{"id":31,"date":"2022-09-03T18:09:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T18:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/?p=31"},"modified":"2022-09-10T20:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:27:13","slug":"another-geek-squad-email-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/phishing\/another-geek-squad-email-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Geek Squad Email Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This scam consists of a subject line and text in the body of the email but doesn&#8217;t contain any attached invoices. The goal of this scam is to steal money from unsuspecting victims. The phone number will connect with a call center where a &#8220;Customer Service Rep&#8221; will pretend to be a Geek Squad employee and use verbal quick change tactics to steal from the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Details of this &#8220;Geek Squad&#8221; email scam:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Email Subject: your Agreement ID (4SRE1B)<\/li><li>Email Sender: From Cristina alicesimthx8566@gmail.com<\/li><li>Sent To: Undisclosed Recipient<\/li><li>Return-Path: <a href=\"mailto:alicesimthx8566@gmail.com\">alicesimthx8566@gmail.com<\/a><\/li><li>Received From: From mail-qv1-xf2d.google.com (mail-qv1-xf2d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::f2d])<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text of this &#8220;Geek Squad&#8221; Scam:<\/h3>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hello Customer &#8220;Victims Email Address&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Subscription Plan Upgraded!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you f\u00f2r your confirmation to upgrade your Geek Squad* tech basic plan to premium plan (PC support for 05 home devices)<\/p>\n<p>The transaction of $ 395.49 is made through the nominated mode of payment, this charge will reflect on your statement in sometime.<\/p>\n<p>This recurring charge will be debited again next year on 30 Aug 2023 unless you cancel\/void the charges and stop automatic debit payments.<\/p>\n<p>If you find any error in this receipt or you have \u00e1ny transactional issue &#8211; please feel free to connect with us to know more about your recent charges.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Toll-free +1 888 510 0635 (Help &amp; Support Team)<\/p>\n<p>Thank again for your cooperation!<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards<\/p>\n<p>Jane Clark<br \/>Customer Support &amp; Helpline Team<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This scam consists of a subject line and text in the body of the email but doesn&#8217;t contain any attached invoices. The goal of this scam is to steal money from unsuspecting victims. The phone number will connect with a call center where a &#8220;Customer Service Rep&#8221; will pretend to be a Geek Squad employee\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/phishing\/another-geek-squad-email-scam\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":7,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-31","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-email","8":"category-phishing","9":"tag-geek-squad","10":"tag-invoice","11":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/email-scam-copy-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/email-scam-copy-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Jack Alltrade","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/author\/jacka11trade\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/37"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/security\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}