I recieved a puzzling EMail from DHL Delivery

[Medusa]

I get DHL deliveries every month so this would have been an easy one for me to fall for but, thankfully, I didn't.

[Don Juan's mom]

I got one yesterday saying that a relative who died in a plane "clash" in Indonesia a few years ago left me $24 million US. I'm checking that one with my brother the amateur genealogist (and fellow cat lover).

Liz

[Karen]

If the email does not mention the name of the relative, you KNOW it's a spam. If the email mentions a name that is not familiar to you, you know it's a spam. A solicitor or lawyer from another country would not likely be contacting you through email in the first place. And if they didn, they'd first ask something like "Did you know 'John Smith, of Lubbock, Texas" and are you related to him?

Keep track of who you give your email address to - like banks, credit card accounts - I know, for example, that my own bank does NOT have my email address, so I always delete "bank notice" type emails without even opening them. VISA doesn't have my email address. Neither do any of my credit card accounts. So I know those are spam, plain and simple.

[Don Juan's mom]

If the email does not mention the name of the relative, you KNOW it's a spam. If the email mentions a name that is not familiar to you, you know it's a spam. A solicitor or lawyer from another country would not likely be contacting you through email in the first place. And if they didn, they'd first ask something like "Did you know 'John Smith, of Lubbock, Texas" and are you related to him?

Keep track of who you give your email address to - like banks, credit card accounts - I know, for example, that my own bank does NOT have my email address, so I always delete "bank notice" type emails without even opening them. VISA doesn't have my email address. Neither do any of my credit card accounts. So I know those are spam, plain and simple.

Oh, I haven't clicked on ANYTHING on that mail. I printed it, deleted it, then scanned the mail to forward to my family for a laugh. Thanks to my brother the amateur genealogist, we have a fairly good idea of what blood relatives we have on that side of the family. Besides, the mail came from a "barrister," and I know enough about the UK courts to know a barrister wouldn't be doing that job.

Liz

[pomtzu]

I get this garbage all the time, from every source you could imagine. I've gotten them from "The FBI" previously, saying that the Nigerians were legit and it was okay to provide them with all the info so I could get my money, but the one I got from them today, tops all previous ones. They told me if I didn't stop dealing with the phonies, and provide the info they were asking me for within the next 48 hours, that I would be arrested and jailed.
How can even reasonably intelligent people fall for this crap?

[catmandu]

The only reason I fell for this is that I have a gift exchange with another Pet Talker, and I paniced that the people sending the gift had my address wrong.
But now I think of it , I feel like Elmer Fudd running off the cliff.

I never stopped to think how they got my url, or how that they knew it was the wrong address.
I just hope that they dont use my mistake against me.

My Cats would suffer for my stupidity.

[catmandu]

I got another email from DHL saying Support Lilain D!!
Whos Lialan D I thought but didnt respond.
I dont get fooled again.

[orangemm]

You have to be so careful these days. I got a phishing email supposedly from Facebook, but I knew better and reported it.

They'll keep trying though....................