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ads1212
Helpful | Level 7
3 years ago

SCAM Warning

Yesterday I received this scam email purporting to be Dropbox. I was initially freaked out by receiving this but when I checked Dropbox online, no files had been deleted.

 

 

 

Warning to all others… Admins pls take note and deal. #scam

  • Hey ads1212, how are you today?

     

    If you take a look at the email address of the sender, you will see that it uses a legit Dropbox domain, meaning this is a legit Dropbox email.

     

    If you look at your events page like Rich suggested, are you able to see any deletion events related to these files?

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    ads1212 wrote:

    Yesterday I received this scam email purporting to be Dropbox. I was initially freaked out by receiving this but when I checked Dropbox online, no files had been deleted.


    Was it actually a scam email, where the links within it went to a scam site, or does it actually look legitimate? Also, have you moved or renamed any large files recently? If so, that usually generates one of those deletion emails (Dropbox sees a rename/move as a deletion of one item and a creation of a new item).

    • ads1212's avatar
      ads1212
      Helpful | Level 7
      I’m not stupid enough to click a link on a suspected scam email. And to answer your question no, I have not renamed or fiddled with 93,000 files.
      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
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        ads1212 wrote:
        I’m not stupid enough to click a link on a suspected scam email

        You don't have to click on a link in an email to know where it points to. Just hover your cursor over it.

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