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This blog post involves an email scam regarding a home alarm purchase. It was received a few days after the order of an official professional home alarm system.  This makes me question the integrity of the alarm company's website and what software its using to make the transaction (if any at all) . The red flags in this email are: The odd name of the email sender. The email recipient doesn't seem to have a name, it has a random amount of letters and numbers. The email subject has a long random amount of letters and numbers as well. The images are already disabled and blocked. The actual email content doesn't have any information just a simple statement with a link. It doesn't even mention or tell you to click the link. Photo #1 The Home Alarm E-mail Scam Photo #2 The Home Alarm E-mail Scam

In the photos below it shows a sender trying to use the mortgage lender Quicken Loans to trick someone into a refinance. Some Red Flags to consider about the email: Its very generic looking there is no graphics or images of the Quicken Loans symbol. Yahoo, the email provider has disabled all the links and images. If you look in the picture with the subject & sender it is an extremely long, bizarre random grouping of letters and numbers.  Photo #1 Quicken Loans E-mail Scam  Photo #2 Quicken Loans E-mail Scam

This post involves an email scam involving PayPal with a Yahoo email account. I get this one a lot, i would say at least once a month. I am not sure why.  As you may see, the issues in trusting this email are below The email subject starts with [Re:] - So this would assume that you the recipient contacted them (whoever them is). The subject also has a bizarre mnemonic a supposed attachment and asked for a verification. The major red flag of this email is the never ending  no-reply  email next to the fictitious PayPal email that reads service@int[dot]paypal[dot]com  Photo #1 PayPal E-mail Subject Scam Photo #2 PayPal E-mail Attachment Scam    

This post involves an e-mail scam regarding an inheritance topic and for someone to claim a large some of money ($8,500,000)??!!  It has many screenshots to scroll through. It seems to follow a timeline of events or communications between different people that are addressed to the recipient.  If you look closely the people seem to have Asian and British/English names in the United Kingdom area. Likely from fictitious people.  There are multiple names, what seems to be generic forms and information, Money Gram is involved to receive lump sum payments and at the end there are 3 forms to download. Whats interesting about the Money Gram is that in one section of the email it asks the recipient of the email to send a payment for the supposed inheritance??  The forms are probably used to download a virus. I would argue if someone where to reply back or follow through with attempting to receive this " inheritance " that they would take control of their bank account. See the...

This email scam is with a Yahoo email account. In photo #1 It is stating that I or another person who may have received this email may have won a large some of money and they want you to click  the large green button so you can find out. There are 3 major problems with this email: This is a huge red flag because it already assumes you have entered some type of contest. Have You?? It states that they have been (past-tense)  trying to reach you, so there should at least be 2 emails similar to this but this is the only email received from this sender.  Also, it's highly unlikely any company would email you stating that you have won any money, let alone $50,000.  Photo #1 Promotional Email Scam In photo #2 you can see that the email in the address bar looks relativity safe or "normal".  It's not bizarre it doesn't have a weird name or mnemonic It also includes a "normal" looking website in the address bar.  However if you haven't signed up for anythin...

Photo #1 is a scam e-mail posed to be from a Fidelity Life Insurance coverage company with a  Yahoo email account.  As you may notice the title already has a specific quoted amount, normally not mentioned until you start shopping. It also has an unusual font style as well,  the actual email itself is obnoxiously long and never seems to end or fit the screen.  Photo #1 Fidelity Email Scam Photo #2 is the body of the email. It simply quotes a large sum of insurance coverage and an  ACT NOW link to click to most likely take you to a malicious website that will take control of your browser or computer, or the link may even trigger a download of malicious software.      Photo #2 Fidelity Email Scam

The following are examples of Apple E-mail scams that people may come across with an Yahoo email account.  The photo below shows that I need to take action, verify my account & has some type of document ID in the email subject. Also notice the the bizarre email text next to the email that was used to send the email. Photo #1 Apple Email Scams This second photo shows that my Apple ID has been locked. Yet in the body of the paragraph it states the my password has been successfully reset.  Photo #2 Apple Email Scams In the third photo it gives an opportunity to check my account with a VERIFY NOW button link. Whatever that may be?  This may link me to my iCloud account, hijack my browser or Computer, or may link me to a malicious website.   Photo #3  Apple Email Scams     Quick  Summary: 1. I receive a email from attacker with a  bizarre email text name. It seems to go on forever. 2. The email says my account has been locked and r...