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I Found Your E Mail - SCAM?
This is a new one on me. I got this e mail today:
Hi there My name is Jean Rafon, I'm from France. Last week i Bought an old book from street here in Paris and i found your email inside of it, i'm curious to know if this is a real person, and what relate you with this book! Looking forward to hearing from you! Thanks Jean There are no links to click, nothing other than a request to reply. Anyone come across this before and if it is some sort of scam how does it work? |
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Apparently it is a scam. See here.
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I would never even OPEN an email from a stranger with that heading. The days are gone where you have to click on a link to get infected.
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Apparently it is a scam. See here.
Now deleted. The name from the sender said Jean, and I have a friend called Jean so I thought it was from her. Will be more careful in future. |
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The name from the sender said Jean, and I have a friend called Jean so I thought it was from her. Will be more careful in future.
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Indeed, you cannot be too careful. Maybe I was lucky with my search because I used the name. Of course, in France, Jean is a male name.
'Course, since I probably would still have been six at the time and didn't know anything about French names, I could probably be forgiven. What's weird is that there's a picture of him- and it's quite obviously a *him*- on the back, yet I don't recall any incongruity in that.
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I would never even OPEN an email from a stranger with that heading. The days are gone where you have to click on a link to get infected.
I don't actually have a Facebook page but she does sound very sincere. Do you think I could get infected? |
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So the Ukranian girl who's seen my Facebook page and thinks I'm sexy and wants to bang my brains out is likely to be scamming me?
I don't actually have a Facebook page but she does sound very sincere. Do you think I could get infected? |
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Only if you let her handle your small change.
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