Nov 2020 #14