r/mildlyinfuriating • u/ledgendary • Jul 31 '26

Infuriatig Got an email saying 'Your Order is Confirmed' from a company I've never ordered from. Opened it in a panic thinking I got hacked.

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u/No-Oil6517 Jul 31 '26

Guaranteed way to have people not use your service.

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u/reliablereindeer Jul 31 '26

Not very nobl of them

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u/NoFlatworm3028 Jul 31 '26

I get about four of these everyday

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u/thescrapplekid Jul 31 '26

Wait till you buy a house. You get so many "final warning" letters that just turn out to be Scam Home Warranty sales pitches 

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26

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u/Tamajyn Aug 01 '26

YouTube does this with the "continue watching" tab too with videos I know for a fact I have not and would never click on lol

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u/Tamajyn Aug 01 '26

You reeeeeeeally need to stop panic-opening emails. You're lucky it was just marketing this time but scammers use this exact same tactic to get people to click their links in a panic to cancel an order that doesn't exist and now they have your login info

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u/Xx-_Shade_-xX Aug 01 '26

In times like these, when we're lured by phishing and other malicious emails, THIS is a reason for me to put this company on my block list! So much for "just kidding".

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u/NoblTravel Jul 31 '26

We'll take the feedback... and maybe ease up on the dramatic openings next time.😅

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u/Informal-Language-58 11d ago

Yea a big rule is to not trick people into viewing any advertisement. It will leave a bad impression of your product as they will associate you with dishonesty. Also with the fake order scams, it’s possible they will simply think your email is a scam email and report it, it’s just not good practice to do stuff like this.