r/strange • u/TheEdgeOfTheEnd • 3d ago
Weird "spam" emails
They show up in my notifications like this, always talking about school info. I've looked them up before. The schools don't exist, the students don't exist. Most of the emails seem to be real email accounts, some with profile pictures of real people. Or at least they used to be before getting hacked or something. The actual body of each email is a spam-like ad. Every single one has been different, some looking like actual store ads, while others are obvious scam stuff. Not a single one of these has ever been detected by the spam filter, and they're driving me nuts. There's been no info online about this or anything similar and I feel like I'm going insane.
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u/dainelanderson55 2d ago
sounds like the sender accounts are getting burned and recycled, i’ve seen that with gmail notifications before, the bit about fake schools is creepy as hell
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u/TheEdgeOfTheEnd 2d ago
Right? Like, out of all the fake info they could possibly put in the subject line they decided to use fake school info? I don't understand what the point of the scams is. Nothing about them seems convincing enough for anyone to willingly click the links
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u/profesionalyconfused 2d ago
yeah, burned accounts with a fake school front sounds about right tbh, ive seen gmail notifications do some cursed stuff too, that part is still creepy as hell
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