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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Yesterday I received an email from the above saying If I should get an email from them stating I've won a hamper I should delete it.
    Presumably someone is running a scam and purporting to be Chiltern Seeds.

    Tonight I get an e mail entitled Chiltern Seeds delivery confirmation and an order No.

    Thing is I haven't ordered anything from them.
    I've not opened the email.

    Just wondering if anyone else is getting this kind of thing???
     
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        Thanks for the heads up Pete. When it comes down to it, if you didn`t contact the seed company in the first place, then it is likely to be a scam.Mark the message as SPAM and delete it.
         
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        I have.
         
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          would that be 2 scam e-mails?
           
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            I have had emails from one of my friends which looked a bit fishy so I deleted it . I think they must get your email address book and send clone emails out - obviously with something nasty attached.
             
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              I received this from Chiltern Seeds yesterday
              "If you have received an email purporting to be from Chiltern Seeds telling you that you have won a hamper, please IGNORE THIS AND DELETE THE EMAIL IMMEDIATELY.

              This is a spam email and it is NOT from Chiltern Seeds.

              Apologies for the inconvenience.

              All at Chiltern Seeds"
               
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                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                Nope, no email from Chiltern.

                But just to let you know there's yet another Paypal scam going about too,

                "Dear ******
                Thank you for using PayPal.

                Transaction Number 100331270

                This email confirms that you asked us to transfer £120.00 GBP from your PayPal account to Derek J Lyons, and we're processing it now. It usually takes up to 24 hours for transfers like this to go through."

                Just don't click any links in it.
                 
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                  Yeah, I've had that one as well .
                   
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                  • pete

                    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                    I've received an E mail today from them entitled "Warning E mail", I've not opened it.
                    I'n fact I'm pretty unlikely to open any e mails from them at the moment.
                    Bit unsure if they are from them or not.
                     
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                    I am always getting promotions via email from Chilterns.
                    Goes straight to spam.
                     
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