Ramblings of an old Doc

 

Just to warn you all.

This is a phishing scam designed to steal your identity.

This is what it looks like:


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on Jun 01, 2014

Do Not Click the Link

Especially if you don't have a Netflix account.

I don't know if we even have Netflix here in Oz, but even if we Do, I don't have an account and still got one of these scams in my hotmail account.

I rarely get spam or scam emails these days, but they're instantly deleted if/when I do.

on Jun 01, 2014

If you don't have an account, I wouldn't recommend even opening an email from them. 

on Jun 01, 2014

You're just a fountain of joy this weekend, Doc.

on Jun 01, 2014

No Netflix here.

on Jun 01, 2014

Daiwa

You're just a fountain of joy this weekend, Doc.

Indeed. Ponce de Phish-leon.

on Jun 01, 2014

I do have an account, and the email I got has the last 4 digits of my card in it. And my balance is in the negative, so mine is likely legit.

 

But, I have overdraft protection that should have covered it. Hmmm.

 

on Jun 01, 2014

I did not click the link, but I did call Netflix. Mine was legit. Glad the bank didn't cover it, would have been a 30 buck OD fee.

on Jun 02, 2014

DrJBHL

If you don't have an account, I wouldn't recommend even opening an email from them. 

Nope, I wouldn't, either.

It's not the first time I've gotten emails regarding overdue accounts, hacked accounts, account offers and bonuses for accounts I don't have.  Not that I get many these days [spam filters, etc] but I used to get bonus offers and increased limit offers for being a valued customer.... from credit card companies I do not have accounts with.  In fact, I refuse point blank to have a credfit card [debit card only] so all those bogus emails went straight in the bin, being that all they were after was my bank account details.

Another scam I used to get was a bank - any bank/financial institution - telling me that my online banking had been hacked.  Yeah, right!  Just another thief looking for bank account details... but once I saw the title, and that it was from a bank I did not do business with, I binned it immediately.

Funnily enough, I haven't won the UK lottery recently, nor have I been selected by a Nigerian prince to safeguard his cash in my bank account for a generous sum of money to compensate me for my trouble.  I miss that!  Yup, I spent the last $4.6 million on Coca Cola and chocolates and need to boost my coffers to feed my addiction.

on Jun 02, 2014

starkers
Funnily enough, I haven't won the UK lottery recently, nor have I been selected by a Nigerian prince to safeguard his cash in my bank account for a generous sum of money to compensate me for my trouble. 

Indeed. This explains it, mate.

on Jun 02, 2014

Doc, you're a medical guy, shouldn't that tear be coming from the tear duct at the other side of the eye? 

on Jun 02, 2014

This is the cap'n you're talkin' 'bout. Him lopsided dontcha know.

on Jun 02, 2014

I just got an email from "Apple" telling me "in order to get back into your account, you'll need to confirm some information"

I don't, and never had an Apple account. It's almost certainly a scam.

on Jun 03, 2014

RedneckDude

Doc, you're a medical guy, shouldn't that tear be coming from the tear duct at the other side of the eye? 

You're spot on there, Jim, but you still missed or ignored one other thing... that... er, bodily fluid dripping from my eye... sorta looks like it should be coming from a.... nother  .... er,...  like some place else. 

Dontcha think?  

on Jun 03, 2014

RedneckDude

Doc, you're a medical guy, shouldn't that tear be coming from the tear duct at the other side of the eye? 

Nope. When the head is tilted, the tear comes from the lower end, in this case the lateral palpebral fusion...physics. 

Also, you're confusing of the drainage system (through the  area marked BWith where the tears are secreted (marked A) below.

So, when the head is tilted with the lateral (side closest to the ear) lower than the medial (side closest to the nose) and the person is crying, 

the tears will drip from the lowest point.

 

starkers
You're spot on there, Jim

 

Again, nope.


on Jun 05, 2014

Drip...drip...drip.

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