Received a “thank you for your purchase” for a temporary registration report.
Eight minutes later received a payment confirmation for $45.50 with a visa debit card whose last four digits are not mine. Anything I should do? I certainly don’t want to click the link to the report or do anything else. Somebody probably just typed in the wrong email address but is this my problem?
This may be a pfishing or spearfishing. I certainly wouldn’t click anything. If you didn’t order anything and the card numbers don’t match yours, you should probably just ignore it. The person who ordered whatever (if there was such an order) can always contact the vendor and ask, “Hey, where’s my confirmation?”
Not your problem! Definitely don’t click on any links.
Either phishing or someone mistyped their email. I had an email last week warning me of a potentially fraudelent charge of paypal that was a trap. I deleted and logged into paypal directly just to be sure.
One of our kids got an email from a lawyer with a bill for serives rendered. Name was correct…but the kid never had legal services done by this lawyer.
We googled the lawyer…who was legit. DH called…and they got back to him within minutes…oops…they typed in the wrong email address.
You coupled google the vendor, and then call them.
But I would NOT open links or respond to any emails.
I just received an email regarding a purchase using my AppleID from another device. It showed a different name, address, and last 4 digits of credit card, but my email address. I checked my Apple account and credit card online and no purchase is appearing in either place. I did not click on any links from the email and am also taking the “wait and see” approach.
If it’s phishing…it’s one of the more realistic ones I’ve seen. I’m guessing it’s just an email address typo though.
I got something similar; My AppleID was accessed from unknown IP address in Russia and that they locked it down. I don’t think I replied but I may have clicked a link.
This is not really in the same realm, but it was so funny/odd I thought I’d post it. A month ago or so I got a big envelope in the mail from a hospital system about 40 miles from me. The front page was confirming my appointment at their memory clinic for an assessment, and there were a bunch of forms to fill out. Of course, I didn’t make any such appointment…or at least I didn’t remember it. 
I was kind of dreading calling the hospital to try to explain this because I was afraid they would be like, this is exactly why you need the appointment!
When I talked to them, they had my name, address, birth date, and work phone number right. The only thing off was a home phone number. After I convinced them to cancel the appointment, I Googled the phone number, and it was for someone with my name but a different spelling. I called back and told them their mistake, but they had no explanation for how this got so mixed up.
I was in the hospital’s system, apparently, for an eye doctor appointment I went to at one of their branches two years ago.
^^I hope they rescheduled the appointment for the other person. And didn’t think you just didn’t remember!
I kept getting cell phone calls reminding me of my appointment at a clinic. I thought it was some sort of sales pitch, but I googled the clinic and it was real. So I called them and they said apparently they were calling the wrong number, and they would research it. I am so weary of solicitors calling my cell phone.
We had something weird happen. We got a few Amazon deliveries. Weird things, like a paper doll kit and “How to Teach Your Baby to Read.” Somebody got hold of my account and ordered stuff, but didn’t change the shipping address! Our credit card got charged and it was a pain to fix.
Similar to @MaineLonghorn I got a letter in the mail from a company I didn’t recognize saying they reviewed my application for a credit card but I was denied. I googled the company and IIRC it was a bank used by Walmart and some other vendors for their credit cards. Called the next day and it turned out the letter was legit - somebody had applied for a card in my name with my info, but used my home address. What a weird error to make when trying to steal somebody’s identity, since I’d receive the physical cards!
Anyway, the service rep put a note on my account and advised me to lock down my credit reports, which I promptly did. And strangely enough, not a single other incident since that one.