tsar4 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I don't game. I haven't signed up for anything in weeks. None of my software is in anyway related to this and none of my accounts have been charged - what's the scam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 https://www.entertainment-focus.com/technology-section/tech-reviews/xsplit-vcam-review/ I just googled it. No idea why you'd get emails like that if you didn't purchase it unless it is a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 18 minutes ago, PhilosipherStoned said: https://www.entertainment-focus.com/technology-section/tech-reviews/xsplit-vcam-review/ I just googled it. No idea why you'd get emails like that if you didn't purchase it unless it is a scam. I had too, but I got stuff about gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Well From all the links I saw it looked like a green screen platform for streamers on a budget. I have no idea though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 hour ago, tsar4 said: I don't game. I haven't signed up for anything in weeks. None of my software is in anyway related to this and none of my accounts have been charged - what's the scam? Could be a password farm, the confirmation email bounces to both of you and they stay on top of it. Could be one of those places you can display password characters. Could just be an ad since you made a purchase from a related service, XSplit makes me think it's related to cable providers for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 minute ago, RainyDayJizz#35 said: Could be a password farm, the confirmation email bounces to both of you and they stay on top of it. Could be one of those places you can display password characters. Could just be an ad since you made a purchase from a related service, XSplit makes me think it's related to cable providers for some reason. I was kinda thinking the former. They sucker people in to either complaining they didn't order this (confirming live email) or clicking a bogus link or thinking, "hey, some schlub bought this & they think it's me...free service/whatever". I'm not taking whatever the bait is, but all of those possibilities seem rather weak for the email effort. I would think there'd be an obvious cash grab involved, but other than the $39.95 receipt ($48 something after taxes) that I haven't shucked out any bucks for, I don't see any means of getting someone's funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 hour ago, tsar4 said: I was kinda thinking the former. They sucker people in to either complaining they didn't order this (confirming live email) or clicking a bogus link or thinking, "hey, some schlub bought this & they think it's me...free service/whatever". I'm not taking whatever the bait is, but all of those possibilities seem rather weak for the email effort. I would think there'd be an obvious cash grab involved, but other than the $39.95 receipt ($48 something after taxes) that I haven't shucked out any bucks for, I don't see any means of getting someone's funds. 20% tax rate? seems legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 47 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: 20% tax rate? seems legit. VAT tax. Probably because it was a Brit site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezebelthenun Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Xsplit is streaming software. Do the emails use a name/username? Is it possible someone typed in an email wrong and it was yours instead? As a precaution, check your credit card/paypal statements and change your email password. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 2 hours ago, jezebelthenun said: Xsplit is streaming software. Do the emails use a name/username? Is it possible someone typed in an email wrong and it was yours instead? As a precaution, check your credit card/paypal statements and change your email password. Already said I checked my accounts (nothing out of the ordinary) and I never use paypal. As for the username, I'd have no way of knowing if someone misspelled the one I use on gmail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezebelthenun Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Already said I checked my accounts (nothing out of the ordinary) and I never use paypal. As for the username, I'd have no way of knowing if someone misspelled the one I use on gmail. I just mean is your email something that someone might mistype easily (a name and suffix, for instance, that might have slight variations like johnsmits vs johnsmita), or is it crazy? As far as usernames, I meant in the emails that were sent, did it say, "Hi Tsar123, blahblahblah" or "here's your account info username: blablabla password: blahblahblah. Edited August 12, 2020 by jezebelthenun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, jezebelthenun said: I just mean is your email something that someone might mistype easily (a name and suffix, for instance, that might have slight variations like johnsmits vs johnsmita), or is it crazy? As far as usernames, I meant in the emails that were sent, did it say, "Hi Tsar123, blahblahblah" or "here's your account info username: blablabla password: blahblahblah. Nope, nothing like that at all. The only place my gmail id appears is in the header, nowhere in the body. The receipt email is just a transaction email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 you got drunk thought you could be the next ninja then were like nah and forgot about it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, Poof said: you got drunk thought you could be the next ninja then were like nah and forgot about it No booze in the house. No drink, no drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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