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#186622 by rev reed Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:20 pm
Friends, here is another one i received to day; with no reference to a scam so far...but pretty sure it is....Background Check Alert" <[email protected]> .. and....Bad Things From Your Past Have Been Posted Online
Brace yourself for the worst

At 12:30pm (eastern time) damaging information was posted publicly that could hurt you.

Don't let people see this by confirming your person record ID# here:
http://e.handlesforhelp. com /0lcwucqv2-smbzhhyy

Review this now: Time is running out!

anyone seen this one yet? thanks, rev reed
Last edited by Jillian on Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:37 pm, edited 1 time in total. Reason: Added space to disable link.
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#186625 by Jillian Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:36 pm
Hi and welcome to ScamWarners,

That's affiliate spam. The link re-directs to InstantCheckMate (a background check site) via an affiliate link. They're trying to get people to follow the link and pay for the service.

Just ignore it. I will disable the link in your post to prevent others from following it.

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#186833 by rev reed Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:54 pm
Jillian.. thanks for the info...sorry for leaving that link..just copied and pasted the whole email and didn't think of anyone using the link.....i rarely ever get spam, and anything that doesn't look right or i don't know the sender, i never open the link for fear of having something downloaded on me...thanks again and appreciate the help...

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