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KevinFischer
Explorer | Level 3
6 months ago

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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KevinFischer
Explorer | Level 3
6 months ago

The reply address was no-reply@dropbox.com.  The name was Pippa [removed per Community Guidelines] on the email, and I don't know this person.  

So you can't really tell where it came from.  However, the send to address was:

[removed per Community Guidelines] which seems totally bogus.

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Nancy
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6 months ago

KevinFischer, did you contact abuse@dropbox.com, like Hannah suggested above?

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    KevinFischer
    Explorer | Level 3
    5 months ago

    Yes, I did.

     

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