I received an email today:
From: "Robert J. Matthews" <******466@gmail.com>
Subject: Service Product key 492288554
Automatic Annυal Paýмent Sцccessful!
Customer User ID *******@trixit.com
Dear Customer, Your Geeк Sqцad Tech annual subscription is expired which was set to renew on 28 Sep. 2022
As your auto debit service is still active, we have processed a charge of $ 419.95 from the account fund balance.
This year automatic transaction will reflect on the bank account statement as PTR*DL Charge within 04 to 24 hours.
To cancel, modify or please feel free to contact us toll-free +1 (888) ***-****
Your PC software services and Network Shield protection has been reactivated and upgraded as authorized by you.
The subscription started on 29 Sep. 2022 and it will remain active until 28 Sep. 2023 unless we get a verbal consent to cancel it.
If you find any τransactional issue in this order or you simply wish to opt out, please contact us immediately for further clarification.
With gratitude,
Robert J. Matthews
Account & Servive Helpline Team
Toll-free +1 (888) ***-****I’ve seen quite a few of these lately in one form or another. They claim to be from some major online vendor and have recently made a big charge to your bank account. Then they conveniently lay out their phone number for you to call to “cancel or modify” the “service”.
If you take a breath and examine the email, you can tell it’s a scam. You’ll see the Gmail address that it’s from. You’ll see that it’s completely lacking any company branding. Messages related to online orders are usually automated messages, but this one is directly from a member of the generic-sounding “Account & Service Helpline Team”. These scammers don’t want you to examine the email though. They want you to focus on the large sum of money in the message in hopes that you’ll ignore everything else about the email and quickly call the phone number to address this matter. And when you do call they will be happy to address this situation… all they need to process your refund is your banking information.
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