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Scam email had me fooled

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  • 23-07-2017 9:24pm
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    xraylady
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭


    I just got an email from Tesco advertising something ( I can't remember) but in the cc box it listed HUNDREDS of customer email addresses. I assume my address has also been shown to those same recipients. I think this is very bad form of Tesco. They obviously used cc. Instead of bcc.
    Had anyone else come across this?


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    njs030
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭njs030


    That's a serious breach of data protection you should report it.


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    xraylady
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭xraylady


    notjustsweet wrote: »
    That's a serious breach of data protection you should report it.
    Data commissioner I suppose? I'm not usually fussy but I do value my privacy and try to prevent situations which could lead to spam. V annoying .


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,164 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    xraylady wrote: »
    Who to, I wonder?

    Data protection commissioner.


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,528 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    xraylady wrote: »
    Who to, I wonder?


    Office of the Data Protection complaint section perhaps


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,332 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    It's not so much data protection I'd be worried about - in most cases you can't pin an e-mail address to a specific individual. What would bother me is that if just one of those people has a machine with an e-mail virus, every one of those e-mail addresses will end up on spammers' distribution lists.


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    xraylady
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭xraylady


    coylemj wrote: »
    It's not so much data protection I'd be worried about - in most cases you can't pin an e-mail address to a specific individual. What would bother me is that if just one of those people has a machine with an e-mail virus, every one of those e-mail addresses will end up on spammers' distribution lists.
    Exactly, it was actually 492 email addresses that were shown. Again, just very annoying. I get enough emails from 'lonely ladies/gents who'd like to chat' as it is!!


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    whiskeyman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Seems v odd from such a big company like Tesco.
    Are you sure it is actually from Tesco?
    Is it advertising / promising you something?
    I'd say it could be a scam / or something trying to make it look like it's from them?
    They'd know all about data protection all too well, and would use specialist email software for email sends... I'd hope!

    I'd send a polite mail to Tesco first to check it was them in case you can't verify 100% yourself.


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    xraylady
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭xraylady


    Good point, I'll have a look at it again. I never thought that it might be a scam email itself . I'm used to spotting those from PayPal etc but must have another look.


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    xraylady
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭xraylady


    I think you're correct. In my reply to them I see an xxxx@xxxx.onmicrosoft.com address. No sign of Tesco. Thanks to all. I don't know why I didn't immediately cop. I'm usually suspicious of ant unsolicited mails. You live and learn.


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    Poles
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Poles


    If that's the same email I got today, and it sounds like it, it's not from Tesco!


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    whiskeyman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    xraylady wrote: »
    You live and learn.

    Every little helps!

    :pac:


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    scam emails are usually easy enough to figure out. Just take a snippet of the email, especially a bit with unusual wording and do a search in google "using quotes" which forces it to search for that exact phrase.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,250 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    If you suspect something is a scam / spam email, move it to you 'Junk' folder and open it there. This will stop it downloading images, etc. that spammers use to verify if your email address is real.


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    goose06
    Registered Users Posts: 741 ✭✭✭goose06


    I'd say update your thread title seeing as the email didn't actually come from Tesco


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    xraylady
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭xraylady


    goose06 wrote: »
    I'd say update your thread title seeing as the email didn't actually come from Tesco

    How doi update the title ? Trying to work it out..


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    goose06
    Registered Users Posts: 741 ✭✭✭goose06


    xraylady wrote: »
    How doi update the title ? Trying to work it out..

    Ask a mod to do it for you


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    xraylady wrote: »
    How doi update the title ? Trying to work it out..

    If you click to edit your post you can then click "go advanced" and you can change the title in there


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    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Sell them!


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    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    goose06 wrote: »
    I'd say update your thread title seeing as the email didn't actually come from Tesco

    I think someone needs to step in an fix that OP, I didn't cop what the OP was saying and was checking my own emails. It's still quite unclear in the OP that its a scam mail faking been from 'Tesco'.


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