1LyndaInOregon
I got an email this morning with the subject line "Dock, by Coralie De Valtor."
Well, because April wins are coming out, and because I sometimes forget what ERs I won, I opened the email and compounded the stupidity by clicking on the PDF.
I know -- dumb. It immediately opened a notice from "Norton" that my security program had automatically renewed at $600-and-some-odd, blah blah blah. That's a known scam, of course, and I backed out and ran my REAL security program and it didn't find any damage.
BUT ... I wanted to share this with other reviewers, simply because it so obviously looked like an ebook transmittal at first glance. And I do sometimes get review copies directly from the author, but there's usually a brief cover message thanking me for reviewing it, and often several format options for download.
We gotta watch out for each other, because these scammers aren't about to give us a break!
Well, because April wins are coming out, and because I sometimes forget what ERs I won, I opened the email and compounded the stupidity by clicking on the PDF.
I know -- dumb. It immediately opened a notice from "Norton" that my security program had automatically renewed at $600-and-some-odd, blah blah blah. That's a known scam, of course, and I backed out and ran my REAL security program and it didn't find any damage.
BUT ... I wanted to share this with other reviewers, simply because it so obviously looked like an ebook transmittal at first glance. And I do sometimes get review copies directly from the author, but there's usually a brief cover message thanking me for reviewing it, and often several format options for download.
We gotta watch out for each other, because these scammers aren't about to give us a break!
3LyndaInOregon
>2 2wonderY: Abigail always notifies the winners; however the email with the actual book will come from the publisher or the author in a separate emailing.
There are a couple of places I could have checked to see if that "title" was legit -- I just didn't do it. My bad.
There are a couple of places I could have checked to see if that "title" was legit -- I just didn't do it. My bad.
4GraceCollection
I'm sorry this happened, and glad it didn't cause any real damage. Thanks for sharing this with us!
5AbigailAdams26
>1 LyndaInOregon: I'm sorry you received this scam email. Thank you for warning other members.
6MikeS90
How did those scammers know your email address and that you were about to win a book? Can we trust publishers and authors with our email addresses? How safe is it to open attachments that are supposed to be books? It's my first time participating in this program and I want to be safe.
7norabelle414
>6 MikeS90: The scam was unrelated to Early Reviewers, except that Lynda opened the email because she thought it might be an Early Reviewer book. Most scams like this just send out thousands and thousands of emails in the hopes that one of them will be opened. It's not targeted at anyone based on one email address received from a publisher or an author.
As mentioned above, just make sure you receive an email from LT staff telling you what book to expect and how to expect to receive it, and make sure that information matches the email before you open it.
As mentioned above, just make sure you receive an email from LT staff telling you what book to expect and how to expect to receive it, and make sure that information matches the email before you open it.
