Yet another scam – thanks to Meeks for sharing this one and to Chris, the Story Reading Ape’s blog for introducing me to Meek
I found this email in my inbox last night:
I took a screenshot and deleted personal stuff so you could see what it looks like.
Firstly, how did I know this was a scam? Simple – I don’t use Microsoft OneDrive. I have NEVER used OneDrive.
Next, if you look at the email sender it says:
’email@mail.onedrive.com’
Not even a hint of Microsoft anywhere. ‘mail.onedrive’ is a domain that has nothing to do with Microsoft. [When you register a domain, no one else can use it. But there is nothing to stop someone from registering a domain that ‘hints’ at belonging to a well known company].
And finally, do you see the big, red ‘YOU’? I put that in to highlight the poor grammar used in the body of the email. You won’t always find poor grammar, but when you do, it’s a dead giveaway. Whoever set up this scam…
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Ugh, I hate these things. There are some twisted, nasty people out there. Thanks for sharing so we can all be mindful of our emails! xx
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We’re all getting so mistrustful these days – and we need to be.
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I keep getting messages from banks I don’t use to change my passwords.
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It’s a bit of a giveaway that. At least you’re forewarned for when they send you one from your bank.
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