Scam Warnings.
A recent flurry of emails received by me led me to email a, totally innocent, company called the Greeting Card Association.
The emails arrive, allegedly form greetingcard.org, and are worded along the lines of:
Good day.
You have received an eCard
To pick up your eCard, choose from any of the following options:
Click on the following link (or copy & paste it into your web browser):
There follows a link, sometimes to a web page or, more recently, to an exe file. Do NOT click the link!!
The emails end with a link to the Greeting Card Association website, giving a level of honesty to the emails but here is the reply I got from Greeting Card Association when I asked them to stop sending me their SPAM emails:
Please be aware that the Greeting Card Association is NOT sending these e-mails. They are fraudulent.
The Greeting Card Associations' URL is being used in a "phishing" scam. The GCA does not provide e-card mailing services, and the instructions contained in these messages should not be followed.
The e-mail should be deleted. Do not click on any link within the e-mail, as it might download a virus into your computer.
We have placed a consumer alert on our website regarding this and other e-card scams and how to recognize and avoid them.
We recommend that you report these malicious phishing scam e-mails to the FBI's internet crime center at www.ic3.gov.
If you receive such an email telling you you have an e-card then you could report it if you wish.
Me? I just "bin" them!