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[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Got threatened by the FBI a few nights ago. Had to pay them in BitCoins or I would be "under the rest".

 

[tvguy]

our household immediately reccognizes a scam when it's addressed to dh or my kids using the hyphenated version of my last name that I used professionally years ago. it's even more clear when they flip flop the 2 last names so dh and the kids end up with stuff using my maiden name as their last name

I am assuming it is AI that is used to link people with a common association to addresses they never lived at. I got mail for my DILs father at my address. He lives 400 miles away. My DIL has never lived at my address. She and my son have been married over 10 years. My son has not lived at my address in 14 years. It was a solicitation from a law firm that is settling a class action lawsuit against a local hospital. A hospital that my DIL's father has never done business with.

 

[barkley]

I am assuming it is AI that is used to link people with a common association to addresses they never lived at. I got mail for my DILs father at my address. He lives 400 miles away. My DIL has never lived at my address. She and my son have been married over 10 years. My son has not lived at my address in 14 years. It was a solicitation from a law firm that is settling a class action lawsuit against a local hospital. A hospital that my DIL's father has never done business with.

we get stuff for late mil and fil at our address that they were never associated with (we used a p.o. box for forwarding when we had to deal with estate stuff). funniest was to fil a full 15 years AFTER his passing from a company selling step-up senior housing ('from active to assisted to attentive 24 nursing care') with the tagline 'IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START PLANNING'. ummmmmmmm yeah, when someone has been housed in their urn for 15 years it IS too late .

 

[tvguy]

we get stuff for late mil and fil at our address that they were never associated with (we used a p.o. box for forwarding when we had to deal with estate stuff). funniest was to fil a full 15 years AFTER his passing from a company selling step-up senior housing ('from active to assisted to attentive 24 nursing care') with the tagline 'IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START PLANNING'. ummmmmmmm yeah, when someone has been housed in their urn for 15 years it IS too late .

Yeah, we started getting mail for my MIL after she passed, but we did forward her mail to our house after we sold her house. And Trader Joes some how started sending us their little ad newsletter addressed to her late husband.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

My favourite scam was:

"Hi. I'm from the Internet. I can tell by your screen that you have the malariaware virus. To fix it, simply forward your credit card details to me."

Yeah, right.

 

[barkley]

My favourite scam was:

"Hi. I'm from the Internet. I can tell by your screen that you have the malariaware virus. To fix it, simply forward your credit card details to me."

Yeah, right.

nah-just fix your screen a nice gin and tonic, it will be just fine(and stop letting it associate with mosquitos!)

 

[goofyernmost]

I don't open them but the subject line pretty much spells it out.

Yes, but this one is connected to iCloud or so it says. I have been getting them for at least a month now, but they must have an end of the month deadline because I have gotten at least 10 of those today. It makes it easier that they cannot charge it because they can't get to my card number. So sad!

I am happy to hear that I am not the only one getting these. I guess it's time to report it as spam. It goes out of it's way to not make it clear what account they are talking about and just ID it as something to do with Cloud.

 

[_19disnA]

Just got one yesterday where they say they need to 'confirm' my recent purchase of some $937 Apple phone. Funny, I have NEVER owned an Apple phone and clearly don't have one on order. Their message is vague enough they don't even say what website I supposedly purchased this item from..........LOL........sent to the trash folder.

I can't recall any legit website ever having to 'confirm' a recent purchase I have made. That just makes NO sense and is obviously spam.

 

[Nayan]

Apparently my name is now Delbert and 'they' want to buy my house in Colorado, per the text message (lol I live in FL). I also owe hundreds in tolls (I've don't drive toll roads) and finally 'they' (whoever 'they' are) are finalizing 'a case against me' and I need to be home to get the paperwork. What did I do? But it sure is taking a long time for those papers .

 

[jimmymc]

McAfee is basically a virus at this point.

 

[BrianL]

Apparently my name is now Delbert and 'they' want to buy my house in Colorado, per the text message (lol I live in FL). I also owe hundreds in tolls (I've don't drive toll roads) and finally 'they' (whoever 'they' are) are finalizing 'a case against me' and I need to be home to get the paperwork. What did I do? But it sure is taking a long time for those papers .

Yeah, I'm "Mary" and own some sewing business that they keep wanting to buy! I don't know where they get this stuff.

 

[barkley]

I also owe hundreds in tolls (I've don't drive toll roads) and finally 'they' (whoever 'they' are) are finalizing 'a case against me'

dh keeps getting one that says his California drivers license is going to be revoked if he does'nt 'pay up' (literally the words used) some obscene amount of unpaid tolls from New York-he has no California drivers license nor has he or any of our vehicles ever been in the state of New York

 

[Skippy918]

I’ve been getting calls from a number claiming to be American Express that my account needs attention. My account is fine. I’ve blocked the number multiple times and it looks like it finally stopped until they called from a different number.

 

[Meriweather]

I have also been told I won things from all the places I go to or use.
But none of them have an email associated with then and all are in the trash folder.
I could fill my house with all the things I have "won".

 

[goofyernmost]

I have also been told I won things from all the places I go to or use.
But none of them have an email associated with then and all are in the trash folder.
I could fill my house with all the things I have "won".

Yup, as a loyal customer I just received notice that I won some fabulous prize from Harbor Freight. Searching back in my memory I haven't been in a Harbor Freight store or ever purchased more than a gift certificate. That would be over 12 years ago. I'd like to meet what they consider an occasional customer.

 

[_19disnA]

Yes, I also get those text messages about some prize from Harbor Freight...............LOL. They built a new store near where I live about 2 yrs ago, but I have NEVER been in one of their stores and definitely haven't made any purchases there. Sounds like a place to buy cheap/discounted tools. Obviously those text messages aren't from them. No store is going to award 'prizes' to people who have never shopped in their store. I assume these scammers grab some block of cell phone numbers and fire out the same text to everyone in that group. I don't know of any legit business who sends out text messages to potential prize winners. I delete those and then block the number it was sent from. That seems to stop most of them.

 

[Meriweather]

Just got prize winning email from Lowe's and Harbor Freight .....I don't shop at either.
And return email address has those names no where in it

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

My email spam filter is useless. Every time I request a code to legitimately verify my identity it gets sent to spam. But every single one of these scam emails gets sent to the mail inbox.