How to Spot a a Scam Email (and what to do about it when you do!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- How do you know if an email is real or a well-disguised scam? Josh walks through the steps he took to expose this email scammer who surprisingly didn't want money or personal information!
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Video Timestamps
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0:00 - Introduction to Scam Emails
1:21 - Go to Google Safe Browsing Site Status
1:55 - Visit the website if it is safe
2:30 - Find out who owns the website
3:49 - Search the text from the website on Google
5:24 - Responding to the Scammer
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Scam emails come in all shapes and sizes nowadays. Spam email is usually easy to identify, but scams are often well-thought out and very believable.
In this video, Josh walks through a recent scam email he received and how he exposed not only the fraud but also the real intentions behind the scammer.
Believe it or not, the scammer wasn't looking for money, gift cards, my social security number or bank information. Rather, this was an elaborate ruse to try to get more links to one of their websites.
It goes to show the length to which some people will go to get what they want, posing as a fake lawyer, threatening fake lawsuits and creating fake websites just to get somebody to believe the scam is real.
Don't be the victim of scam emails! Watch this anatomy of a scam to discover the trick to uncover the truth. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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thanx i was wayyy too scared
When I first commented, I was referring to both articles! Both sincerely were so helpful. Thank you again, Evelyn Jacobs
Thanks for always listening to me, supporting me, and encouraging me. You're a true leader , and I want you to know how much I love and appreciate you. You're
the best! 💻
I learned from you a things to do to unmask scammers. Thank you. I subscribed.
Some computer users know a lot about computers, some, like me, know very little which is why I thank you so very much for your enlightening video. I've learned quite a bit from it. Keep up the great work. Thanks.
Thank you, Tom!
Yep, very useful! It pays to be really vigilant, even to the most little details available. Even a simple, extra dot on an email domain shouldn't be left unobserved. Remember that businesses, governments, or financial institutions will never email you to request you provide or change logins, passwords, or network settings. Beware of unusual links or file download requests in your emails.
Very true!
Josh, I just Subscribed to Watch & Learn From You. Thank you So Much!
You Put ALOT Of Important Information in this Video. Also You Did ALOT Of Great Investigating by knowing Where to Go to Ask About that Site,...
ie: Google, Which I wrote out. I'll Have to Watch this Video a few Times to See All the places you Searched for Info about that email. I Get ALOT Phone Call & Text Scams which I like to Report BUT DON'T Know Who To?
Thank you So Very Much, Elizabeth
Good video and great job for investigating it. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for being u bra. U the man. Ur video was so well put together in terms of how you described what's going on, who does it, the potential consequences etc, was really well done . Top notch. A lot of people will benefit from this. Good on you Adriannotch on the internet.
You did a true investigation.. excellent work & Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Jain.
I like that name Elementor. Sounds like the middle of the alphabet.
There are two red flag in that e-mail you got that come before any of those which you listed:
1) you have surprise news and
2) the paragraph containing _"... you could be liable... $150,000... response by... we will have to take legal recourse..."_ creating an emergency sense of urgency is a huge red flag.
If you're going through a bad time like a family emergency, recent financial stress, exhaustion and so on it's easy to be caught off guard. I try to keep in mind to treat all e-mail with suspicion and I've received a few doozies, like one from my brother that turned out to be because his company website was hacked. The e-mail seemed so innocent but it was from his company e-mail which we never use to communicate, it was directions to go to an event on a specific date (relating to his work) but we'd not already talked about going there, and the e-mail was sent at 3 a.m. It also had attachments which weren't referenced in the e-mail.
Well done well presented and will watch more of your videos on scammers👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Awesome! Thank you, Kenneth!
Thank uour for this awesome video ! It was very helpful with the scam email i got :P
We all need more videos like this. Thank you.
Thanks, Lemi, I appreciate the feedback!
He helped me out retrieve my $70k from a someone who hacked into my account
Thank you for this insight into scams. I would like to see what other trickery the minions of darkness are perpatrating.
Damn you're good! Thank you for the great video
Thanks!
Thanks man that really helped me a lot.. take care😉
Great!
Thank you very much, Sir. I’m ring to learn about this spam emails since we receive tons of them, and I want to go after them.
Excellent
Great video. Please make more of these! It's always about money for scammers ultimately. Either asking for it directly or gaining your personal details to sell in illicit marketplaces. Some of those website links contain malicious script so that they can gain backdoor access to your computer/phone and therefore your personal details.
Thanks for the comment, Simone!
@@AllThingsSecured Welcome!
@@simoneque4416 Simone, i don't wanna bother you but i saw your comment and you sound very knowledgeable on this topic. And i need urgent help! I got an email pretending to be Apple, saying my Apple ID was blocked for security reasons. That email had a button that said "Verify Account" and i clicked it... it took me to a link that asked me for my address, age, gender, phone number and my Apple ID password. After providing all that info some hours later i realized it was a scam so i called Apple Support and changed my password. Not only that but i did a factory reset on my phone and changed all my passwords on everything... did i do the right thing? Is my email safe after changing my password? Is my phone hacked? Please help.
Very informative, thanks for the lesson!
Glad it was helpful, Evelyn!
@@AllThingsSecured I keep getting emails that are like "money emails" they give me fake money rewards if I clicked them, at first I did not mind them but after getting shitloadss or emails like those I went to TH-cam and searched "we have tried to reach you" emails. Nice video man
Good job valuable information
Thanks 🙏
Wow. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure, Wes.
Hands down this dude will be recognized as a goat.. this dude has literally saved my life..listening to his work and job I can relate to it.. *leapnotch* keep it up and thank you for your talent... 💯 .
Thank you! I now know which emails are scams!
Glad I could help!
@@AllThingsSecured Im amazed
Thank you 😊
I luckily still have Norton security on my laptop, I had a job scammer that said I will get an email and it never showed up!
You should really make this kind of videos.
What do you mean?
@@AllThingsSecured I mean you should make a video where we can identify phishing email, sms, etc
Thanks dude
My pleasure.
What do you do after you’ve open the attached file and they’ve hacked your computer?!?!
Thank you!
The only person I will recommend is @drew_hacks01 on Telegram he is perfect 👌helped me retrieve my mail
If these componies want trust then they got to beat down on these scammers i got scammed by someone pretending to be apple, and its very cynical to use just normal people who only are trying to get by, why dont they have a real report button, it makes me very bitter and gives a bad rep to the real componies
This helped alot, I only knew not to click on links for sometime I do copy and look up, didn't know about google safe browsing, thank you. As a business owner who solely rely on email from customers is it safe to email people back. I'm always afraid to email to see if they are legit customers.?
Absolutely yes! I use email with my business as well. But I wouldn’t ask for customer information via email if possible.
What value to them would be the Link? Clearly the cash register has to ring somehow for them to be running this scam. Do you know? If so, explaining that would be useful.
I had weird email scammer. Asking how I was doing? They had female name. I only know that female’s name. But when I check the email address. They didn’t had that female name. So I blocked the email address and deleted the email.
One thing I always check is who sent the email!!! Then I block and report it as spam. There are always so many scammers it’s crazy. I had one to collect for my tolltag... toll tags will not go to collections, neither for a collection of $130 lol
The only person I will recommend is @drew_hacks01 on Telegram he is perfect 👌
He helped me out retrieve my $70k from a someone who hacked into my account
Hi, I'm getting alot of FBI / Dear Beneficiary scam emails..asking for my mobile, address details/ offering money?
I'm blocking them but they still coming?
What shall I do?
One thing I noticed scam emails are often come in very odd time,like 2am in the morning. No legit company connect you in the middle of the night.
So true.
Sir, thanks for the wonderful video..I've a clarification, can we know any scam behind the mailbtheu mail ID..
I’m not sure what you’re referring to exactly.
I need help, can you provide advice? My dad almost got scammed yesterday. I got tho my parent's house just as my dad was entering his credit card. I stopped him but not before these monster had installed anydesk coinbase and something else we haven't identified. They opened a coinbase account in my dads name.
Very interesting 🤔
Thanks 🙏
Thank you for this. I am being spammed to death by fake loan companies. I know they are fake they ask for upfront insurance fees and the grammar is terrible eg Mr Steve!! also MAx Goldberg ??? Can you create more content making people aware of these phishing loan scammers? xx
Brother THANKS a lot for this info it really helps . I received few differents emails saying that my email got choosen to receive few millions $$$ I think from Russia cuz the writing is Russian language sure enough I didn't respond but I still wonder what type of crap is this I just think it's to good to be true so I let it go .
I'm glad you're being skeptical!
thank you
I received an email now from a man asking to help him to keep golds and diamonds.
I have a scammer saying thank you for buying through pay pay well I knew that was a scam as I do not have PayPal.
I want them reported because someone who does have PayPal might fall for the trick.
What so you personally prefer or think is more secure? Using a email programm or the web interface with 2FA?
My email provider allows it to deactivate imap/pop3 so it can only be access though the web interface with my Yubikey ^^
I prefer to use the web interface so that I'm not storing another copy of my email archive locally. But it's more of a personal preference.
hey. I got an email that might not be a scam but I'm not sure. they want me to promote their Brand on my channel since I have almost 30k subs. they didn't send any link , just an email and asked for my response. I did response with a few questions for them . is it okay or do i need o run some test on my device just in case ?
I got this email too and it's best to just ignored them
They said they give me over 100USD but I still ignored it anyway
thanks josh on google chat is not good i took my email down i blocked 25 of contacts and i opened a new email i delete the old email scams and conned i stopped it before it got out of control thanks josh
I get emails two or three different type, PayPal, Amazon, UK emails everyday, I think some applications we have on our phones have leak 🤔
That's always possible, but it could also be that your email got stolen in a data breach and you're being targeted.
If you get a you have won of anything then it's a scammer email
How do we report these people?
My email address is with outlook.com and scam email will all be directed straight to the 'junk box.'
Spam filters can detect blatant spam, but these kinds of emails can get through, even with Outlook.
So what game are they playing...
Hey Google 👻👁🕵
I got scam man got my identity stolen and social I lock it and what else’s is helping me omg been a year already hope someone can help me
Thank you for information
I watched because I received a email from buzzfeed that they want me to promote a Advertisement and they will paid me. Im not sure if its a scam email or not. Can you help me?
I can't be for sure, but I would never send money nor perform a service without first being paid.
The only person I will recommend is @drew_hacks01 on Telegram he is perfect 👌Helped me out sure he Can help you too
do share other types of scam emails, they can help
Thanks for the encouragement! I'll see what I can do.
@@AllThingsSecured maybe you could try your hand at scam baiting (by email or phone if you get any of them)
here is a youtuber with video (amoung other types)
with good scambaiting, and see if you don't know what scame baiting is. it's funny and if you're a funny kind of person, you could rely provide entertainment to people 1, but more importantly, waist their time so they don't get ignorant people
th-cam.com/video/1NPkNLGc5N8/w-d-xo.html
Since I inherited my mother’s house I need to fix it up but can’t afford it. I’ve been receiving tons of emails from people and companies I never heard of. Are these probably scams?
I would wait and save up for an official service. You can’t trust anything these days..
@@Saucy_1 Thank you very much. 👍
What happens is I stupidly called the website?🙄
What should you do if the scammer scared you to file an arrest to you if you don't want to pay for the money they want to send to them
File an arrest? What are you referring to?
@@AllThingsSecured is there a shipping company that charges a very expensive shipping fee and if the package is not taken and paid they will threaten to arrest you, what's the company it is?
I’ve never heard of that before. I don’t know what country you’re in, but I’m pretty sure they couldn’t arrest you.
@@AllThingsSecured thank you sir for your wonderful advice, thanks and God bless keep up the good work for sharing your knowledge to others who needs your advice and information about this kind of situation thank you once again 😊
Ummm so I got a email and it said in it was my city where I live please help I don’t know what to do
Always be skeptical. If they're claiming to be a certain company or government office, call them instead of emailing back.
i got an email from the director of fbi or whatever claiming someone is trying to send me 400k. Jesus they have gotten so creative. fuck email scams.
Sir how can i stop phising & scamming about will & testament document entering to my email..?
The only person I will recommend is @drew_hacks01 on Telegram he is perfect 👌
I got an email through my university account so that’s why I thought it was legit. They are offering me $400 a week to advertise “2022 world junior ice hockey championship” on my car. 400 a week sounds too much that’s why I was skeptical but the email seems so official. I emailed them if they have a website of some sort or some type of verification and they just said “don’t worry. A lot of students participate in this advertising to receive money” like what???
If it's too good to be true...keep checking.
The only person I will recommend is @drew_hacks01 on Telegram he is perfect 👌He helped me out
got an email with i precorded you and 3 days later i got like 20 mails
I just reiceved an Gmail that they're gonna give me money or somethin. Wth.
If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
with mine I had a loan I have not paid and it was 934.27 dollars and ik that was not true but they told me I had two days or ill go to prison witch ik its lie bc they told me to pay outside the court house witch is weird but they told me bank fraud and defamation of character is against the law but its not idk man ik its not real
The best thing you can do in this case is to repay the loan in a legitimate way. That way you know the scammers don't have anything on you.
hi i thought i got an email from amazon saying my account is locked and I accidentally entered my name, address and SSN (I was really sleepy 🤦🏻♀️) then clicked "next" and I finally realized before I put my card number in, do you think they still have my information if I didnt fully finish the form or they definitely have it now since I clicked next? I just signed up for a credit monitoring app and joined a free trial for 7 days 😪
If you clicked "next", then they have the information, unfortunately. You've done well signing up for a credit monitoring service. It will be worth the $100/mo or so to keep that going throughout the year. You can also start a credit freeze with one of the credit bureaus.
@@AllThingsSecured thanks for the quick reply. I was wondering can they do anything with my credit since I technically dont have anything yet (Im still a student)? And how long should I keep the credit monitoring, I only signed up for the free week trial? 😬
@@larasalapong9112 The only person I will recommend is @drew_hacks01 on Telegram he is perfect 👌He helped me out
@@larasalapong9112 credit freezes the three bureaus online
@@larasalapong9112 Hi, same thing happened to me and i'm freaking out... did anything happen to your personal information or accounts after? what security steps did you follow? and, did you open the email on your phone? Cuz i did and im scared that my phone is hacked aswell...
Didn't help me..
Got an email from ReImage telling me they had charged me 336.99 for repair software... I had made no purchases online for a very long time, and certainly had not downloaded any repair aps. I did not click on anything, but only checked my bank account and did a search on this... finding a lot about ReImage scams.
YOU , HAVE TO FOUND OUT THE SCAMMERS YOU MEAN?
You can report her you know. 😊🙂
To whom?
@@AllThingsSecured i thought there was like a site where you could report people like this to.
Maybe, but the email address was immediately deleted and so was the website. They just take it down and start all over again with a different URL.
I get a email from someone
can you please help me I think it's fake
If you think it's fake, follow my advice here: try to verify through some other means. And never ever give sensitive information to them.
Hello sir....how to know if the sent email message or proposal is fake ???
Please answer me 🙏🙏🙏🙏
How we go out in there?? How we will be safe against it?
📜🕵🏻♂️Check out the emails I get. Some will say they're not normal
I also did received email every 2week that i have to claim from winning or I have to claim for an heir mostly the claim is coming from Africa , I suspect this is only one person keep be banging to me because I replied asking 2000USD for my expenses , and the previous week I replied ..."Putang inamo" for I am a Filipino. I suspect this scammer could be a Filipino also,and at this day emailed me again wirh tagalog version of statement winning 900,000USD and asking me 520usd for registration, and it will attract me with the attachment of files a check with my name, and other beautiful statement with my name...I haven't replied it yet, I have in mind to reply "PUTANG INAMO" again.
Yea, sometimes it’s best just not to engage.
lol i assumed these emails were fake but i wanted to make sure one was P0RN_hub with a zero i litteraly haven’t visited and porn website and 2 other email were from “face book” saying someone logged into facebook with my email and another saying to verify if it was me and both had an unsubscribe feature and on one it looked fake different font and box around it
Yea, I would never click “unsubscribe”, I would always just mark it as spam in your email provider.
@@AllThingsSecured thanks and it was allready in spam in my email i just wanted to make sure
Hands down this dude will be recognized as a goat.. this dude has literally saved my life..listening to his work and job I can relate to it.. *leapnotch* keep it up and thank you for your talent... 💯 .