Posted on 09/09/2024 10:03:51 AM PDT by Paul R.
> If it warns someone, and better discusses things to look for, it’s worth it.<
You are 100% correct. There are thousands of scams out there, and every day they get more sophisticated. Anyone who posts about them is doing us all a service.
Is that is your first scam? You are in the minority if that is the first scam you have ever received.
Can we be sure this isn’t some benevolent Nigerian prince hoping to unselfishly distribute his billions to the masses?
Right after you gather up $594 worth of goods.
LOL 😂😂😂
“””The sender was “ yourwellhere@omnipureessentials.com “.”””
This scam artist did not even try to make it look like it came from Walgreens.
Scam... The sender email is the key.
Usually but not always. I got a scam email from paypal. The sender was paypal (first thing I look for) But the link to send a response was a gmail account.....
I always stop and wonder if I ever signed up for something like that, and even if I did what would I have had to spend to “earn” that much of an award.
99.9% of the time I wouldn’t have signed up for it, nor would I have spent enough with that company.
Then I start looking at all the other indications of a scam.
Absolutely a scam. Much as people have been scammed by phishing scammers who get info on an email they can “hit” with this complete theft of computer security (IDs, passwords and online history and login information- such as to credit card accounts etc.)
Don’t automatically click to answer an email that FAKES the source. Your mouse scrolling held briefly on the “senders” email should be set up to identify the actual source of the email. (example— sender says they are fedex but when scrolled identifies some a@@hole with a fictitious link. name@gmail.com-— which isn’t even on g-mail but linked to their scammer server to steal the info on your computer/phone).
Recent had a friend who had “malwarebytes” say that “your invoice is due for this agreement— 400 bucks! for 6 months— which they never ordered, but had just sent something fedex.The friend did not open the email just previewed, and trashed it- and erased the trash. All while on VPN. Friend notified Fedex that they have employees intercepting orders/emails and sending to their scammer pals for a percentage. This is really going on.
Sounds like a scam. How in the heck does one accumulate that much value in points at Walgreens?!
I can usually tell from the format that it’s a company test and just delete them. Got one in a different format, so I sent it to IT. They confirmed it was a real scam.
I hope you logged in with your correct name and password. That’s what I always do in The “humam fund” contacts me.
The word “balance” has the dreaded capital “I”
Unless the links they provide are to ‘walgreens.com’, it is a scam. They’re everywhere these days.
As an aside, if a Jim Thompson from TreeRepublic.com contacts you for a donation to help defeat the Moops, it’s probably a scam.
Don’t ask me how I found out.
As far as Walgreens goes, we go there quite often-all my prescriptions- we have their Balance Rewards card that we use from time to time.
Set phasers to “Ignore.”
Over the past three weeks I have received notices like this from Walmart, Walgreens and CVS. They are all similar; they will send me a bonus prize of $500 if I will send them five to eight dollars to cover their processing costs.
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