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I ordered an electronic item from Walmart yesterday and got a quick confirm in my Yahoo mail. Today an email appears in my inbox saying "you left something in your your shopping cart at Walmart .com". It looks like it is from Walmart if you don't look too closely at the link URL's and it has an attachment too (which I have not viewed).
Of course, my spam antenna went up. So I did the safe thing of going to my cart at Walmart .com through the google link i.e. without clicking anything on the email. Of course, there was nothing in the cart.
What made this seem real was that this did not go to my spam folder but into my inbox and it was so close to my actual interaction with Walmart. Yahoo is pretty good nowadays at removing spam. Maybe it avoided the Yahoo spam filter partly because I had a legitimate Walmart email recently? I'm just guessing on that.
Anyway just a new reminder to avoid clicking on those email links unless you really really know they are for real.
Of course, my spam antenna went up. So I did the safe thing of going to my cart at Walmart .com through the google link i.e. without clicking anything on the email. Of course, there was nothing in the cart.
What made this seem real was that this did not go to my spam folder but into my inbox and it was so close to my actual interaction with Walmart. Yahoo is pretty good nowadays at removing spam. Maybe it avoided the Yahoo spam filter partly because I had a legitimate Walmart email recently? I'm just guessing on that.
Anyway just a new reminder to avoid clicking on those email links unless you really really know they are for real.
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