Yet another scam

[Idris]

I'm used to getting spurious e-mails telling me that that:
- my e-mail account is about to be blocked and I need to click on a link to sort things out,
- my PayPal account has been temporarily suspended and I need to click on a link to sort it out,
- a company (which I've never heard of) wants to order unspecified products from me, the details of which are in an attachment,
- an order/invoice/payment is overdue, the details of which are in an attachment, and
- I need to attend Court and details are in the attached file,
- not to mention the ubiquitous 'someone Ive never heard of wants to pay me several squillion dollars/pounds/euros - just pay 200 dollars/pounds/euros up front and all will be fine" stories,
Needless to say, clicking on any of the links or attachments has undesirable consequences.

However, yesterday I received an invitation from LinkedIn to accept someone as a contact. Since I work with a lot with many different recruitment agencies, I wasn't particularly worried that the name didn't ring an immediate bell, but i did notice that the person's location given was China. Examination of the links showed them not to be pointing at LinkedIn pages, but at a completely different website.
I would therefore recommend that any Member receiving an unexpected LinkedIn e-mail ,go to their account and do whatever needs to be done there, rather than clicking on any hyperlinks within the e-mail itself.

[misterpop]

Good advice....

[motorman]

Thanks for the info!!

[Idris]

...and another this morning, this time with a message about me needing to check that "...I'm all set up,,,".

[petethesweet]

Hi Hugh & All, had a strange email Monday from PayPal, email said Hi Pete you must up date your bank details to continual using PayPal . The email looked a scam it went straight in the trash. Pete.

[motorman]

Hi Hugh & All, had a strange email Monday from PayPal, email said Hi Pete you must up date your bank details to continual using PayPal . The email looked a scam it went straight in the trash. Pete.

Pete I got the exact same email telling me my account would be suspended if I didn’t update my details. It is a scam email do not login using the link in the email. I have reported it to PayPal directly.

[ClOwY]

E Bay are warning me not to contact MR Smith( name changed) anymore
and get in touch with them under a Email address.
Gary

[diecastfan]

Thanks for the advice..

[numi]

Heres more direct Ebay scam info.
numi

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ebay-sc ... -aware-of/

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/02/ ... ams-avoid/