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30-11-2020, 11:52 AM
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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Got a curly one. Couple of emails to a Gmail account, from a UK Yahoo address that I don’t recognise. Both have attached .jpgs, one HDR. Headers check out as “normal”.
The kicker? I punched the Yahoo email address into a dummy text address line and it comes up as belonging to an iPhone/iPad/iMac as it’s immediately configured as an outgoing iMessage. I’ve seen the scams where an incoming message is purportedly an iMessage - but the giveaway with them is that a reply isn’t. The sending address is not “weird” nor the email titles. They don’t come up on a thorough Googling, but that’s neither here nor there beyond dispelling the bleeding obvious. Any suggestions on “safer” ways to dig deeper in case it is legitimate? |
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30-11-2020, 01:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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i've been getting some totally bogus emails , lately my "apple ID" is insecure an i'm going to get a refund, i don,t click the links and junk the email, but they keep resending them, any way i don't even use apple stuff.
plus i got some weird messages on my phone, claiming my applications are going to be rejected??, no name from sender?? then they build it up to a "cut off date" and then i,m in trouble, just scammers i reckon. if it looks bogus , dodgy, it probably is and junk the email. maybe you should check it out CB, maybe you've won a million dollars 
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30-11-2020, 01:22 PM
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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It was none of those usual type things. They get binned straight away.
In the end I ran a ruler over the probabilities, based on some details.
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30-11-2020, 01:26 PM
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They can also use images to track whether you have opened an email. By using a unique name for the image ie http://someserver../i/2fhheh4h4.jgp where the jpg name is unique and only associated with that one email that has been sent. If the distance server sees a request for that image then it knows that you have opened it. Most mail clients will block that sort of behaviour. Safest thing is to ignore the email
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30-11-2020, 01:39 PM
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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I was referring to when people set up an Apple device with ways other than a phone number to reach them in messaging (as opposed to email). Quite a lot of people unthinkingly use their go-to email address as an alternative. (And if they do, they’re often still opted into FaceTime calls to that email as well!)
Being that all of these checked out, I figured they were either an astoundingly stupid scammer with a new phone or a fumble-fingers. Last edited by Citroënbender; 30-11-2020 at 01:45 PM. |
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30-11-2020, 03:47 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Yes there is. You can (and by default do) assign an email address that can send and receive iMessage and Facetime as though it's a phone number. |
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30-11-2020, 01:45 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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30-11-2020, 02:14 PM
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i used get tell the paki solar sales guys ringing me. "i have solar" i say, many times, but they keep ringing up. now days, if i'm bored i'll string the call out as long as i can. |
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30-12-2020, 06:51 PM
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Shenanigans..............
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Location: Footscrazy
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Heads up on a paypal fake sms.
【PayPal】Dear Customer, some unsafe activities were reported on your account. For your safety, please regain access to your account at [url]https://paypal-safetylogin.help/?paypal[/.... don't click it! Sounds like a smishing scam... |
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11-01-2021, 12:52 PM
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to double checked this , and i signed into paypal, and no messages had been sent. |
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Atypical Email, possible Spam
Re: Atypical Email, possible Spam
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