I got an email for a receipt for something I didn’t buy. There was a link to click on if I didn’t authorize the purchase. Of course, I started the process–then filling out the information form, it asked for my social security number…I hesitated, started to put it in, then stopped and erased it
I ran this by my son who lives in California and works for the company I received the email from. I sent him a screen shot of the email, which his reply was ” Mom, customer is spelled wrong…” Looking closer, it was as well as the heading where it said Dear Customer instead of my first name.
I quickly changed my password but I’m still haunted by the fact how easily I was fooled. Lesson learned.
Glad you did a double take before pressing submit! I have gone through the entire process before. A few hundred dollars later on my charge card= lesson learned!
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So frustrating! I’m afraid all this fraud is ruining honest businesses that are trying to communicate with their customers. Amazing that your son works for the same company and could give good counsel.
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Yikes! Thank goodness that you thought twice.
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Woah, close call! Thankful you second guessed yourself!
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