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I am being bombarded with all kinds of emails with free coupon offers to things like chain restaurants in the title line. This all started after the hacking into the account of a major internet marketing firm a while back where email lists from major retailers and banks were stolen. Some of these are obvious to spot as fraudent/spam emails just from the title line so I have been deleting them without reading. Others are a little less obvious but I have taken to the policy of deleting without reading anything resembling an online offer. (Did I mention my DH is uber-paranoid about computer viruses?)
In the last two days, I have received several with titles like "Credit alert: someone has viewed your credit report" from senders like "Experien". Since Experien is not Experian and I know that I should not be getting email from them anyway, I again have been deleting these without opening.
Being frugal as well as paranoid about my credit/finances, these emails have gotten my attention. They are getting to the point of not only being just annoying but scary as I fear many people will be duped by these phishing scams.
I am redoubling my efforts to get these caught by my spam filter.
I assume I am not the only one getting these but was curious if any of you were getting some of the same types of "alerts" and "offers" particularly the credit alerts.
In the last two days, I have received several with titles like "Credit alert: someone has viewed your credit report" from senders like "Experien". Since Experien is not Experian and I know that I should not be getting email from them anyway, I again have been deleting these without opening.
Being frugal as well as paranoid about my credit/finances, these emails have gotten my attention. They are getting to the point of not only being just annoying but scary as I fear many people will be duped by these phishing scams.
I am redoubling my efforts to get these caught by my spam filter.
I assume I am not the only one getting these but was curious if any of you were getting some of the same types of "alerts" and "offers" particularly the credit alerts.