How are the scammers getting these details?

[Mikey_Gore]

How is it that for example, if I am expecting a package from DHL, then a scammer sends a fake DHL email. Or if I have recently become a BlueHost member, now I get fake email from people pretending to be BlueHost. I even got a phone call the other day from another company, and it was fake a scam, strange thing is, I did become a customer of said company very recently.

How do they know? How do they get the details.

 

[HardReset]

How is it that for example, if I am expecting a package from DHL, then a scammer sends a fake DHL email. Or if I have recently become a BlueHost member, now I get fake email from people pretending to be BlueHost. I even got a phone call the other day from another company, and it was fake a scam, strange thing is, I did become a customer of said company very recently.

How do they know? How do they get the details.

They don't. How many people are getting package from DHL every day? How many people become BlueHost member every day?

Scammers just bombard gazillion messages and sometimes they hit someone that actually is waiting package etc. Most are misses of course.

 

[Mikey_Gore]

They don't. How many people are getting package from DHL every day? How many people become BlueHost member every day?

Scammers just bombard gazillion messages and sometimes they hit someone that actually is waiting package etc. Most are misses of course.

I know what you mean, however this is not it. What you are saying is when the company's are popular. Like everyone nowadays have a PayPal account, Amazon, or Facebook account, Twitter etc and perhaps BlueHost. But I also have others, some which are not mainstream and unknown by most people. In fact, I think it is impossible for the scammers to have even heard of it.

The phone call scam came literally two days after I registered with the company. So it feels like they have access to my e-mail account. But how is that possible? And how can I be sure?

 

[HardReset]

I know what you mean, however this is not it. What you are saying is when the company's are popular. Like everyone nowadays have a PayPal account, Amazon, or Facebook account, Twitter etc and perhaps BlueHost. But I also have others, some which are not mainstream and unknown by most people. In fact, I think it is impossible for the scammers to have even heard of it.

The phone call scam came literally two days after I registered with the company. So it feels like they have access to my e-mail account. But how is that possible? And how can I be sure?

Again, if they sent gazillion emails or make gazillion phone calls, it's just statistics that sometimes they score a "hit". Most are total misses, with you, they just got lucky.

If they had access to your e-mail, they could do much better (or worse things) than just spamming messages or phone calls.

 

[Micheal George]

Scammers often obtain personal information through various means, a process commonly known as phishing. They might harvest data from public sources, compromised databases, or even through social engineering techniques.

In the examples you've mentioned, they may have accessed publicly available information related to your package tracking or your recent sign-up with a service provider like BlueHost. Additionally, data breaches and leaks from companies can expose customer information, which then becomes a goldmine for scammers.

It's essential to remain cautious, avoid clicking on suspicious links, and verify the authenticity of any communication you receive, especially if it requests sensitive information or actions. Regularly changing passwords and using two-factor authentication can also enhance your online security.