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Compliment of the day, jw261642@gmail.com
Scam Email received July 2, 2018 from INFO@vega.ocn.ne.jp
Email From:
INFO@vega.ocn.ne.jp
Subject:
Compliment of the day,
Other emails used:
jw261642@gmail.com, jw261642@gmail.com
Email Subject:
Compliment of the day,
Compliment of the day, – jw261642@gmail.com
Dear Friend, Compliment of the day, I sent you an email in regards to your family but you didn&t respond. Kindly let me know if you are still interested so i can send you future details I will be waiting to hear from you. Thank You Fritz Hindenburg jw261642@gmail.com jw261642@gmail.com
The above email is a scam. If you still think is legitimate, but you’re still concerned, then follow these steps:
Ten Minutes 10 minutes.
How to check if you received a scam email
- Google the details.
Do a Google search for the persons name/company name that the email has come from.
- Confirm the details.
Visit their website and look for a phone number or email address. Search for the website yourself. Do not assume the details in the email are valid.
- Confirm using the information you have found
Using the details you have researched, call or email the business and ask them to verify the information within the email.
- Check if the email has been sent to multiple people
Google snippets of the email text to see if the same format has been used in the past. eg “Army officer from Syria but now living with the United Nations on asylum”
