So in came an email, allegedly from Ting (mobile phone by-the-minute provider) thanking me for paying my monthly bill.
Say what? I canceled that account.
This morning I was up at the credit union wrestling with an issue having to do w/ my account, and I mentioned that I couldn’t get in to check this supposed payment.
He said a message thanking you for paying your [XXX] account is a scam. And apparently the scammers are blasting them out by the berjillion. He flipped open his own phone and showed me an identically worded message thanking him for paying his AT&T account!
So if you get a “thank you for paying” message, do not reply to it! Yes, it is a scam.
Thanks for the tip. I haven’t gotten these messages from my current phone service provider, but if/when I do, I will simply delete ’em. The scammers never give up, do they? ;o)