I get one of those texts from “USPS” every week or so. Ummm – USPS does not know my cell phone number!! That’s your first clue!
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The pretend you’re the government and charge ridiculous prices for your “assistance” is common. I’ve gone down that rathole by mistake when registering our boat. Luckily I noticed it was the wrong price before I completed it.
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Yeah, I was trying to file my free postcard with the IRS for my nonprofit telling them that yes, again we have such low assets we are just filing a postcard to tell you, but somehow got onto this scammy site that was “helping me,” and wanted me to PAY them for their help. Fortunately, I got off the site before giving them any new info or any payment info.
It’s so tough to be sure you get on the site you THINK you are getting onto. The hotel websites are sometimes the toughest—so many of the sites LOOK like the legit hotel website but are NOT!
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You get a scam text, and you get a spam text, EVERYBODY gets a scam text! (uncontrollable cheers and fainting from the crowd!) - ah yes, the holiday scams are in full force!
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Also funny that the United States Postal Service is operating out of the Philippines! (Country code 63)
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Uber hacked my Costco card. Before I even received the replacement card, that was hacked too.
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Basically the same (scam) call from the same area code, 2 different numbers, about 40 minutes apart.
I ain’t falling for it so stop calling me!
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I’ve received A LOT of similar calls as @JustaMom from various stores this season regarding purchases never made. Best thing ever: I silenced my phone for any incoming calls from unknown numbers. It has been so wonderfully silent. Only a rare caller has left a message (usually recordings), or called me back! The few that left messages are transcribed, which I can easily delete.
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Yes, I’ve been receiving texts about potential scam charges from the Philippines from strange phone numbers that don’t correlate with our bank phone number. Since I’m not currently trying to buy anything, I don’t feel I should call them and if I did, I’d call my local bank. They’re also using an email that I rarely ever use and don’t recall giving to the bank.
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Yikes. Tell us more. I’ve not worried about this exposure. (Maybe I won’t turn off my Chase email notifications I had for vacation, now getting a little annoying)
Starting yesterday I am receiving emails supposedly from PayPal containing payment requests from various entities I don’t recognize. When I open the PayPal app on my phone, there is no request. In the last 2 days I’ve received 5, 2 yesterday, 3 today. I’ve forwarded the emails to phishing@paypal.com per the instructions on their website.
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A friend living 30 miles inland from Long Island Sound received a tsunami warning with a sketchy link today.
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It’s not a scam, but I do get annoyed when a medical provider calls me to make an appointment (eg, for a mammogram), and I do, and then they ask me for my birth date. I don’t give it to them – they called me!! – and it annoys the hell out of them. But really – they called me!!
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They do it to verify they are talking to the person they tried to reach.
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That is understandable… except that almost anybody that picks up my home phone (or knows my cellphone password) also knows my birthdate.
I automatically give month/date/year when asked, but many ask for just month and day, FWIW–possibly not having year makes the info less useable by the bad guys???
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I received a link to get $22 for the equivax breach. Anyone else?
I got an email saying I will get an electronic prepaid card and will get another email next week with instructions about it.
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