Is This A Scam?

[Caran]

Had an email saying I had bought something on an app. It was $30.99 and it as some chocolate type money. There was a link to say click on this if you didn't buy I think so I did. Asked for my details, started to fill in name and address then it asked for all bank details and card numbers. I topped there and thought maybe a scam. What's you think, will I be charged this amount of money. Should I ring card provider and PayPal?

[scorpiojo]

Did you give them all your bank details?

[Caran]

No that was when I got a bit uneasy so I stopped there.

[scorpiojo]

Good. Yes, it's a scam. Ring your bank anyway, and put your mind at rest :-)

[melv16]

I get them daily from FedEx about a package that's waiting for me. I just zap the them.

[Buenchico]

Clicking a link within a dodgy email can, in itself, be enough to dump malware onto your computer. However it seems that the scam here was simply one which was seeking to access your bank details, so clicking alone probably hasn't done any harm.

Such emails are incredibly common. Even though my email provider has excellent spam filters in place, from time to time I get emails which include my full name, my home telephone number and (apart from the house number) my full postal address, which always purport to come from firms which I've ordered things from (and which, of course, want me to click on a link). I've learned to ignore them!

[Prudie]

This is a good example of why these scams still work, No offence Caran but we assume everyone is aware to never click on links in emails we don't recognise, it seemed an obvious scam from the start, with the $ etc, but clearly people do.

[BANANASPLITS]

If you haven't ordered anything you know it must be a scam just delete without even thinking about it