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Scam ?? Virus ???

TenOC
Nomad
Nomad
I got an email that read

(insert my daughter name) wrote:
is this your photo?


With an link attached. I removed it without opening it.

My daughter knows a photo of me. I am sure she did not send it.
Please give me enough troubles, uncertainty, problems, obstacles and STRESS so that I do not become arrogant, proud, and smug in my own abilities, and enough blessings and good times that I realize that someone else is in charge of my life.

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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Explorer III
Oh and some others I get
From: Bank of America Security
or E-bay or Pay pal or Amazon or others have reported other banks.

(Disecting the header which used to do shows they are NOT from who they claim to be)

"We are having a problem accessing your account to verify somehting... Please click on the link in this message....


Uh, folks. SCAM 100% SCAM

Also your order has been shipped (when I made no order)
There was a problem with your payment (When I placed no order)

So many scams I can;t list 'em all

Phone call
Sir this is Deputy Flim Flam of the No-place sheriff's dept and your Son has been arrested and needs $500 for bail... SCAM.
Home was where I park it. but alas the.
2005 Damon Intruder 377 Alas declared a total loss
after a semi "nicked" it. Still have the radios
Kenwood TS-2000, ICOM ID-5100, ID-51A+2, ID-880 REF030C most times

Captain_Happy
Explorer
Explorer
A good rule is if you don't know who or where the email can from, Delete IT

Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Explorer II
TenOC wrote:
I got an email that read

(insert my daughter name) wrote:
is this your photo?


With an link attached. I removed it without opening it.

My daughter knows a photo of me. I am sure she did not send it.


Yes.
What I post is my 2 cents and nothing more. Please don't read anything into my post that's not there. If you disagree, that's OK.
Can't we all just get along?

wa8yxm
Explorer III
Explorer III
I get E-mails all the time from Mary (last name witheld) The real Mary is a friend from Church (We sang in the choir together).

But when I check the address. EVEN before anything else.. They come from "her_name@all.sorts.of.Domains.

Not one of which is hers. I mean one came from UK another from Finland.. Get the picture. One from a company that serves the SOUTHERN US (She is in MI).
Home was where I park it. but alas the.
2005 Damon Intruder 377 Alas declared a total loss
after a semi "nicked" it. Still have the radios
Kenwood TS-2000, ICOM ID-5100, ID-51A+2, ID-880 REF030C most times

joebedford
Nomad II
Nomad II
Virtually all yahoo email addresses are "out there".

Did you give Home Depot your email? Probably out there.

Etc.

Just delete and ignore.

turbojimmy
Explorer
Explorer
fj12ryder wrote:
turbojimmy wrote:
Scam with a link to malware. There are many variations on the theme, and usually the English is not good. Your daughter's e-mail was probably hacked.
Yes malware, but not necessarily daughter's email hacked, more likely spoofed.


I would agree, except that they evidently have her name and contact list. Hacked and spoofed or just spoofed, either way delete and move on like someone else said. If the e-mail causes you enough concern to ask about it, your instincts are usually right.
1984 Allegro M-31 (Dead Metal)

time2roll
Explorer II
Explorer II

delwhjr
Explorer
Explorer
TenOC wrote:
I got an email that read

(insert my daughter name) wrote:
is this your photo?


With an link attached. I removed it without opening it.

My daughter knows a photo of me. I am sure she did not send it.


One of the many spam emails out there right now.
They send ones about "is this your photo", ""broken photo on the site", "repost last photo", "please check your photo" and many more. Depending on your email program you may be able to hover over the link without clicking and it will show you the real address where it is going to take you. Many of the fake addresses are easy to spot as they are a jumble of letters/numbers.
2022 Rockwood 2109S
2006 Durango HEMI

fj12ryder
Explorer II
Explorer II
turbojimmy wrote:
Scam with a link to malware. There are many variations on the theme, and usually the English is not good. Your daughter's e-mail was probably hacked.
Yes malware, but not necessarily daughter's email hacked, more likely spoofed.
Howard and Peggy

"Don't Panic"

turbojimmy
Explorer
Explorer
Scam with a link to malware. There are many variations on the theme, and usually the English is not good. Your daughter's e-mail was probably hacked.
1984 Allegro M-31 (Dead Metal)

BB_TX
Nomad
Nomad
Any time you get a suspicious e-mail, click on the sender's name and see who it actually came from. Not unusual to for the actual e-mail address to be completely different than the name in the FROM box. Mine go to the junk or spam (not trash) bin without opening anything.