Below the asterisks is an email I received shortly after I did make an online purchase today. Odd timing, and nothing shows up in my bank account. The email came from florence4329hug@gmail.com.

Some research shows that it came from Guiding Light Rentals at LLc in Gahanna, Ohio in a residential area of Gahanna. They had my email address and nothing else. I’m sure this is spam and there is no way I’d call that phone number. I removed my email address and part of the ship to address.


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Your Orders Your Account
Order Confirmation
Order ID #EF5-7PH486DZ100635839
Email Id : *******

Hello ,

Thank you for your order. We?ll send a confirmation when your order ships. Your estimated delivery date is indicated below. If you would like to view the status of your order or make any changes to it, please visit Your Orders.
For any assistance, Call us Toll-Free +1 (800) 585-1723

Arriving:
Friday, June 18
Your shipping speed:
Express Delivery at $110. FREE with Prime View or manage order
Your order will be sent to:
**** W Lunt Ave #206
Chicago, IL 60626, USA

Order summary

Order ID #EF5-7PH486DZ100635839
Transaction ID : 4DA585PY90195496
Placed on Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Enbrighten 45063 Color Changing (50ft. 6 Puck)
WiFi Outdoor Landscape Lights Kit
Seasons LED, 50 ft, Black
Electronics
Condition: New
Sold by: Enbrighten Store $195.85

Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600 Deluxe Versatile
Cloud Enabled Document Scanner with
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC for Mac or PC, White
Electronics
Condition: New
Sold by: Fujitsu HubRazer Zone $434.85

Item Subtotal: $630.70
Shipping & Handling: $110.00
Order Total: $740.70

If you did not place this order please call us on +1 (800) 585-1723
To ensure your safety, the Delivery Agent will drop the package at your doorstep, ring the doorbell and then move back 2 meters while waiting for you to collect your package.
We hope to see you again soon.

Let us know if the items actually arrive.

I had a similar e-mail last year from some place in the Philippine about a purchase of a laptop computer. I never got the computer and I don't recall that I was actually charged for it.

flashguy

Common scam. They want you to contact them to collect personal information. Then of course is the “Sorry, my headset was off, can you hear me now?” You say “yes” and they used a recording to claim you ordered something.

Could also be a brushing scam, but it’s definitely a scam of some sort.

They’ll want something from you, no doubt.

Look at this syntax and terminology, it’s definitely foreigners trying to scam you:

quote:

If you did not place this order please call us on +1 (800) 585-1723
To ensure your safety, the Delivery Agent will drop the package at your doorstep, ring the doorbell and then move back 2 meters while waiting for you to collect your package.
We hope to see you again soon.

I got a couple Emails recently saying there was a problem with our Bank account, and should contact the Bank by phone. Of course we didn’t have an account with that Bank and I delegated the Email.

Delete, delete, & then delete again. If I ordered something, I’ll know.

If I want to check on an order, I’ll go back to the site & log in. If & when I get a legitimate email from the seller, I may use that link.

Those unknown emails & text messages about a package are always hastily deleted.

I’m supposedly getting a $630 sports watch I never ordered in a few days. Can’t wait!!

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Originally posted by Icabod:
Common scam. They want you to contact them to collect personal information. Then of course is the “Sorry, my headset was off, can you hear me now?” You say “yes” and they used a recording to claim you ordered something.

It is a good idea to not answer questions with a yes or no. “I can hear you,” should be the reply.

DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!!

SCAMMER SCAMER SCAMMER

If you didn’t order it, delete the message.

If you did order it, contact the vendor only after looking up their contact information on your own, DO NOT USE THE PHONE NUMBER OR EDDRESS IN THE MESSAGE!

I google searched the phone number and a Vacation Rental place in Columbus Ohio popped up

800-585-1723

https://www.bbb.org/us/oh/colu...ls-llc-0302-70106138

When you call they'll as you for your account information to look something up and/or verify the purchase. That's the scam.

I have been getting similar phone calls about my Amazon order.

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
When you call they'll as you for your account information to look something up and/or verify the purchase. That's the scam.

Oh, and "we'll need your credit card number to process your refund." Scum! Sure wish legislators and LE would get serious about these assholes, they are not all foreign actors. 30 years hung up by their thumbs, seems about right.

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Originally posted by Anush:
I have been getting similar phone calls about my Amazon order.

Same here. Once every other week or so.

Spammers & scammers are endless. Last fall xfinity made some changes.
Despite efforts to eliminate I still get a couple dozen bogus warnings etc about
impending account crisis needing immediate contact at this Hotmail address.

I get one like that almost every day. Sometimes two a day.

Scam

Pretty standard. Only thing it's missing is "kindly" which means please in Nigerian.

I had a computerized voice mail left the other day, supposedly from Amazon. Said I purchased $599.99 and if I didn’t make the purchase to call them back to cancel. Yeah, right. I monitor my credit card almost daily, and I knew this was a scam. I did check purchases on Amazon and also my card balance just in case.

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florence4329hug@gmail.com

Scam spam.

That email address hasn't been pwned.

However, this email address, and your email address, is on a database of email addresses obtained from some compromised vendor, no connections between the two.

Be safe, change your email password.
And delete the spam.

</chris>

You can see that the person is not from the US since they use uncommon terms:

- 2 meters (not 6 feet)
- call us on +1... (not call us at)
- Delivery Agent

I am familiar enough with English usage patterns in India that I can spot an Indian scammer pretty quickly.