I just got an email supposedly from Amazon.com asking me to verify my account.
The title of the message:
- **Urgent Fraud Prevention Group Notice***
Is this likely to be real? Or some sort of fraud?
Thanks.
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sumi - Sep 15, 2005 6:47:25 am PDT #4505 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
amych - Sep 15, 2005 6:48:26 am PDT #4506 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
fraud
Gris - Sep 15, 2005 6:48:33 am PDT #4507 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Almost certainly a fraud.
Sue - Sep 15, 2005 6:48:48 am PDT #4508 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Gandalfe - Sep 15, 2005 7:11:06 am PDT #4509 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I think it's fraud, too.
Jon B. - Sep 15, 2005 7:26:09 am PDT #4510 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Never NEVER respond to an email, or click on a link enclosed in an email, asking you to verify any personal information.
If there's any chance that it's legitimate, then you can just as well open a browser window, enter Amazon's home page URL (or whoever's) by hand, and log in as you usually do. If they need you to update something, they'll let you know on their website.
sumi - Sep 15, 2005 7:50:56 am PDT #4511 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Thanks!
I've had the odd paypal phishing message but this is the first one I've had that claimed to be from Amazon.
Liese S. - Sep 15, 2005 12:44:55 pm PDT #4512 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
If there's any chance that it's legitimate, then you can just as well open a browser window
It's funny, 'cause I ignored email from earthlink for months once, asking me to update my credit card info. It didn't provide a link, it just wanted me to go to the regular site and log in normally, but I never read that far. It totally looked like spam to me and I just ignored it.
Then one day I remembered that my credit card did have a recent or upcoming expiration date after all, and I probably did need to update it. But it took me forever to do it, because I kept squinting suspiciously at the web interface, even though I'd come there by hand.
brenda m - Sep 15, 2005 6:36:37 pm PDT #4513 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My goddamn Tivo just reconnected itself.
After more than a month, nothing works, wireless connection, cable connection, nothing I do has any effect, and now I'm sitting here, and suddenly it wants to change the channel to Futurama.
I mean, that's good and all, but for fuck's sake.
Fred Pete - Sep 16, 2005 3:42:22 am PDT #4514 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Our TiVo gave us hell last night. When we got home, there was a message saying that our satellite provider had changed info, and we needed to go through Guided Set-up again. We tried this several times and kept getting an "Error S03." Whatever that means.
Unplugging and rebooting TiVo did not correct this. TiVo service suggested that we try recycling (unplugging) both the TiVo and the phone line. This got us a green screen with a "serious problem that TiVo will try to fix, but it will take about 3 hours and if it doesn't work, call Customer Support again" message.
Fast-forward 10 hours to this morning. Still getting the green screen. Will call Customer Support again when we get home.