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Resolved! Fraud Alert: Phone Call Offering a New Modem

I received a strange phone call this morning. The number was a local call. When I picked up, the computer voice said they were calling from Bell and Bell was upgrading all lines to fibre. The voice offered a new modem for this new service and asked m...

dks by Community All-Star
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Resolved! Email Phishing Scam

I received an email sent to: Bell User. The email said Your mailbox is almost full We are closing all old versions of BELL Mailbox as from September 30th UPGRADE NOW TO THE NEWEST VERSION Please do not reply to this message Montag (What is this email...

Montag by Contributor
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Resolved! My antivirus will expire soon - Spam Email?

I received and email from  Mcafee indicating I owed some sort of payment for the anti virus and my account was going to expire.  I am assuming this was a scam email but it did indicate bell support as well on it.  I thought I better double check.  I ...

RCGUY by Contributor II
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Resolved! Is Aliant a secure email account? I received the following from them

Aliant Very Important information and intermission  Regarding a malfunction in our service. All mailbox systems are undergoing a maintenance process.   Update system here .  Note: Failure to update and complete the maintenance process will delay a...

Slinger by Contributor
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Resolved! Suspicious Email - I replied to a spoofing email

I received an email from a very distant acquaintance who happens to be in my contact list.  I responded saying I thought he had emailed me by mistake.  I now realize that this email was from someone spoofing another email address.  Have I compromised...

Phones by Contributor III
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Resolved! Why not provide general SPAM filter controls - high, medium, low ?

I know we can block individual addresses and in theory domains but when 95% of email received is spam from many sources I would like Bell to step up and provide a much better filtering via simple high level controls -  high, medium, low. This sort of...

user21 by Contributor
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Resolved! Is Bell deleting "dormant" email accounts?

I received an email from Bell explaining they couldn't verify if an email account belonged to me. They left a link for me to verify, as well as a phone # 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX. I think its spam, but I'm not certain. Anyone have any ideas if it could be legi...