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Is an e-mail from Amazon.com a scam attempt or real?
Is an e-mail from Amazon.com a scam attempt or real?
I have an e-mail in my inbox saying it is from Amazon.com, subject: "Your Amazon.co.uk order has dispatched (XXXXX)" (X = numbers and letters).
Is it any danger to open this e-mail? If for real, it could be someone has used my Paypal to order something to himself/herself.
I have an e-mail in my inbox saying it is from Amazon.com, subject: "Your Amazon.co.uk order has dispatched (XXXXX)" (X = numbers and letters).
Is it any danger to open this e-mail? If for real, it could be someone has used my Paypal to order something to himself/herself.
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I didn't order anything from Amazon and I checked my Paypal now: nothing had been paid for from there either. So I know it's not a legit e-mail now.
Worse when I received an e-mail from my accountant, which then triggered 15 attempts to break into my Google account during 15 minutes when I clicked on a link it it. Someone had hijacked his identity and then used it to send false e-mails to his customers, among them me.
Worse when I received an e-mail from my accountant, which then triggered 15 attempts to break into my Google account during 15 minutes when I clicked on a link it it. Someone had hijacked his identity and then used it to send false e-mails to his customers, among them me.
So you answer your original question...Yes it is dangerous to open that email. PERMANENTLY delete it.
And that you know your accountant's contact list has been compromised, you need to be EXTRA careful and diligent about the emails you open.
And that you know your accountant's contact list has been compromised, you need to be EXTRA careful and diligent about the emails you open.
So should your accountant. It is more important now more than ever to not reuse passwords. Site's are breached, and passwords are leaked, criminals are trying your passwords on any other sites and using the email address's from the leaks as your user name. This is why, for decades, we, the security industry have been saying not to use common, easy to guess passwords, and to have unique passwords for each service/account you use.
Use 2fa with your email if it supports it, your email address is basically the one service you have to protect most.
-rich
Use 2fa with your email if it supports it, your email address is basically the one service you have to protect most.
-rich
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Thanks, I never opened that e-mail of course.
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