Just in the past month I’ve received three bogus scam emails. One such email first line began like this:
Good Day! “Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and
may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing
through this channel. I’m (Miss. Sandra) from Benghazi Libya…”
On it goes saying life is unbearable after her family has been shot to death and asks for a reply. The next week I
received one supposedly from my Mail Administrator as a
“Last Warning that my account will be closed. They’ve received instructions to empty all my inbox & sent folders and to click on this link to verify”.
The third one was from UPS (looked official). It read,
“I have a parcel coming. To manage my download and delivery information click here”
– NO to all!
I went up to the actual UPS site and entered the tracking number. No number was found & warned me of a possible scam. I marked them all as junk and deleted them.
In the July/August 2016 issue of our newsletter SB Police Chief, Jeff Pearson wrote an article on scams. I quote “While most of us know that something too good to be true is most likely some type of scam, many people in the U.S. and right here in Brevard county are still getting scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars every day”.
He goes on to give some examples. Callers claiming they are a grandchild and in some type of financial trouble. Callers sounding official saying they are from the IRS telling you owe back taxes. Fake precious metal companies sending fancy reading material/pamphlets though the mail.
NEVER wire money! NEVER send cash! NEVER click or download from a suspicious email! ALWAYS stay informed of most recent scams!
Web Resources: www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud/seniors; www.aarp.org/money/scamsfraud; and www.cops.usdoj.gov//Default.asp?Item=2560; OR call your local police departments non-emergency phone number.
Submitted by, Louise Stevenson
