Re: Spam Emails - Page 2

gemz4the1 · ‎31-01-2014

Due to a recent thread by MI5 : http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/Your-account-will-expire-in-less-than-48-hours/td-... I have spoken to Chiara about this and it has been decided that it would be helpful to have a thread with lists of email addresses which are dodgy.

Some junk emails are basic ones and cannot harm, but there are other emails which contain links to click on which download viruses or links to sites that ask you to input certain personal information. Some people may not be aware of how dangerous these sites can be.

If you receive an email, can you please post here what it says and/or the email address/domain that it was sent from.

If this page helps just one person then it will be successful

perksie · ‎31-01-2014

Fine now thanks, but links can be dangerous, someone will click on them just to see what they do.

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gemz4the1 · ‎31-01-2014

@perksie wrote:
Fine now thanks, but links can be dangerous, someone will click on them just to see what they do.

I agree - like I said, they didn't come up as links when I was creating the thread. I would never intentionally post anything that could be dangerous.

Bambino · ‎31-01-2014

@gemz4the1 wrote:
@perksie wrote:
Fine now thanks, but links can be dangerous, someone will click on them just to see what they do.
I agree - like I said, they didn't come up as links when I was creating the thread. I would never intentionally post anything that could be dangerous.

No one here thinks that it was intentional. You just need to think twice before posting anything that potentially could be dangerous.

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gemz4the1 · ‎02-02-2014

Just a heads up guys,

I got an email today, apparently from Apple. To me, it looks like a genuine email from Apple and I think it could fool quite a lot of innocent people. However, due to issues in the past, I always check the senders address. When when you click on the senders name to reveal the address that it was sent from, it is obvious that it is not from Apple.

If you get an email like this, DO NOT click on the link.

perksie · ‎02-02-2014

That looks like a phishing email, if you're in any doubt about your Apple ID you can change your password here:

https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/

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gemz4the1 · ‎02-02-2014

Thanks.

I feel confident that my account is safe at the moment (fingers crossed). However, if I receive any more emails like that then I will be changing my password

gemz4the1 · ‎03-02-2014

I've recently learnt about the blocking feature in Hotmail (I know it's probably been around for decades).

I have found that the more spam/phishing email domains that I block, the more spam/phishing emails I receive, from similar domans but basically the same information in the email.