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 Author: Cpickles View Messages Posted By Cpickles
 Posted: Jul 28, 2022 21:40
 Subject: Strange email
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Cpickles (1)

Location:  USA, Illinois
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Jun 22, 2022 Contact Member Buyer
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I had a strange email appear. I purchased something a few weeks ago, item shipped
and I received. Today I got an email with same order number, saying my item had
shipped . The store name was very similar to the one I bought from, but different.
What kind if scam is this? How do they have the exact order number from my previous
order?
 Author: BricksOfFaith View Messages Posted By BricksOfFaith
 Posted: Jul 28, 2022 21:42
 Subject: Re: Strange email
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BricksOfFaith (148)

Location:  USA, Tennessee
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Mar 21, 2018 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Bricks of Faith
In Help, Cpickles writes:
  I had a strange email appear. I purchased something a few weeks ago, item shipped
and I received. Today I got an email with same order number, saying my item had
shipped . The store name was very similar to the one I bought from, but different.
What kind if scam is this? How do they have the exact order number from my previous
order?

Do not click any links from this person. Report it immediately. I am sure that
they got the order number from the feedback.

Either that, or the store changed their name recently.
 Author: BricksOfFaith View Messages Posted By BricksOfFaith
 Posted: Jul 28, 2022 21:43
 Subject: Re: Strange email
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BricksOfFaith (148)

Location:  USA, Tennessee
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Mar 21, 2018 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Bricks of Faith
In Help, BricksOfFaith writes:
  In Help, Cpickles writes:
  I had a strange email appear. I purchased something a few weeks ago, item shipped
and I received. Today I got an email with same order number, saying my item had
shipped . The store name was very similar to the one I bought from, but different.
What kind if scam is this? How do they have the exact order number from my previous
order?

Do not click any links from this person. Report it immediately. I am sure that
they got the order number from the feedback.

Either that, or the store changed their name recently.

Kinda worst case scenario, but I witnessed what scammer email links can do… it’s
destructive.
 Author: PlanetEarthToys View Messages Posted By PlanetEarthToys
 Posted: Jul 28, 2022 22:50
 Subject: Re: Strange email
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PlanetEarthToys (113)

Location:  USA, Arkansas
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Aug 24, 2021 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Planet Earth Toys
In Help, Cpickles writes:
  I had a strange email appear. I purchased something a few weeks ago, item shipped
and I received. Today I got an email with same order number, saying my item had
shipped . The store name was very similar to the one I bought from, but different.
What kind if scam is this? How do they have the exact order number from my previous
order?

i just got a random invoice from PayPal from someone for a $900 Cardano Cryptocurrency
purchase.

no clue who it was from, never bought Cardano Crypto
 Author: ManyMiniBricks View Messages Posted By ManyMiniBricks
 Posted: Jul 28, 2022 23:20
 Subject: Re: Strange email
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ManyMiniBricks (1406)

Location:  USA, Maryland
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Sep 15, 2010 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Many Mini Bricks
In Help, Cpickles writes:
  I had a strange email appear. I purchased something a few weeks ago, item shipped
and I received. Today I got an email with same order number, saying my item had
shipped . The store name was very similar to the one I bought from, but different.
What kind if scam is this? How do they have the exact order number from my previous
order?

Was it a “drive-thru” message? Seller could have sent it to by mistake. No need
to worry.