# New scam email?

**URL:** <https://talk.folksy.com/t/new-scam-email/17503>\
**Category:** Shop Talk\
**Created:** [27 December 2018 13:31 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/new-scam-email/17503 "2018-12-27T13:31:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![thesherbetpatch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/thesherbetpatch/32/202_2.png) [@thesherbetpatch](https://talk.folksy.com/u/thesherbetpatch)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2018 13:31 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/new-scam-email/17503/1 "2018-12-27T13:31:54Z")

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Firstly, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all on Folksy!

This morning I received an email entitled Re Re Folksy order 🙂

I didn’t recognise the name and on looking at my orders it was not someone who had placed an order.  
It was blank except for a green box saying ‘‘display message’’ and when I clicked my virus scanner warned me it was an insecure site, so I didn’t proceed any further.

I was wondering if anyone else had received a similar email?

Sarah x

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**Author:** ![KBCreations](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/kbcreations/32/6094_2.png) [@KBCreations](https://talk.folksy.com/u/KBCreations)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2018 13:46 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/new-scam-email/17503/2 "2018-12-27T13:46:28Z")

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I haven’t received anything like this, but it sounds very suspicious to me.  
Anything that requires you to click on a link/box without any intoduction from the person, or explanation sounds very dodgy and I would be deleting it…

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**Author:** ![thesherbetpatch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/thesherbetpatch/32/202_2.png) [@thesherbetpatch](https://talk.folksy.com/u/thesherbetpatch)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2018 13:53 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/new-scam-email/17503/3 "2018-12-27T13:53:33Z")

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Thank you.  
That’s what I thought.

I have sent an email to the hotmail address of the lady incase she ordered from anyone else on Folksy, but if I get no reply today I will just delete it.

Sarah x

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**Author:** ![MaisyMakesHandmade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/maisymakeshandmade/32/27476_2.png) [@MaisyMakesHandmade](https://talk.folksy.com/u/MaisyMakesHandmade)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2018 16:32 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/new-scam-email/17503/4 "2018-12-30T16:32:53Z")

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Hi Sarah,

I had exactly the same thing a ouple of weeks ago… to start with I sent a couple of reply emails as I wondered if it was a genuine seller, just trying to bypass the Folksy site. However they kept replying that they werent willing to order through Folksy but wanted a large order. In the end I forwarded the email to the Folksy team, who confirmed it was a scam message.

Such a shame, as I was looking forward to it being an order 😄 but better to find out straight away then when it was too late

Hope thats helpful 😁

Andrea x