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KevinFischer
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
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I got a suspicious email from Dropbox asking me to upload files

I know this isn't really a "security and permissions" question, but I just got a suspicious email from "Dropbox" that is concerning. Is this a scam?  Please note that the HTML has been altered by t...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 years ago

    Thanks, Kevin.

     

    The upload link doesn't look like anything suspicious, nor does the email itself, to be honest; it seems to be a legit Dropbox email.

     

    But do you know the person in the email? If not, you can either forward the email itself to abuse@dropbox.com, if it seems suspicious, or simply just ignore it.

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vidaguapo
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Yep, got the same style email requesting info for dropbox.  I have never paid for dropbox so I know they have no debit info.

I received 2 emails actually, one from Martin Fernandez, another from Kenneth Willis. Both want me to click on a link which I never do.

I would suspect this is a SCAM

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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey vidaguapo - thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Could you please clarify if those emails are coming from an official Dropbox domain or not? 

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