Oh yes the calls come in here too. Pretty funny when they threaten Canadians with the FBI and having our Social Security numbers cancelled. But in general the frauds work because so many people do not know how such a situation would play out in real life. As in no one from a bank just tells you you’re getting $15 million out of the blue and Microsoft doesn’t know or care if there’s a problem with your computer.
In the past 3 months while my wife has been stuck in England I’ve had the phone OFF because the number of legitimate calls in that time was six, whereas the scam calls average two a day.

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Perhaps not this exact spam email, but the use of a scam paying the fraudster with gift cards is a common scam, especially against retirees. Then you get a phone call about your social security number being “turned off” or the local utility company coming to turn off your power due to lack of payment. I’ve had to field a few of those by fraudsters claiming, loudly, over the phone that a sheriff/utility person is just minutes away from showing up and performing Dire Actions. So pay a fine RIGHT NOW to stop that from happening, and oh, by the way, would you please do so via a gift card.

This is the first time I’ve seen the gift card scam in the body of a spam email (but I certainly haven’t been looking very hard).

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