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What stopped them from continuing with a new similar Gmail address?

• rvnx 6mo ago
  Motivation I guess
• ilamont 6mo ago
  Yes, they could easily spin up another gmail address. The other part of the scam involved sending money to a bank account in Oregon with someone else's name attached to it. I notified the bank in a similar manner and hope they shut it down (not confirmed; my next step is to notify the Oregon banking regulator about the incident). The hope is that once the bank account and gmail account are shut down the scammer will stop or move on. But I am concerned this could be a whack-a-mole problem that doesn't go away.
  • e40 6mo ago
    If you are a high-value target, it likely will continue. I had a friend that was and the attacks were unceasing.
• jeffbee 6mo ago
  You can't send high volume through new accounts. Usually when a gmail account is being used for real spamming, it's an established one that's been taken over and the spammers are just discharging the accumulated reputation of the account.
  • ilamont 6mo ago
    > Usually when a gmail account is being used for real spamming, it's an established one that's been taken over My incident is unlikely to be a real account being taken over. The name format was "firstnamelastnameofficial@gmail.com" and I have a somewhat rare name ... probably well under 40 people worldwide with the exact spelling.
    • smalltorch 6mo ago
      I just encountered this exact pattern. I recently created a new app...recieved an email from what seemed to be a promenant app reviewer on YouTube [youtubersname]corporation@gmail. I said how do I know you are him? Then the weird part was somehow he was able to send me a email from the actual YouTubers public listed email but it went to my spam folder... Then after he told me everything that would be included in the price he said he could only accept payment in giftcards or crypto. I emailed the YouTuber and told him I think your account is compromised.
      • BenjiWiebe 6mo ago
        The from address can be faked, but then due to SPF/DKIM it will likely be flagged as spam or not delivered.