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vlyons

(10,252 posts)
Sat May 27, 2023, 01:53 PM May 2023

Heads up, another email scam to watch out for.

Got an email from "FedEx" that my meds were on hold at the distribution center, and I could schedule a delivery and pay $1.98 for delivery. Go to the website, but my malware ap says don't go there; it's malware. So check online with my pharmacy, and they are still filling the Rx. Upon checking the email address of the original "FedEx" sender, it says from info@wknbfwmxjvsc.us. This is a really pernicious scam. Probably paying that seemingly insignificant $1.98 on a credit card would result in a very big and unhappy extra fraudulent charge. Thank goodness I have a great malware ap installed.

Shame on those scammers

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NoRethugFriends

(2,308 posts)
2. Jesus. always look at the email address.
Sat May 27, 2023, 02:28 PM
May 2023

What kind of protection do you have that didn't identify that email as spam?

 

Hestia

(3,818 posts)
5. Maybe like Paypal and the very small amount "probes" to verify that the account is open and valid
Sat May 27, 2023, 09:02 PM
May 2023

to be drained later.

rurallib

(62,414 posts)
4. I get probably 10 or more of those "we can't deliver your package" scams daily
Sat May 27, 2023, 08:23 PM
May 2023

I do very little ordering online, so pretty much anything being delivered I know about.

Same with phone scams - If I don't know the caller, I don't answer. They can leave a message.

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