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12-04-2016, 12:05 PM
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Just had an email supposedly from SVM Global saying they had sent me an ecode for an Amazon gift voucher. But you have to click a link to get it...

It's in the bin.
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12-04-2016, 12:09 PM
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Buggers aren't they. Keep thinking up new scams for us.
Thanks for the warning.
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12-04-2016, 12:14 PM
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Oops! Just found out that it's legit!

Must get it back from the bin...
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12-04-2016, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by orangutan ->
Oops! Just found out that it's legit!

Must get it back from the bin...
It gets you like that though!
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12-04-2016, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by orangutan ->
Oops! Just found out that it's legit!

Must get it back from the bin...

Oh No.

Oh well, better to be safe than sorry.
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12-04-2016, 01:38 PM
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I've had one or two lately actually using the names of people that I know and they read as if it could be them too but after having a Trojan wreck my home PC I never take a chance now - bin-it! stevmk2
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12-04-2016, 01:40 PM
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I always open every email and the attachments.

If I'd done as you have I wouldn't be sat here. Waiting for my £13,000,000 inheritance.

Apparently a long lost uncle left it.......apparently he was a pumpkin farmer.

And it's only cost me £21,000 in legal fees.

Rich, rich, rich beyond my wildest dreams
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12-04-2016, 02:43 PM
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Re: Suspect email

Originally Posted by stevmk2 ->
I've had one or two lately actually using the names of people that I know and they read as if it could be them too but after having a Trojan wreck my home PC I never take a chance now - bin-it! stevmk2
It's back from the bin now. I had confirmation from a trusted source that it was genuine, and was for airmiles cashed in. It's only a fiver, but better than nothing!
 



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