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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Torm" data-source="post: 1960489" data-attributes="member: 12706">To clarify why this is obviously (to many of us) a hoax, so that you will know how to tell in the future, look at three things in the message you received:1. Check over the grammar and punctuation in the message or e-mail. Is it poorly worded, capitalized, or punctuated? Does it contain language that makes anything sound threatening? Real companies have people who vet all their communications with the public for this stuff.2. Does the message ask you to send any information (financial, passwords, etc) through channels you weren't previously familiar with using with that company when YOU were the one initiating communication? (Like through their website or what-have-you.) If so, it is probably a scammer, and if you're in doubt, contact them through a means you know is legitimate (e-mail on their website, for example) to see if there is anything they really need.3. Are they asking you to pass on a message to other people, and it isn't a "tell your friends about this service, make sure they tell us you sent them, and receive a discount" sort of thing? In other words, to random people, and with no stated financial or prestige benefit to you for doing so? Real companies will e-mail all of their own customers (especially existing clients) directly, and do not rely on contacting a random sample of their customers and then letting some sort of unreliable word of mouth do the rest....I hope this is helpful.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And I'm not scoffing, because I've worked computer retail, and I've seen plenty of otherwise highly intelligent people get screwed over because they aren't familiar with the protocol of how things are done on the 'net, yet. Please don't get aggravated at the other posters, though. It is easy to forget where you came from, sometimes, like how frustrating it is to teach a child to make change - It is second nature to you now, so the kid may seem just flat stupid cause they don't just "get it" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. But you know you didn't right away, either, not so long ago - or if you did, there were plenty of kids in your class who didn't and you were lucky.</blockquote>

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