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MIButterfly

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4. Good advice

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 11:54 AM

Jun 9

I never give out my personal information to anyone who calls, emails or texts me. I am even sometimes reluctant to give out my personal information when I'm the one who called them! I guess I'm not very trusting, but I've heard so many horror stories, as have we all.

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I got an email supposedly from Amazon saying that someone in China tried to access my account [View all] MIButterfly Jun 9 OP

When in doubt, just go to the actual website and see what's up sboatcar Jun 9 #1

The return address did say amazon.com but I was still suspicious MIButterfly Jun 9 #2

No company will send an email notifying you of fraud. None. Nada. ihaveaquestion Jun 9 #3

Good advice MIButterfly Jun 9 #4

There are some pretty sophisticated phishing scams out there. A new word I learned AnotherMother4Peace Jun 9 #5

"There was a time when I worried about crooks getting into my house, now it's crooks getting into my computer" MIButterfly Jun 9 #6

One way to protect yourself is to freeze your credit information at the three credit agencies. ihaveaquestion Jun 9 #7