Email address

[carrottop10]

Hi has anyone heard of the following email adress:

[email protected]?

[squarebear]

It's reportedly from a San Francisco tourist site but bear in mind that anyone can make an email appear as though it's from anyone else at all.

[carrottop10]

the email i had said that there was a parcel for had been returned cos the delviery address was wrong

[rojash]

...so it's fake then.

[squarebear]

Was the email addressed to you by name or just something like "Dear Customer"?
Did it advise you to click on a link to put in your correct details?

[carrottop10]

bearing in mind im in the uk i would assume so

[carrottop10]

didnt say dear customer or anything but had an attachmemt

[squarebear]

Yep delete it. If you open the attachment, you will most likely download a load of viruses/malware to your PC. I assume you didn't open it?

[carrottop10]

stupidly yes, i then reliased and diid a recovery on my computer and run a virus scan and everything seems ok i hope it is any way cant beleive i did it stupidity itself

[squarebear]

Oh wow! At least it doesn't seem to have done any harm. Got to be careful nowadays.

[carrottop10]

i know i cant beleive i did im always telling everyone dont open anything you dont think is right and what do i do!!!!!!? the silly thing is that i was expecting a parcel i just did not read the email address

[squarebear]

That's the trouble. If you are expecting a parcel and you get something like that, it's easy to fall for. My wife got an email saying "One of your friends has sent you a birthday card" with a dodgy attachment. The trouble was, it was her birthday and so she opened it. It took me a full day to get a working machine back.

[carrottop10]

the amount of rubbish email you get you would think you would learn by it wouldnt you? i will never do it again thats for sure iget about 5 spam emails a day it drives me round the bend you would think people would have better things to do

[MTbowels]

carrottop10, they really don't need better things to do. Look at it this way, if one out of a hundred people that open these emails allows them to infiltrate your computer and seek banking details etc while your online, the scam pays for itself.
They just sit back and wait for that one person to provide them with the details they need to empty bank accounts etc. What could be easier?

[MTbowels]

It certainly beats working as I see it,given patience, the money will roll in.

[carrottop10]

i am thinking of doing a clean instal as i understannd that this cleans the disc completely a pain but my mind will be a rest

[squarebear]

That seems a bit drastic. Unless you are having problems, I would leave it alone now.

[ChuckFickens]

I'd agree that a clean install is a little drastic, but as a precaution it might be wise to do a full scan of your computer with malwarebytes because it's more aimed at detecting spyware and malware than most anti-virus software.

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