free radical
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Got official looking email from Gov of Canada irs saying I have refund of 300$ coming.
Asked me to fill out aplication stating my name adress etc
Red flag right there
1 Canada Gov knows my name and adress.
2 I get refund the same day I do my taxes at H&R block.
3 irs never send emails,they use paper mail for all corespondence.
4 all refunds hst tax and carbon credits get deposited electronicaly to my bank acount.
Hope this help someone to avoid geting riped off.
I also log off turn off wifi my comp when not using it.
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Fizz
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I can vouch for the Paper Mail part.
Last spring Wife got a letter saying she owed an extra $800. Ha Ha she thinks, it's a scam. She dug up the proper phone number and called.
Ouch, not a scam.
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BB_TX
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Any time I get any email from someone not in my contact list I open the email and click on the the sender’s name or address in the from block. That opens the properties for the sender info and likely as not the “official looking” address is actually something crazy like dvgyhgcfgh;567,;7@$/;,?! .com. I click on Block this contact. And then move it to junk or spam.
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pianotuna
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Thanks for the heads up free radical
Regards, Don
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bob_nestor
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BB_TX wrote:Any time I get any email from someone not in my contact list I open the email and click on the the sender’s name or address in the from block. That opens the properties for the sender info and likely as not the “official looking” address is actually something crazy like dvgyhgcfgh;567,;7@$/;,?! .com. I click on Block this contact. And then move it to junk or spam.
Actually it's not difficult to fake the sending address in an e-mail. You need to look a bit deeper into the headers which aren't normally displayed to determine how real the e-mail is. Had a co-worker years ago who maintained the company e-mail system demonstrate that by faking up a message which appeared to come from the President of the US.
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BB_TX
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bob_nestor wrote:BB_TX wrote:Any time I get any email from someone not in my contact list I open the email and click on the the sender’s name or address in the from block. That opens the properties for the sender info and likely as not the “official looking” address is actually something crazy like dvgyhgcfgh;567,;7@$/;,?! .com. I click on Block this contact. And then move it to junk or spam.
Actually it's not difficult to fake the sending address in an e-mail. You need to look a bit deeper into the headers which aren't normally displayed to determine how real the e-mail is. Had a co-worker years ago who maintained the company e-mail system demonstrate that by faking up a message which appeared to come from the President of the US.
Yes, I sometimes get emails with the sender name of someone in my contact list. But the content of those emails typically contain content that is not consistent with what I expect, such as asking me to click on a link to see some odd subject. Clicking on the sender name and checking the properties shows the actual sender email address is far from the person who supposedly sent it. Actually I never click on any link without checking the sender properties first.
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joebedford
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CRA ("Canada irs") DOES send emails:
CRA email
I try to do EVERYTHING via email. It's annoying as hell when so 2-factor logins insist on a text message for 2nd factor.
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monkey44
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We never click on links in emails. We always go directly if approproate or ignore it if not. Hover over the sender and it will often show the actual source as BB_TX explained. Even if it shows the correct sender nowadays, we still go direct to OUR source page, click no links.
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Fizz
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joebedford wrote:CRA ("Canada irs") DOES send emails:
CRA email
Didn't know that, thanks.
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joebedford
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Of course you should check if the sender / link is valid. If it appears valid from someone I know, I will often email them back saying "Did you email this and what's it about?".
I feel quite safe using email carefully.
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