New email spam scam
Feb. 9th, 2023 01:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneThese might be appearing in your Inbox, not your Spam folder, so be aware.
Fake Best Buy Geek Squad invoices.
I've received two that were properly flagged as spam. It says that your Geek Squad subscription is about to renew and $419 will be charged to your card.
This hits on some good psychological pain points. It's a good-sized chunk of money, it's possible that you may have a Geek Squad subscription for computer support, and there's the time pressure element.
But they always have at least two tells: they don't have your name on the 'subscription invoice' and they always originate from an odd email address, perhaps Gmail. NEVER call the phone number on this 'invoice' as that could easily get sold to other scammers, just delete this crap and be done with it.
Fake Best Buy Geek Squad invoices.
I've received two that were properly flagged as spam. It says that your Geek Squad subscription is about to renew and $419 will be charged to your card.
This hits on some good psychological pain points. It's a good-sized chunk of money, it's possible that you may have a Geek Squad subscription for computer support, and there's the time pressure element.
But they always have at least two tells: they don't have your name on the 'subscription invoice' and they always originate from an odd email address, perhaps Gmail. NEVER call the phone number on this 'invoice' as that could easily get sold to other scammers, just delete this crap and be done with it.
