August 3, 2016 Government Imposter Scams My Consumer Protection Division reports receiving several contacts from businesses asking about a suspicious email pretending to be from “The Office of The Attorney General.” The email in question is bogus and its attachment should not be opened; recipients should delete it. I am issuing the attached Government Imposter Scams Consumer Alert to warn Michiganders about this and similar scams. The alert is also available on the Attorney General's website (www.mi.gov/ag). BILL SCHUETTE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF MICHIGAN
Amazes me that some folks are still opening these types of e-mails. I've had a few show up referring to some business deal or thing that "we" discussed. Never happened, and I don't know who they are. The spam filter catches all of 'em, and off to never never land they go.
Scumbags indeed...preying on the naive and gullible. I'd like to kick the people who send these scams right in the shins. And when I say shins.... I mean their crotch.
Almost "subtle" with 2 T's..... I believe I would miss the crotchtle area and zero in on the teeth. How's that for subttle. Lately, a call will come in from my area code and the person on the other side of the line will ask for, "Random Named Person" and when I tell them "wrong #" they say, "well maybe you could help me with ......." Click.
We have been getting the Microsoft troubleshooting calls again. And calls about our bank account from a bank we have never banked with.
Do as I do! I don't answer the telephone. The ringer is set as low as it can go without actually being off. My answering machine is off. But I do have the caller ID. If a call comes in, I'll go online to see who it was especially if it is outside my area code, and more often than not, it's some scammer, which is usually auto related, although there have been a few social security related. But one all y'all need to be aware of are in the form of email from someone you correspond with. For instance, your friends email address is [email protected]. You may receive an email that calls you by name in the subject line but the from address is wrong. It came from [email protected]. I have had a bunch of that type come in where If I had only went with the name, my computer could have been infected, or if there was a link in the email and I clicked on it, my computer could have been infected. So watch where the email comes from, not just who it's from. If it doesn't have the right server address, delete it! The email I hate that is the absolute worst, is spyware within an email from an associate or neighbor. I had that happen multiple times over the last few years. I don't know of a way around it other than to change everything and not part with your email address's unless you know the person explicitly or do business with them. I recently changed my telephone number as well as all of my email address's associated with that number. I also went as far as switching to a new computer.
We don't have caller ID and because of my job at work, I automatically pick up the phone. fortunately our email server seems to pick out a lot of those email scams.
As soon as I see someone sending me an e-mail that has a forwarded message in it, it gets deleted. Started this practice years ago and has probably saved the computer time and again. Used to have to bring in the computer about once a year up until that point. Besides, if its from someone I know, they should have a real message for me...not some other jibberish that has made its way aroung the web for years.
