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Thread ID: 148852 2020-02-18 01:10:00 Spam Email? ManUFan (7602) Press F1
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1466727 2020-02-18 01:10:00 Hi

Just got an email from 'Spark' asking for account verification... Suspicious! Rang them and
they said no such email has been sent by them.

Return address was "https://webmail-xtra-co-nz.desker2.com" - suspicious?????

Has anyone else received this???

Needless to say I have just deleted this.

Cheers
ManUFan (7602)
1466728 2020-02-18 02:07:00 This week I had a very legit looking email from IRD , saying I had a $120 refund.

I know IRD want you to do everything online, but theres no way I'll ever click that link in the email.
1101 (13337)
1466729 2020-02-18 02:09:00 ........desker2.com
yep, thats a scam.
1101 (13337)
1466730 2020-02-18 02:13:00 Cheers 1101 - should have realised that it was when it went to an alias on my main email and not my Spark login email acct. :-) ManUFan (7602)
1466731 2020-02-18 02:50:00 Simple Rule. NO legit business or such will ask for an account verification out of the blue.

Bit like banks and ISP's asking the same, WHY, they already have full access to all your account details if they need to look at anything.

We always get ones from Netflix saying similar. Now while we do have Netflix there's two good giveaways its fake - point number 1 above and the way its spelt. Netflex :groan:
wainuitech (129)
1466732 2020-02-18 03:03:00 Hi

Return address was "https://webmail-xtra-co-nz.desker2.com" - suspicious?????


With domains, anything before the final .company.country is meaningless.

I could make pressf1.myscamsite.nz - nothing to do with pressf1 and everything to do with the last bits.

So yours is just desker2.com.
piroska (17583)
1466733 2020-02-18 04:19:00 So yours is just desker2.com. Exactly right, scam site.

desker.com is ----- well Edge browser stopped it dead in the water.

10199
wainuitech (129)
1466734 2020-02-18 04:58:00 Exactly right, scam site.

desker.com is ----- well Edge browser stopped it dead in the water.

10199

And so did Firefox, I was going to screenshot it, but the site is now gone and I can't.
piroska (17583)
1466735 2020-02-18 06:48:00 This week I had a very legit looking email from IRD , saying I had a $120 refund.

I know IRD want you to do everything online, but theres no way I'll ever click that link in the email.

Got an email from them a while back, didn't reply (thought the same thing), but refund turned up in my bank acct. :clap
feersumendjinn (64)
1466736 2020-02-18 19:03:00 Thanks All.

Yep - Firefox did block the images and warn of a suspicious site. One of the reasons I only use web mail these days....

Thanks also for the info Piroska - learnt something there :-)
ManUFan (7602)
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