homedepot scam?

THATmanMANNY

THATmanMANNY

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I got an email from HD saying I was overcharged $29.82 for a recent purchase. Doesn't say what it is or order number. It says you account will reflect this refund in 3-4 days.
Then it follows up with a $10 off $50 coupon code.
I haven't bought anything significant from HD that I think I would have been overcharged for and I usually check out as guest.

Not sure what to do but I guess I'll wait the 3-5 days and see what shakes out

I tried to google this @stb222
 
I always assume that Kinda stuff is a scam. Email header or expanding the email address it was sent from should tell you.

Also you can hover (Don’t click!) over the “click here” links and the bottom section of the browser give you a link preview.

Sorry if I went all IT techie And none of that made sense.
 
if you were really overcharged they should already ahve your card information on file to refund, you shouldnt have to do anything, id ignore it as said above.
 
There's a ton of scams out there, and a lot come out during this time of year. There's a ton of shitty people in the world. Recently one of our clients got an email from 'Amazon' that they saw some strange order for a couple iPhone 12's, with a 'support' number to call. The user called, 'Amazon' requested a remote session, then they proceeded to have her log in to her Amazon account. There was no purchase, so then they had her log in to her bank page during the session to check for purchases. We don't know the damage done, but axed her machine off the network and had her change personal passwords.

Treat every single email like it's a scam. If you're not specifically expecting an email or attachment from someone, always check the email thoroughly. It takes a few seconds when you know what to look for. Hover over links and emails and it'll tell you if they masked it to a different address, or if the link takes to somewhere that's not amazon.com, homedepot.com, etc. A lot of the time, there are also spelling/grammatical errors in the emails. Bit.ly link shorteners are around a lot too, and you can report them through their portal.
 
Magic said:
There's a ton of scams out there, and a lot come out during this time of year. There's a ton of shitty people in the world. Recently one of our clients got an email from 'Amazon' that they saw some strange order for a couple iPhone 12's, with a 'support' number to call. The user called, 'Amazon' requested a remote session, then they proceeded to have her log in to her Amazon account. There was no purchase, so then they had her log in to her bank page during the session to check for purchases. We don't know the damage done, but axed her machine off the network and had her change personal passwords.

Treat every single email like it's a scam. If you're not specifically expecting an email or attachment from someone, always check the email thoroughly. It takes a few seconds when you know what to look for. Hover over links and emails and it'll tell you if they masked it to a different address, or if the link takes to somewhere that's not amazon.com, homedepot.com, etc. A lot of the time, there are also spelling/grammatical errors in the emails. Bit.ly link shorteners are around a lot too, and you can report them through their portal.
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Ha I get emails regularly from Amazon that my prime account has been deactivated or needs updating or whatever.
 
This one looked pretty good at first from a phone.

Then I checked the sender address.

Sad thing is there are so many people who get scammed with these. I know plenty of them too even after I preach it.

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I’m in banking, a highly regulated industry. We are required to take all sorts of training each year, including training on how to spot scams. In addition, we are all regularly tested by our InfoSec department. They send us periodic scam-like/phishing emails to see if we fall victim. Our Microsoft Outlook has a button to “Report Phishing”. If we get a suspicious email, we click that button. If it’s one of these tests, we get a notice saying so and it’s recorded as good department behavior. If we click the button and it’s not one of the InfoSec group’s tests, they research the situation and advise the user accordingly. This year our department had 100pct successful test scores. You learn a lot this way and can apply it to your personal life too.
 
icebiker said:
I’m in banking, a highly regulated industry. We are required to take all sorts of training each year, including training on how to spot scams. In addition, we are all regularly tested by our InfoSec department. They send us periodic scam-like/phishing emails to see if we fall victim. Our Microsoft Outlook has a button to “Report Phishing”. If we get a suspicious email, we click that button. If it’s one of these tests, we get a notice saying so and it’s recorded as good department behavior. If we click the button and it’s not one of the InfoSec group’s tests, they research the situation and advise the user accordingly. This year our department had 100pct successful test scores. You learn a lot this way and can apply it to your personal life too.
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Same for my company in drug industry.

Like exactly the same approach.
 
icebiker said:
I’m in banking, a highly regulated industry. We are required to take all sorts of training each year, including training on how to spot scams. In addition, we are all regularly tested by our InfoSec department. They send us periodic scam-like/phishing emails to see if we fall victim. Our Microsoft Outlook has a button to “Report Phishing”. If we get a suspicious email, we click that button. If it’s one of these tests, we get a notice saying so and it’s recorded as good department behavior. If we click the button and it’s not one of the InfoSec group’s tests, they research the situation and advise the user accordingly. This year our department had 100pct successful test scores. You learn a lot this way and can apply it to your personal life too.
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I work in insurance we forward it to the those a month from retirement and see what happens

"Hey Denis, I got this email but can't open the link see if it works for you"

I also forward it to @rick81721
 
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