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Offline Brockett

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Strange messages
« on: September 06, 2016, 22:04:40 »
a couple of weeks ago I got a message on my phone regarding an imminent delivery.
I was 350 miles from home on holiday and I hadn't ordered anything. So I deleted it.

Next day I got a similar message from a different delivery firm. So I ignored that.

Now I have a customer satisfaction questionnaire regarding a recent "My Hemes" delivery, This time to my Yahoo email. Again I know nothing about any recent delivery.

So might they be phishing or malware messages . I didn't click on or open it.

Anybody else experienced this sort of thing?
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Re: Strange messages
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2016, 22:13:49 »
Not heard of it before but it does sound phishy to me...
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Offline SimonW

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Re: Strange messages
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2016, 22:50:51 »
A good rule of thumb is if you didn't order anything just delete the message(s). If someone genuinely wants to contact you they'll persist. Like being called from a number you don't recognise, let it go to voicemail - if the caller really wants to talk to you they'll leave a message.

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Re: Strange messages
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2016, 10:00:26 »
Hi Brockett
Yes I've heard about this before, I think once you contact them they ask you to confirm your details , card number etc and away they go. Leave it alone and don't click the link

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Re: Strange messages
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2016, 13:40:19 »
Right. It's the beginning to a phishing expedition.
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Re: Strange messages
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2016, 14:02:17 »
Check all credit and debit cards for unrecognised transactions. I was a victim of the Sony hack. Someone 300 miles away bought a very large, very expensive telly on my card. Something may have been delivered somewhere and billed to you.

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Re: Strange messages
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2016, 20:10:49 »
Was it a Sony telly...?
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Re: Strange messages
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2016, 20:22:22 »
Have you had it repo'd yet?

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Re: Strange messages
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2016, 20:39:01 »
No, not yet...
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