Phishing attempts…..show us what they have tried
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RealMuddyboots
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I am getting these twice a week snd all have Philippine phone numbers. Keep blocking and submit phishing to carrier but new numbers keep popping up.
Southern Elk
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Check out the email address at the top of the picture. 
Guess he feels sorry for me. 
SpaceX Headquarters Hawthorne California, USA.
Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX & Tesla
Elon Musk grant/donation Electronic Notifications Service
Greetings dear lucky winner,
I am Elon Reeves Musk born Pretoria S.A;I am an American technology entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and the founder, chief executive officer of Tesla, SpaceX and the current owner X.
Scripture makes it clear that God blesses us not so we can live with greed, but so we can bless others. God loves a cheerful giver. When He sees that someone is giving freely out of love, God blesses them more.
We're blessed to be a blessing. When God blesses you financially, don’t raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.
I have decided to give USD $1,500.000.00 to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this text, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random those registered with paypal,twitter or X. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience with the details below, so i know your email is valid.
Address:...............
Mobile Number:.........
Occupation:............
Best Regards,
Elon Musk
President Musk Foundation.
| 5:59 AM (3 hours ago) |
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Why is this message in spam?
It is similar to messages that were identified as spam in the past.SpaceX Headquarters Hawthorne California, USA.
Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX & Tesla
Elon Musk grant/donation Electronic Notifications Service
Greetings dear lucky winner,
I am Elon Reeves Musk born Pretoria S.A;I am an American technology entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and the founder, chief executive officer of Tesla, SpaceX and the current owner X.
Scripture makes it clear that God blesses us not so we can live with greed, but so we can bless others. God loves a cheerful giver. When He sees that someone is giving freely out of love, God blesses them more.
We're blessed to be a blessing. When God blesses you financially, don’t raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.
I have decided to give USD $1,500.000.00 to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this text, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random those registered with paypal,twitter or X. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience with the details below, so i know your email is valid.
Address:...............
Mobile Number:.........
Occupation:............
Best Regards,
Elon Musk
President Musk Foundation.
ploxwithblox
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I have a cybersecurity business that works with companies to develop security programs and test them. Sadly, we get plenty of calls for help after the fact and the pain is real, both financially and emotionally. I can't overstate how proud I am to see this group talking about it and sharing what they are coming across. A lot of them seem silly, but those crooks are still lining their pockets with other peoples hard earned money. I'll see if I can drop a few winners in here!
E-mail attempt today...
PayPal, Inc.
REPORT
Invoice no.: 8100FWRA23855FNZ
Dear Customer,
Thank you for using PayPal, Inc..
Your Account has been charged with USD 418.25 and will be going to deduct from your
account within 24 hours. If you did not recognize this transaction or want to cancel these charges.
Please contact Toll Free Customer Support Number: (888) 338 xxxx.
Invoice Number : 8100FWRA23855FNZ
Invoice Amount : USD 418.25
Payment Mode : Online
Auto Renewal
PayPal, Inc.
(888) 338-xxxx
(I deleted the phone number last digits, just in case someone was silly enough to try the numbers)
PayPal, Inc.
REPORT
Invoice no.: 8100FWRA23855FNZ
Dear Customer,
Thank you for using PayPal, Inc..
Your Account has been charged with USD 418.25 and will be going to deduct from your
account within 24 hours. If you did not recognize this transaction or want to cancel these charges.
Please contact Toll Free Customer Support Number: (888) 338 xxxx.
Invoice Number : 8100FWRA23855FNZ
Invoice Amount : USD 418.25
Payment Mode : Online
Auto Renewal
PayPal, Inc.
(888) 338-xxxx
(I deleted the phone number last digits, just in case someone was silly enough to try the numbers)
WapitiBob
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Just got the toll booth one today. Haven't been thru one of those since 1993.
mevertsen
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I won!
I was just now sitting here reading Hunt Talk and my phone rang.
IT WAS THE MANAGER OF PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE!
I won the whole damn thing. All I got to do is send some money for taxes and fees and in a couple of days I'll be sharing a cup of coffee in my living room, with good old Ed McMann as he hands me that big old giant check
I was just now sitting here reading Hunt Talk and my phone rang.
IT WAS THE MANAGER OF PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE!
I won the whole damn thing. All I got to do is send some money for taxes and fees and in a couple of days I'll be sharing a cup of coffee in my living room, with good old Ed McMann as he hands me that big old giant check
Pucky Freak
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My parents got a slightly more sophisticated Amazon phishing email and fell for it. No money lost, but they gave their bank info over and had to close everything down and reopen new accounts.
Pucky Freak
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My wife got a text for a free resort vacation and called the # to play along. About 10 mins into the extremely sketchy conversation, my wife:
“Hey what’s your name?”
“Uh, we don’t give out that information.”
“Oh, really? If that isn’t f—-ing convenient.”
“…”
“Hey what’s your name?”
“Uh, we don’t give out that information.”
“Oh, really? If that isn’t f—-ing convenient.”
“…”
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Fake captcha trick. Are you human?
RealMuddyboots
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You can always submit complaint to the Internet Crime Complaint Center. I've sent a few in the last 6 months.
antlerradar
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Wife and I dodged a bullet last Thursday. The good news is my wife got a new car. Things went south when she tried to add the new car to our insurance. On our insurance card there are two numbers to call. One for making a claim in big bold print and one for billing/new accounts. She called the billing number, but since the card is old and a bit faded and my wife's eyes are not what they used to be she mistook a 6 and for an 8 in the number. Call went straight to a scammer. There were a lot of red flags on the call but she made the call so she gave out some information. Soon though she had enough of the prying questions, and hung up, but not before the scammer had our bank account info. Smartly she called the bank right after hanging up and put hold on our account. She then called the claims number and sure enough the agent at the insurance confirmed that they would never ask for the info the scammer was wanting. Luckily for us no money was lost and we now have new checking account. It could have been a lot worse.
