Scammers cast wide net in hopes of finding victims
Scammers cast a wide net, hoping someone will fall for their scam.
They send out emails to anyone and everyone, and that includes consumer investigator Brian Roche.
He received an email – which doesn't include his name – claiming to be from PayPal and saying he owed $289.
He doesn't owe this money because he doesn't have a PayPal account.
The email also includes a button to report the invoice.
If you get a similar message, don't click on that button. There's no telling what could be downloaded onto your computer or phone.
Brian does everything he can to stop this kind of e-mail, including spam blockers and junk folders, and he still got it.
That's because scammers send out these emails blindly. They don't even know who is getting it.
They're just sending out emails to random addresses in the hopes someone will fall for it.
It doesn't matter who you are – you're likely to get a scam email or text.
And again, the first warning sign is that the sender doesn't even know your first or last name. If that's the case in an email you get, you should just delete it.
