lelapin Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Received this email today Any ideas if it is genuine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johng Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Don't click on that link or open the docx file !! Edited July 27, 2021 by johng 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2long Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Agreed with johng. Move to Spam or delete WITHOUT clicking on anything else. Oh and next time maybe hide your email address in the screenshot. That might reduce future spams... or TV members hassling you. ???? Edited July 27, 2021 by 2long OCD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 99.99999% sure it's not genuine. If you are a user of t-online.de go direct to their site (don't use the embedded link) and check there if you need to perform any action (bet you don't). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelapin Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Just now, 2long said: Agreed with johng. Move to Spam or delete WITHOUT clicking on anything else. Oh and next time maybe hide your email address in the screenshot. That might reduce future spams... or TV members hassling you. ???? That is not my email address 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelapin Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Just now, Crossy said: 99.99999% sure it's not genuine. If you are a user of t-online.de go direct to their site (don't use the embedded link) and check there if you need to perform any action (bet you don't). Don't even know what t-online.de is. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, lelapin said: That is not my email address ha ha yes I had some emails like that in the past in my inbox not even addressed to me..forged somehow both from the sender and to the recipient maybe some sort of mail server brain fart but even still just put it straight in the rubbish bin where it belongs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 33 minutes ago, lelapin said: Any ideas if it is genuine? Just to give you and others a few ideas: Do you know anybody like motoresmoymartinez? If no, delete Is your email address [email protected]? If no, delete Does it mention your name somewhere like: Dear Peter Smith If no, delete Does the text makes any sense regarding anything you use? If no, delete Is it signed? If no, delete Was it in your spam folder? If yes, delete There are lot of other signs but that should be enough for a start. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, johng said: ha ha yes I had some emails like that in the past in my inbox not even addressed to me..forged somehow both from the sender and to the recipient maybe some sort of mail server brain fart but even still just put it straight in the rubbish bin where it belongs. Well, anyone can put anything they want in the 'From' part of the email, it just requires a little program to be written. I have a collection of this type of thing going back about 10 years. Tens of thousands of them. I could make a full history of email malware based on what's in my email collection. I've not opened a single one of them, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 My company's IT dept frequently used to send stuff like that a couple times a month designed as a training program to make people aware of email threats. If you clicked on it you got a friendly reminder.???? Now there is an authenticator app on my company tablet, etc. Just delete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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