{"id":416,"date":"2013-01-25T19:41:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T00:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paymentconsulting.net\/?p=416"},"modified":"2013-01-25T19:41:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T00:41:55","slug":"scam-alert-if-you-get-this-read-below-re-steve-has-sent-you-an-ecard-from-americangreetings-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/?p=416","title":{"rendered":"SCAM ALERT-IF YOU GET THIS READ BELOW Re: Steve has sent you an ecard from AmericanGreetings.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a pretty good hoax. I got this today but when I clicked on the link it took me to a zip file instead of an eCard at Americangreetings. I hate to think what happens if you open the zip file. I have already verifed its a hoax with americangreetings. If you get similar you can send to  security@americangreetings.com<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you do don&#8217;t open the folder!<\/p>\n<p>On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Ecard from AmericanGreetings.com <ecards@email.americangreeting.com> wrote:<\/p>\n<p>    Dear Bill Hoidas,<\/p>\n<p>    Steve has sent you an ecard from AmericanGreetings.com<\/p>\n<p>    To view your ecard, just click the link below:<br \/>\n    http:\/\/www.americangreetings.com\/ecards\/view.pd?i=2343515831&#038;m=2694&#038;rr=y&#038;source=ag999<\/p>\n<p>    For your security, if you&#8217;d prefer not to click on links within this email:<br \/>\n    1. Type http:\/\/www.americangreetings.com\/?source=ag999&#038;rr=y into your web browser<br \/>\n    2. Locate the ecard pickup link in the upper right-hand corner of the page<br \/>\n    3. Enter the following code &#8211;> 23435158312694<\/p>\n<p>    Please do not reply to this email. To help resolve your issue or question, go to:<br \/>\n    http:\/\/www.americangreetings.com\/help\/index.pd?source=ag999<\/p>\n<p>    To read about email protection, type<br \/>\n    http:\/\/www.americangreetings.com\/emailprotection into your web browser.<\/p>\n<p>    Your Friends at AmericanGreetings.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a pretty good hoax. I got this today but when I clicked on the link it took me to a zip file instead of an eCard at Americangreetings. I hate to think what happens if you open the zip file. I have already verifed its a hoax with americangreetings. If you get similar &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/?p=416\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SCAM ALERT-IF YOU GET THIS READ BELOW Re: Steve has sent you an ecard from AmericanGreetings.com<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paymentconsulting.net\/Blog\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}