Hi, I’m new at online dating. I matched with a person who works in Singapore. He said he has an e-commerce that he does on the side. Basically it’s a drop shipping business. He wanted me to also start my own drop shipping business with him and that it’s a deal breaker for him that I don’t want enter such business. I already have a rewarding full time career. E-commerce is not my thing. Is he scamming me? Is there a new scam that recruits new drop shippers?

Basically the title, I ordered a phone from Kogan and paid for my order and received a tracking number, the Auspost application says the phone is still in another city and I will receive it in one or two days. Today I got a package in my mail, opened it and it was empty with a note inside:

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I did a quick google search and I found nothing, is this a new type of scam? What should I do?

I just fell for a scam from someone texting me claiming to be USPS, and as I have recently moved I assumed I just messed up the shipping info. I clicked the link, typed in my full address, but stopped just before putting in my card info. Should I be worried? Is there anything I need to do now?

For reference, the text:

U­SPS: Your parcel is temporarily on hold due to missing address information. Please verify your address details here: [link had bit.ly followed by letters, numbers and symbols] to ensure your package arrives without delay. Wishing you a wonderful and sunny day ahead!

So over the past 2 weeks my dads been chasing his emails and stuff because he’s been hacked and all that. He’s recently got a new phone and I just received this message it sounds like him but I’m not sure

I wanted to share my recent experience with Canva Rebel Magazine as a heads-up for anyone considering ordering a printed interview or special edition from them. A few months ago, they published an interview with me, and I paid $18 for a regular printed copy to keep as a personal memento. Shortly after, they pitched a pricier offer: a special wood-mounted version of my interview for around $250. I declined, explaining that I only wanted the regular print I had already paid for.

Fast forward three months: no printed interview, no updates, and no replies to my messages asking for a status on the order. Frustrated, I decided to dispute the charge with my payment provider to try to get my money back. Thankfully, the dispute went through, but I think it's worth warning others that you might encounter similar issues with their customer service and fulfillment.

If you’re thinking about ordering from Canva Rebel Magazine, be cautious—especially when it comes to paying for additional services or products. I wish I’d known this sooner, but hopefully my story can help others avoid the same experience.

I'd like to note that this happened over the phone, not through the mail or internet so I don't have anything physical or a screenshot or link to post.
My Dad (62yo) has always been great with computers and tech in general. He made a mistake one day getting a call by 'Spectrum'. TLDR; they got everything from him.
I had a bad feeling during the call, I was there but I went to the bathroom when he was giving info to the guy.
We were actually just about to pay our Spectrum bill, when this guy called and said that he had a great deal on reducing our bill, it's over $180 atm, and all 3 of us are Disabled with various health issues so we could really use a deal.
The phone's caller ID had said Spectrum, so he had assumed it was right. He gets talking to the guy, he's offering a big deal and a 'free' apple watch, he gets my Dad to relay all his card info, his name, Birthday, Address and his SS number. The thing is this guy had almost all of my Dad's info already, it was like he really was Spectrum. My Dad hangs up seemingly satisfied and I come out of the bathroom and my stomach drops. I just know that something is wrong. They offer half off the bill plus the watch. All he had to do was pay his new bill and it was done.
A few hours go by and I had this bad feeling to check his Bank Account. There's a bill for over $200 from 'Spectrum Mobile". I'm panicking, he's panicking. Suddenly they call us back, he tells them that they need to remove the charge right away, that he can't afford that and they actually supposedly refund him. We call actual Spectrum, they say it's a huge scam that they'd never call us. But the scammers open a Spectrum Mobile account in his name, buy an apple watch to send him all under his Credit (to make it seem legit).
This part I'm a little fuzzy on but either Spectrum refunded the money or the scammers did, and Spectrum closed that fake account and made it so that a Mobile account can't be made ever from anyone using our info.
All in all, they got is Social Security Number and his identity information. The bank card was closed and the transaction cancelled by the bank.

helppp i answered a call labeled “anthem” the number was 9788027408 and i thought it was my insurance asking to confirm some stuff for me bc i recently renewed it and i answered yes/no questions + my birth year before i ended the call but im worried will anything happen and what should i do

I was trying to download a new wallpaper for my laptop. Anyway, I stupidly clicked “allow” on what I thought were Ts and Cs, and then all evening, I have been receiving popups from Mcafee which followed one of the following in terms : “Five viruses have been detected on this device” “Someone is downloading your files”

All of this came from a guy called Potharte.com (not Mcafee) I also do not have mcafee on my laptop, so I believe it is adware, and I just turned off notifications and blocked the url from crome notifications

Is this right, is there anything else I need to do?

It was a set of cookware from Walmart, 39.99 total we looked up the set on Walmart.
None of my friends, family or my boyfriend said they sent me anything so im just getting really nervous.

How did they get my address and name? I check all my banking and I have no purchases made.
any hints and help would set me at ease.

Edit:
It was a scam! Found out what happened.
Someone found our address and my moms name as she lives here & opened a credit card in her name & address.
Bought something off Walmart sent it to us and in a few days was going to request a refund directly by saying they never recieved their product.

They'd most likely get a refund in cash and disappear. We reported the account and got it close. thank y'all!
if anyone else experiences call their support to report it and get the account closed.

I received two calls from the same number today. One was in the morning. The other was in the afternoon. I feel like a scammer was calling me. I didn't pick up but I didn't decline and left the call vibrating/ringing because I felt like the scammer would repetitively call me no matter how many times I decline the call. Also, is it an indicator that my phone number has been breached? I feel like the scammer who tried to call/scam me knew my number and found out my number since they called me twice today.

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i’m kinda freaking out right now. as i was leaving from a shopping center i was stopped by a man trying to sell christmas decor in the parking lot, definitely silly of me but i felt bad for him and his story and wanted to help. what threw me off was as i was talking to him he was looking on his phone a lot.

after i got it and drove off my screen on my car became a completely different interface (my car is old and is the traditional make’s interface, they never change even in newer models) i started freaking bc i wasnt able to use my car’s cursor to move through the options initially either, then i parked and i was able to click on who’s phone was paired and it wasn’t any of mine, it was a random names phone. the non emergency police were disinterested and took my number but we’re talking to me as if i was crazy.

is this a scam you’ve heard of? what information could they be trying to steal from me? i’m concerned my location is compromised or that they’re gonna try to steal my car or hack into my phone that was connected to my car.

edit to add: when i saw it was a random names phone i turned off my car and threw out the decor i got. when i turned on my car again it was back to my usual interface/system

I was selling a bike and this guy was trying to sent me 60$ from his business account but it want him to send 360 and refund him back 300. Nothing notify on my actual account.

Hi,

First realised Facebook and Instagram was hacked so I have closed account after jumping through hoops as they chanced emails associated with it etc.

I keep getting emails saying my epic games (sons Xbox account t) password was changed, so I keep changing and with in 10 minutes someone else has changed it, as well as all the names and address etc.

They keep requesting to change through my emails as I am received the verification code through email they are able to obtain to change. This has happened about 5 times now. I don't understand how they are accessing my email as I have changed my password, changed account to 2FA and used the log out of all devices option under settings. But they are still gaining information from email.

What else can I do? Thanks

I don’t know if anyone has seen this before, if maybe this is a new, weird phishy link thing, (terminology) but I have never heard of either of these people before. No, I did not click on the link she sent, I want to figure out if this is a known scam first.

I hardly use Instagram, hence this being from so long ago (last week). I go on it every once in a while to check on friends, but I don’t go on enough to know if this is a scam or if I should message them back?

Bottom line, I won’t be clicking that. I might message them back tho…

Hi!! I wanted to share this on here to get some insight. I had a weird interaction with a couple that was maybe in their late 50s or 60s at the ATM today and can’t stop thinking about it.

I went to the bank and was using the ATM. It was pretty empty and before finishing my transaction, a lady and her husband came up to me an asked me to help her with using the ATM machine because she had never used it before. I finished my transaction and was a bit hesitant about helping her but I thought of my own grandma and I would want someone to help her.

Her husband came up to the atm and was struggling to put the card in, so I showed him how to do it and what the next steps would be. Unlike the lady, her husband was very rude and stand-offish when I was showing them how to use it. I showed them how to insert their card and told them about putting in their pin and options that would come next;I tried to leave back to my car. However the lady held me by my arm and told me to stay. It was a bit weird and I felt like something was off but I couldn’t put my finger on it. After they finished choosing what they wanted to do I walked back to my car and while leaving the lady told me to have a good day and thanked me for helping her.

I shared this information with my mom and told her that the interaction made me feel weird. She told me that I shouldn’t have helped them especially if I felt that something was wrong. She mentioned that she has heard of a scam where people fake not knowing how to use the ATM and accuse those that helped them of extorting them and draining their bank accounts at the ATM. I really don’t think that is the case with this couple because it seemed like they really didn’t know how to use the ATM, but since I felt some weird vibes while helping I’m not so sure. I’m kind of overthinking this situation so I could use some insight on what you guys think or advice for what I should do?

would service canada send me a text before an email? they didn’t use any identifying information to address me, i’ve never seen anything like this

Received this message on Instagram yesterday. I ignore almost all inbox requests, just blocking and deleting because they end up being those “become a representative for our company” messages. But this one showed up and it mentioned a son and that was the only reason I bothered to fully read it at all. Though I guess they could’ve deduced I had a son based on my profile picture. I don’t want to go to that link and risk getting a virus or having my accounts hacked or something similar to that

About a month and a half ago, I got caught by the scam of nude sharing. I was stupid, they sent them first, I sent them back, yaddah yaddah. I didn’t really see any other choice at the time but to pay them. I was stressed, it was late at night, and I wasn’t thinking right. The first payments were about $600 and I’ve payed an additional $600 ($100 per week since) and at the rate this is going, I’m going to go broke. What can I do to get out of this? I’m getting stressed out and worried I’m going to lose everything.

Edit: Thanks for all the responses. I have decided and go ahead and block them. I won’t get a response until Friday, due to that being the decided upon payment day. Thanks for all the help and will keep updating on afterwards.

First, TIA for any insight here

We need to buy a new front door for our house and doors are really expensive. Like crazy expensive.

Google shopping returned this site as an option and there prices are lower than Home Depot and Lowes

But the address provided is for a different B&M store in NY.

The phone number returns zero search hits

The domain has been around since 2022 but registered to Domains by Proxy LLC in Arizona

Legit or avoid? Thx again

I run the website for my friend’s comic shop, and so I get all the spammy emails that the site gets sent to my email. I assume this is some kind of scam, but I’ve never seen this one before. Anyone familiar with what the goal would be here? Just curious.

Hi guys. So I (18m) have been looking for a job for quite some time now with no luck. I recently opened my first official bank account less than a week ago with a local credit union. So on Wednesday, I received this cashier's check via email from someone who wanted me to do some kind of assignment for them where i would be like a shopper or something. They sent me an email for a check for $2,250 and told me to deposit the check via mobile deposit.

They then said said that i should take $500 as my pay and use the remaining $1,750 to purchase a couple of things for them as part of my first assignment. I didn't think anything of it .

Alarm bells started going off in my head as soon as they told me shit to do with Apple Gift Cards and Walmart Gift Cards. I asked why it needs to be gift cards, they said that they need to have them verified cause they will be reselling them or something and need them in bulk. I can't remember the exact excuse they gave but it sounded like bs so I just began ghosting them but they have been messaging me continuously ever since. I still have the check and have not cashed it.

My account is less than a week old. This is a $2,250 check that i'm expected to pay via mobile deposit. How exactly are they going to try and play this? What's the scam here (if there is one) and what exactly will happen if i deposit this check in my less than a week old account?

I apologize in advance for my ignorance.

I ordered expensive items on Amazon, package says It was delivered via fedex. The package was signed for by a person I never heard of who does not live at my house.

What should I do?

I was looking to purchase an F1 Jacket for a relative for the holidays. I came across this site on Instagram and the prices looked low and the quality was decent. Seeing as the Domain was created October 7th has me worried though.

What does everyone think?

23 and desperately trying to move across the US here! anyways in a haste i fell for a craigslist apartment scam. i was sent to a fake transunion site, tui.transunion.com then clickfreescore.com. unfortunately only realized it was a scam after i had put my credentials in and now i’m getting fraud charges if i unlock my card for even a few hours. called my bank to file a dispute, its all giving me so much anxiety. I’m not sure what else to do. should i close that bank account? and my credit card? should i call the ss bureau? how do people even reach the point of working for phishing sites?

Hi,

first up, I want to apologize, as you probably get posts like this more than enough. However, I am a complete noob in this field and would like to be on the safe side.

Last Saturday, I got an e-mail from my own e-mail address, at least that was what it looked like in the e-mail (I didn't know about the advanced headers, so I didn't open it, but the displayed from-address looked like mine). However, this e-mail wasn't in my 'sent'-folder, so I already thought that it might have been a spoof. However, I am still unsure, as it looked like it wasn't just that the sender used my address as a name and there was different sender e-mail address behind it, but looked like it was really sent from my e-mail. Is is technically possible that this was a spoof? Also raising my concerns, somebody actually logged into my spotify account that uses this e-mail address (and added random songs to my playlists, f*** you) - is this possibly just a coincidence or because this e-mail address was in a data leak?

I changed all passwords, but should I be worried that someone might have been able to have access to all of my e-mails and read them or is this just a standard spoof and everything is fine?

Thank you in advance

I recently applied for unemployment and yesterday I got this text. Without thinking i clicked on it. Brought me to a legit looking site and i entered in my login.

Doing so gave them access to my edd account and also got email spammed like crazy. Likely to distract me. When i tried to log into my edd this morning the 2fa code is now going to a different cell #. I realized what happened with what i was doing yesterday. The link was not from edd. I got phished.

I changed my PW immediately for edd. My email is still the same but I can’t get into my edd now. There’s no option to send the code to another number or email. I couldn’t find any kind of emergency line for edd so i am guessing i have to wait for monday to contact edd to get my account fixed.

I have frozen my credit

I’m not sure how screwed I am. I googled what kind of info they can get from my edd and it doesn’t look like much aside from 1099G and basic info. I can’t believe i fell for this. FML

Myom recently got this ad on Instagram that said that Roots was having a sale and she clicked on it and saw all the cheap prices (clothing that is usually around 80 bucks being around 7) and decided to save some onto a cart. Well this morning she decided to get me to use my visa debit card because she doesn't have a credit card she can use to buy these items. The total comes to 68 dollars and I put my card in and get a confirmation email and everything. Well they actually took out 102.98 CAD and I'm left wondering if this website is a scam. It isn't the same website link as the regular Roots website but my mom said that sometimes these sales will have their own URL.

Any information on the topic would be greatly appreciated, thank you.