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Old 26th March 2021, 18:22   #2
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Originally Posted by jackatesme View Post
Ordered an item on e-bay, couple of days later received e-mail saying item has been dispatched. Also on e-mail was a section "As a valued customer you have a chance to win a mobile phone." If successful send them £1. G/Son advised me not to try it. What i can't understand is, how can a scammer get onto an e-mail sent to me from a company and add a scam. If the future is going to buy on line only, someone must do more to get rid of these Scammers.
They get your details off the Dark Web, the chances are your email address and passwords are free to anyone that wants them, the Email companies security is a joke.
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