Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 months agoWTF is this email even? [Solved]hexbear.netimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1imageWTF is this email even? [Solved]hexbear.netDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoSo basically nothing to worry about, just flag as spam and move on? I was worried my email had been used to sign up crypto, or my bank account had been hacked or something.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoLPT. If you ever have a question, don’t follow the ‘helpful’ link. Go directly to the bank/credit card company/Pay Pal/whoever. Also, I just got a text from ‘Chase.com@suri.li…’ telling me I had $3,000 deposited in my Chase Bank wallet. Always check the email address.
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYeah, no way I’d ever respond or click a link in one of these. This one was just so weirdly worded that I wanted an outside opinion
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoNot an expert. I’ve read that the scammers deliberately use ‘obvious’ scams because they don’t want to waste time with people who will catch on. They want the confused seniors or recent immigrants who can’t speak the language.
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You would think spam would at least make sense.
So basically nothing to worry about, just flag as spam and move on?
I was worried my email had been used to sign up crypto, or my bank account had been hacked or something.
LPT.
If you ever have a question, don’t follow the ‘helpful’ link. Go directly to the bank/credit card company/Pay Pal/whoever.
Also, I just got a text from ‘Chase.com@suri.li…’ telling me I had $3,000 deposited in my Chase Bank wallet. Always check the email address.
Yeah, no way I’d ever respond or click a link in one of these. This one was just so weirdly worded that I wanted an outside opinion
Not an expert. I’ve read that the scammers deliberately use ‘obvious’ scams because they don’t want to waste time with people who will catch on. They want the confused seniors or recent immigrants who can’t speak the language.