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Fake invoice for Computer Support Service

MABLE
MABLE Posts: 4,239 Forumite
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edited 13 May 2014 at 7:34PM in Techie Stuff
I have just checked my junk mail and received an invoice from
Computer support services for a payment of £67.00 and gives their payment details. Also the website address given is
but tried to find it in a search engine but does not show anything.

I know nothing about this company and think it must be a scam. Has anyone else received an invoice like that.

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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    Does it matter if anyone else has? As long as you know you haven't dealt with the company before, you ignore it.

    I get mails every two weeks or so from 'UPS' informing me that my parcel has arrived in Milwaukee, or Nevada, or other somesuch place (I'm in the UK).
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,102 Forumite
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    Tell us you really didn't open it.....especially from a web browser, and you didn't open the "pdf" . I would run malwarebytes at least if you did.
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  • tripled
    tripled Posts: 2,883 Forumite
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    Please can you remove (or at least deactivate) the link? This will reduce the chances of people clicking through to investigate, and also ensure the link isn't indexed/doesn't improve the site's ranking on search engines.
  • Uxb
    Uxb Posts: 1,340 Forumite
    edited 13 May 2014 at 6:42PM
    MABLE wrote: »
    but tried to find it in a search engine but does not show anything.

    Well try a bit harder!
    Put the words blackjj scam into google.co.uk
    and then look at the first result

    and no the website given in the scam email does indeed end in jj not just j
  • MABLE
    MABLE Posts: 4,239 Forumite
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    Thanks for the helpfull replies. The others I will just ignore.

    Also was not opened. Deleted and blocked.
  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,180 Forumite
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    MABLE wrote: »
    I have just checked my junk mail and received an invoice from
    Computer support services for a payment of £67.00 and gives their payment details. Also the website address given is
    but tried to find it in a search engine but does not show anything.

    I know nothing about this company and think it must be a scam. Has anyone else received an invoice like that.
    "I know nothing about this company and think it must be a scam."

    Your computer also thinks that... that's why the email is in your junk folder. ;)
  • Deru
    Deru Posts: 639 Forumite
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    Don't ever open the attachments or follow links in the email. You could catch Crypto locker or some other nasties

    back up your data...
  • mentat72
    mentat72 Posts: 305 Forumite
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    Just received it too - kill it, kill it!
    Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy - Spike Milligan.
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