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Got this email this morning. Was sent to several undisclosed recipients. Quite possibly a phishing attempt
Email came from a Nelson Matt
nelsonnmatt010@gmail.com

Car parts and accessories for sale due to surgery
Hi I am Selling off some parts/accessories due to ill health
if interested leave a text so i can send the list of the items for sale
thanks

Yep I got it too. Looks like a scammer to me with it being such a general message. I guess you never know, could be someone legit but if so they sure make it look like a scam.

I got one this am. Deleted it right away

Bottom line advice to any emails or texts..if they're NOT a reply to what YOU intiated...dump em! You didn't need anything from them before they found you, and you don't need the headache that they're gonna give you!

Yep, I got one as well. Deleted it.

Hello! Have many MOdel car part and must quickly sell for major sugary approaches!! Please respond urgent for best deal to avoid crowds who ruin selection! ! You will like this part Hurry! Many barn find! Send information for payment phone and bank ifomation verifacted for best deals and quick proicess!

I got one as well

I just deleted a flood of spam, but that wasn't one of the bogus emails I sent to Trash. A new wrinkle I've seen lately is emails that purport to be from me. What the...?! Of course those go to Trash along with all the other scams and phishing attempts. My favorites are the ones telling me my non-existent account has been suspended until I take the bait.

TXGOAT2 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:43 am

Hello! Have many MOdel car part and must quickly sell for major sugary approaches!! Please respond urgent for best deal to avoid crowds who ruin selection! ! You will like this part Hurry! Many barn find! Send information for payment phone and bank ifomation verifacted for best deals and quick proicess!

I like the grammatical and syntax errors, very authentic. For scammers, would it kill them to hire someone who can put sentences together with proper spelling and so on?

For scammers, would it kill them to hire someone who can put sentences together with proper spelling and so on?

I expect most of them are one-person operations that don't reap enough suckers to hire help. Crime may actually pay, but often it doesn't pay very much. In those cases these people are in it despite that because they're crooks at heart.

The fractured English Pat parodied so nicely often comes from thieves in Europe, Africa, or Asia. When I check scam addresses I often find a .ru (Russia).

I think we all got this email.

It even found its way to OZ.
Allan from down under.

Interesting. I once sold an expensive camera I no longer used and every inquiry was a scam. And there were a lot. Finally someone local bought it through word of mouth.

I expect most of them are one-person operations that don't reap enough suckers to hire help. Crime may actually pay, but often it doesn't pay very much. In those cases these people are in it despite that because they're crooks at heart.

The fractured English Pat parodied so nicely often comes from thieves in Europe, Africa, or Asia. When I check scam addresses I often find a .ru (Russia).
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Gee, I didn’t get the message! To whom do I complain! I work for the state of Indiana, and have one of their computers, so I have to take classes almost constantly on how to avoid scams, identity theft, phishing, and every other evil thing the bad guys can try!

Received it here in Canada as well. Obvious phishing. BEWARE)

Yep Me too.
Craig.

I also got one. It’s a scam. It was Blind Carbon Copied to a LOT of people. Received in my email account that I do not use to receive correspondence because I have my mail forwarded to that account.