Some asshole just tried to scam the non-profit I work for as a (very minimal hourly) contractor -- they sent her an email with my name on it (but not from my email address) telling her they'd need to change "my" banking info. before next payroll.
She responded, but, fortunately, she pays me through PayPal, so she was like, "I think you'd need to change that on your end .."
Also, fortunately, I just happened to be looking at that email account to see whether my 1099 went out, and I noticed the email from "me." Gave her a heads up and pointed out a couple of telltales, but... phew! I mean, actually, if it helps make her more suspicious of stuff in the future, then it's kind of a low stakes way to have gotten a little scare.
Clearly, they looked at my LI profile and got my title from it (I actually changed it yesterday, interestingly) -- that's the only place I refer to myself the way they signed the email. Jerks.
Just worked for a client whose clients got similar emails, and a couple of them fell for it, and what a nightmare that was.
but at the same time I don’t really need it to be February yet.
For planning purposes, we use a weekly calendar that is divided into periods that approximate months rather than actual months, and period 1 is 4 weeks long with the first week starting 12/29/24 so now that it is week 5 I am arguably in a new planning cycle. This does not improve anything, as far as I can tell.
Also, that sucks, JenP, glad y'all caught it before any harm was done
Wait, so was the email actually sent from your account or did she cc you on the response, or how did you see the email from “you” in your account?
No, they sent it from their own Gmail account to the email address listed on the org's website (I also have access to that org email account -- we both do, so that's how I saw it), but they changed the "how your name appears in recipient's inbox" to say that their email was from Jennifer Mylastname. Of course, when you open the email, if you hover over it, you see their actual sending account is not from me, but if you're not suspicious...
So, from LI, they learned my name, my title, the org I worked for... not hard to get an email address for it... and voila! Scam city!
Argh, it's been 3 fucking weeks and the prior authorization for my migraine meds is still up in the air. I'm thinking about making voodoo dolls of everyone involved and then stabbing pins in the heads to give them all migraines.
Oh no, Steph! They should definitely all get hit with some kind of sympathetic magic to teach them a lesson
I don't know if it's my doctor's office dragging their feet on the prior authorization questionnaire (and seriously FUCK my insurance for requiring they fill out a fucking questionnaire) or if it's my insurance dragging their feet on the approval process, or both, but I am seriously wanting to kick some asses. Or use Dark Willow-style magic to just get this goddamn prior authorization pushed through and approved.
That's such a bullshit rigamarole, Steph.
