[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Bogus “Amazon” notice?

Thu Dec 1 15:29:09 PST 2022

I just got an alleged Paypal notice, with the correct email address, sent to a weird and obviously not-me address, yet Yahoo Mail delivered it to my Inbox, not even to Spam. The weird address looked like an Outlook.com address, which should not have been allowed to be set up with my Yahoo email address as an original ID or linked account. (So much for Microsoft's allegedly "never been hacked" online security!)  
The fake email said I had authorized a payment and to log in to my Paypal Account to stop the payment from happening. The link looked in my Chrome Beta browser under Windows 11 as if it was the real Paypal login page. It would NOT have been anything of the sort!
I did go separately in a cleaned browser (CCleaner or your favorite browser cleaning extension will do the trick) to my actual Paypal account, and there was no activity showing. I called Paypal customer service fraud people to verify and no such activity was happening or had happened in the past 30 days. They asked me to forward the phishing email to their fraud reporting address. 
These phishing emails are getting VERY good at spoofing legitimate sites and login pages. ALWAYS log in DIRECTLY with a CLEAN web browser to your REAL account to verify ANY pending transactions involving that Account. And when in doubt, use the REAL Customer Service phone number or Fraud Reporting number to make sure. 
NEVER trust ANYTHING in an unexpected email, text, visual or voice phone "Notice" from ANYWHERE. 
Stay safe out there!
-- Bob Primak 
    On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 12:56:31 PM EST, Stan Rose <rosesta at gmail.com> wrote:  

That’s a common phishing text that I receive a few times a week. Hit delete and safely ignore.

Stan

From: LCTG <lctg-bounces+rosesta=gmail.com at lists.toku.us> On Behalf Of Michael Alexander
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2022 12:13 PM
To: Lex Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>
Subject: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Bogus “Amazon” notice?

I just received the following text Message (italics added to set it off from what I’m writing.

Notification : 24567

We've must disabled your αmazon αccount, due to unusual activity from your αccount.

Please follow link below to unlock your αccount.

s.id/1qFiM

I’d ignore this, except that I recently placed an order with Amazon (not yet delivered).  If this were an email, I’d check out the sender’s address, but don’t know how to do the equivalent with a Message.

The bad grammar might be a clue, but bad spelling and grammar are rife in American education.

.

Ideas and suggestions?

Mike Alexander

mna.ma at yahoo.com
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