I don't know if this is legit.
I'm guessing not.
But even if it were, sending my medical information in response to an unsolicited email from some random company I've never heard of with a link in it isn't smart.
If it's a real business that needs my information, why does it say 'your health care provider' instead of naming them?
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Hello (yep, my real name was here) ,
You are receiving this email because you have been granted access to the following YourHealthFile Patient Portal accounts:
(My name again)
Please click the link below to register using the YourHealthFile Patient Portal.
Click here to begin the registration process.
What is YourHealthFile?
YourHealthFile
is a personal health record (sometimes referred to as PHR). Your
provider has upgraded to an electronic health record to modernize the
practice of medicine and, more importantly, to increase the quality of
health care. YourHealthFile is your view into the electronic health
record and provides access to your account information, medical records,
and appointments.
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I did search teh google, and there wasn't one person who said something like, 'oh yeah, this was from my doctor'. Instead, there were a bunch of people like me who decided against clicking on the link and giving their health information to 'your health file.'
I did send a response. "Why did I receive this email?"
Want to take bets on whether I will get a response?
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Multiple assholes are really working on scamming me this week.
I got a robo call from someone claiming to be my cell provider telling me that I'd 'purchased an iPhone with a street value of one thousand four hundred twenty eight dollars'. I was invited to press one if it wasn't me. And press two if I still wanted the phone sent to my address.
Street value? Really?
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I also received a text message telling me my Amazon account had been locked.
"Click here to reset your account."
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And a text that said 'this is your bank and we have frozen your assets. Call this number for assistance' and it was one of those phone numbers that isn't even in the US.
I know people must fall for this shit or they wouldn't keep doing it.
Anyone tried scamming you lately?
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Even if it's not a scam...
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I've gotten a few e-mails telling me my account with this or that company is "locked" and I need to click their link and enter some info to unlock it. Half the time they're referring to companies I don't even have accounts with. There are also messages telling me I won something in a contest I never entered, or things like that. I guess they just blast out these things en masse and if one person in a hundred falls for it, they still make money.
ReplyDeleteI think almost everyone knows at least one person who's been scammed or has been scammed themselves. Some of the scams are pretty clever, but it seems like there's always at least one little thing that gives it away. I don't know, the medical info thing seemed really sketchy to me, although the grammar was okay. Usually there are grammatical errors in scammy stuff. Also suspicious? I emailed them back and asked WHICH medical provider and where? No reply.
DeleteI get quite a few of the thank you for your purchase, we have debited your account $123456.. etc. Companies I've never heard of, items I don't recognize, and they all come to my rarely used email. Clearly scams. But you can have a moment of alarm, and I think that's when people panic, click on the link, and trigger trouble, sadly.
ReplyDeleteIt infuriates me that the people who perpetuate those scams aren't caught and punished. Most of them aren't even in the US, though, which makes it harder. I read an article this week that said the largest demographic falling for scams now are NOT 'older' people. It's the 18 to 25 bunch. Odd, huh?
DeleteI've had quite a few of them. There was one yesterday about the trip I won. Uh ha.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Where are you headed?
DeleteIt seems to come all at once, then there's a lull of a few months before a bunch of stuff gets sent to me all over again. If I didn't fall for it the first 27 times....
I still have a landline phone so I can make phone calls if something happens to my cell phone. I hardly ever answer it though because the scammers call all day long. Mostly it's the Medicare benefits scammers that call me wanting me to sign up with their insurance companies that I've never heard of. I have the ringer turned off so I don't even hear it.
ReplyDeleteThat kind of stuff just chaps my ass. We dropped the landline about 10 years ago. If I don't recognize the number calling my phone, I usually don't answer. I answered a couple weeks ago because it was a local number and I've just started a new job so I thought maybe.... I was wrong. LOL
DeleteI get these at least once or twice a week. If I have any question about it I go to the bank/company to check it out. I wish people would wise up and stop falling for these things. Don't they listen to the news?
ReplyDeleteMy Mom was called from someone claiming to need bail money for one of my sons. She said she didn't have any money and that was that.
My dad got scammed several years ago by someone who called him at 10 PM pretending to be my nephew who'd been arrested in someone else's car. Drug offense. Dad scraped together all the money he could, several thousand dollars, and sent it via Western Union. I was so angry. Not at my dad, at the people who exploited his love for his family and stole money he could not afford to give.
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