Can this be legit?
Posted by Jo Anna on July 29, 2015, 1:13 pm
I have received this email, twice now, in Spanish, and am wondering . . . Had such a message arrived in English, I would have sent it to 'junk' immediately. Because I've received this twice (no unsubscribe box available), and because it's in Spanish, and because I spend winters in La Manz, I thought I'd enquire of you all before sending to 'junk' and trusting I'll never see it again. Is this something that requires my attention, or is this just what it looks like--junk? Comments? MAILBOX TAX Dear User, johope@shaw.ca, is required to register your email for you to receive messages that warn you when you have information in your mailbox. Upon entering, there is a page to do so or to change what you require. It is an online communication service to interact and share digital documents with the tax authorities in a flexible, timely, reliable, simple, comfortable and safe. You can receive documents from various authorities such as the National Water Commission, the Mexican Social Security Institute, the Institute of National Housing Fund for Workers or the states, among others. | ------------------------Re: Can this be legit?
Posted by Isa on July 29, 2015, 1:23 pm, in reply to "Can this be legit?" 189.164.205.130
I got that too today, same as you I don't know what to think about it. | ------------------------Re: Can this be legit?
Posted by Daniel H on July 29, 2015, 1:25 pm, in reply to "Can this be legit?" Edited by board administrator July 29, 2015, 1:59 pm
What is the return email address? I hope you were wearing protection when you opened it. It is spam, big time spam...do not reply, do not open any attachments, delete, do a complete house cleaning on your computer and then go take a good hot shower. | ------------------------Re: Can this be legit?
Posted by Bob on July 29, 2015, 6:52 pm, in reply to "Can this be legit?" 73.189.140.155
Clearly a Canadian scammer.Amazing what some people don't recognize | ------------------------Re: Can this be legit?
Posted by Jo Anna on July 29, 2015, 7:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Can this be legit?"
Duh, I gess I'm just da dumb Canuck who dorsn't read Spanish so good (I'm beginning to feel like BB now.) | ------------------------Re: Can this be legit?
Posted by Richard on July 30, 2015, 10:28 am, in reply to "Re: Can this be legit?" 201.138.183.222
All unsolicited emails, especially emails of that nature, are designed to do only one thing.. to get you to part with your money... they use every trick in the book, social engineering, pseudo officialdom emails threatening you with all manner of horrible consequences if you don't 'pay up' such as threats over unpaid income tax. Social engineering has everyone knowing the taxman can be a really mean SOB, so that really works well income cases. | ------------------------Re: Can this be legit?
Posted by BusGuy on July 30, 2015, 1:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Can this be legit?"
Never press an "unsubscribe" button, unless you intentionally signed up for email from a source you can confirm is real. Pressing "unsubscribe" from a questionable source can confirm your email address is real and active, and therefore saleable. Instead, use your email provider's options to block the emails.
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