Scams like these

that is the exact same email I received where I knew the sender, and that their email account was indeed hacked.
I hope your sender knows they have been hacked.
Essentially the same message I received from a friend's email after their email had been hacked. If you reply the scammer says something like. "Thanks for getting back to me - are you able to buy some gift cards for me as I have to pay some bills and cannot go out." My friend had no idea they had been hacked until several people in their contact list, who received the "please contact" email, contacted one another and then called the friend. Telstra immediately shut down their email account and reset it.
 
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that is the exact same email I received where I knew the sender, and that their email account was indeed hacked.
I hope your sender knows they have been hacked.
it isn't someone I know and that email isn't in my contact list
 
You have been selected as beneficiary of United Nations
global economic relief fund of ($2,500,000.00) email
Mike Johnson ([email protected]) for immediate
processing of your relief fund.
* Full Name
* Address
* Age
* Nationality
Antуnio Guterres
Secretary General of the United Nations
...
 
You have been selected as beneficiary of United Nations
global economic relief fund of ($2,500,000.00) email
Mike Johnson ([email protected]) for immediate
processing of your relief fund.
* Full Name
* Address
* Age
* Nationality
Antуnio Guterres
Secretary General of the United Nations
...

I often wonder what level of IQ people possess to even remotely believe someone they don’t know is going to give them millions of dollars for no reason and follow through with a response.
 
You have new messages in your inbox
"Apparent link removed " to view
Regards, myGov Australian.
Do not reply to this email.

The strange thing about the email was that the click here was underlined as a link but no reference could be determined even with copy and paste..... and the sender was from auclaimverifiedcenters.....

Almost enough to give up wandering
Fred

 
Thought that the Telstra points scam sms has stopped, but nope, now 6444 points.
Website is sintemplera####
(((as soon as possible to avoid them all...)))...
61428413###
 
Poor Elon, only 42 friends…..😂
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Sad thing is 42 people accepted a friend request rather than report a dodgy as f… profile.
 
Probably the African version of Elon tho.
Most likley his photo has been cut and pasted.
Got to wonder, why would the real Elon send someone a run of the mill friend request.
Must be the Africans again.
 
Dear User,

Your 2023/2024 end-of-year income statement has been finalised by your employer

"CLICK HERE"
Log into your account to view.

I will not be wandering there since thge click through is to a sites dot google account
Fred
 
Probably the African version of Elon tho.
Most likley his photo has been cut and pasted.
Got to wonder, why would the real Elon send someone a run of the mill friend request.
Must be the Africans again.
You're mansplaining again 🤣
 

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