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2naSalit

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4. I got a strange email this am

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Tue Dec 24, 2019, 11:50 AM

Dec 2019

I'm not affiliated with anything electronically except this site and my email. It had a name for a sender, no subject, with an attachment @aol. I haven't opened it, don't plan to. I don't recognize the name.

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WARNING - COMCAST/XFINITY users for internet or TV...phishing scam VERY REAL looking [View all] Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 OP

about a month ago, i got an email from Xfinity stating that my password had changed CatWoman Dec 2019 #1

Thank you! nt cry baby Dec 2019 #2

Great PSA, and thanks... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #3

I got a strange email this am 2naSalit Dec 2019 #4

That is why this one is so scary, it looks identical to Xfinity emails and site. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #6

A scam telemarketer DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #24

I got something similar from "Apple" a few days ago mrsadm Dec 2019 #5

Got this one too. Zoonart Dec 2019 #11

Bottom line, don't trust any email that looks official without hovering over the sender address hlthe2b Dec 2019 #7

I do that and this one had comcast in the email address... Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #12

Just because it includes "comcast" does not mean anything... You have to look at the entire address hlthe2b Dec 2019 #13

Yeah, this one was [email protected] something like that...i deleted it and reported it as Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #31

Another e-mail scam just recently added packman Dec 2019 #8

I've gotten emails from Amazon (payment declined) and Apple (a game charged to my account) Blaukraut Dec 2019 #9

i've gotten those as well CatWoman Dec 2019 #10

If you get anything from Comcast/Xfinity - look for that little red "Xf" logo BumRushDaShow Dec 2019 #14

dont these people ever give up? AllaN01Bear Dec 2019 #15

No. James48 Dec 2019 #17

If they get one reply of information out of 5,000, they are making money from their scam. keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #19

No. The Russian gov't never lets up. roamer65 Dec 2019 #27

Merci! Mme. Defarge Dec 2019 #16

What in your account could be used? Nictuku Dec 2019 #18

Good for you catching this! csziggy Dec 2019 #20

A good reminder. NEVER click on any link in email, or hit any phone button. question everything Dec 2019 #21

The FBI Is Investigating Investigators Full Time Too Busy To Bust Phishing Scams DanieRains Dec 2019 #22

I just got a popup from Norton Chipper Chat Dec 2019 #23

I got that in a text this morning. I do not have Norton, lol. Lexee Dec 2019 #32

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING ONLY THE GOVERNMENT CAN FIX. We're seeing more and more of these...... usaf-vet Dec 2019 #25

Check the sender email address on this stuff. roamer65 Dec 2019 #26

Reset your router? Yeah, right. I don't think some nefarious entity in email land can come... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #28

Wow! I received that email this morning nevergiveup Dec 2019 #29

TY for this warning. n/t mntleo2 Dec 2019 #30

Congratulations! You have just won the Brooklyn bridge. Chipper Chat Dec 2019 #33