Scam warning for martial arts schools

[Kung Fu Wang105]

based on the email. Blocked it, reported it as Spam and deleted it

Not sure to click Spam and delete is enough.

About 2 weeks ago, I received 670 Email in 1 day (I don't trust my old computer and I bought a new computer next day). I had to go through each unknown email as:

- Click ...
- Click Block senders.
- Check box - Block all future email.
- Check box - Delete all existing email.
- Click OK.

Not sure if this will stop those unknown email from coming. I'm still doing this every day. Those unknown email get less and less. That's a good sign.

My AI told me:

When you block an email address in Yahoo Mail, that address is permanently added to your Blocked Senders list.

When you click “Spam”:​

• Yahoo moves that email to the Spam folder
• Yahoo’s filter learns that this type of message is unwanted
• Future emails from that sender are more likely to go to Spam automatically

But:

It does NOT permanently block the sender​

It does NOT prevent them from emailing you again​

It does NOT delete all past emails from that sender​

So “Spam” is helpful, but it’s not a true block.

 

[Xue Sheng99]

Not sure to click Spam and delete is enough.

About 2 weeks ago, I received 670 Email in 1 day (I don't trust my old computer and I bought a new computer next day). I had to go through each unknown email as:

- Click ...
- Click Block senders.
- Check box - Block all future email.
- Check box - Delete all existing email.
- Click OK.

Not sure if this will stop those unknown email from coming. I'm still doing this every day. Those unknown email get less and less. That's a good sign.

My AI told me:

When you block an email address in Yahoo Mail, that address is permanently added to your Blocked Senders list.

When you click “Spam”:​

• Yahoo moves that email to the Spam folder
• Yahoo’s filter learns that this type of message is unwanted
• Future emails from that sender are more likely to go to Spam automatically

But:

It does NOT permanently block the sender​

It does NOT prevent them from emailing you again​

It does NOT delete all past emails from that sender​

So “Spam” is helpful, but it’s not a true block.

Thank you, but just as a reminder, in the world outside of MT, i am an IT guy who spent some time it IT security.

And i know all that already, no AI needed . Yahoo, recently changed to labeling things Spam, which then should send these to your spam folder… so the still show up, but they are supposed to end up in your spam folder. When this happened to my wife yahoo had a blocked list and once on that list, you never saw it again, why they moved away from that, i can only assume they want to force you to the paid version to get that functionality. Or they just plain are idiots. Or both

However, even with a block list. If the email you blocked is annoying@spam123. All they need to do to get around the list is change it to annoying@spam124. And they did, and they do, it all the time

Also, you do need to occasionally check the Spam folder because legitimate emails do end up in there from time to time. However, if you don’t recognize it , delete it… but sadly, the way Yahoo is setup now, it likely will be back in your spam folder the next day, if not sooner

 

[HighKick]

I just recently had a run in with something that I would consider a scam.
Someone contacted me requesting private martial arts lessons. I don't offer private martial arts lessons for a family of 5. but this time I thought why not maybe they will like Jow Ga enough to join the class. After all it would mean 5 more students would join. I was asked if I accepted credit card payments.

Things that were strange to me in the order I took notice.

1. Contacted me through an old email that used to get a lot of spam. The only place this email is located is on Facebook. I designed my website to help minimize spam and scams. So when I saw the email, I was basically saying WTF?
2. They did not want to discuss class over the phone or email. They only wanted to text. Not a big red flag but text is the worse way to share a lot of information.
3. I was asked if my school provided martial arts/fitness training. This was another WTF moment for me. I thought that question would be easy to answer if the person actually visited the website.
4. The ages of the 5 children were 15,16,17, 20, 21. Not saying that it's not possible, just unusual that they all would want to take a private martial arts lesson, and that their ages would be in a type grouping like that.
5. My school has a family plan and a discount coupon that would allow the 5 children to get 2 months of training for $90. This blew my potential customer away and he responded in shock. "For the five People?" I'm not sure about the the other father, mothers, and the like out there, but I don't refer to my children nor my family members as "For the People." Referring to one's family as People does not seem like something a person would say about family relations.
6. I was asked if I could do a Favor. At this point I'm thinking ... oh boy. One would have thought that $90 for 2 months training for 5 children was a good enough deal, but a Favor too?
7. After asking about the Favor, the person replied that they were Ready to Deposit $1000 for 2 months of training 5 children. Deposit is a strange word to use for this type of transaction. But they also wanted me to charge $3000 on the credit card and forward that money to a Driver that was responsible for getting the kids to the school to train. The reason why I had to forward the money to the Driver was because the Driver didn't have credit card facilities.

My last reply was professional and I simply said that I couldn't help them with that. So if you get a similar request about private lessons, then leave it alone. Don't let your greed cause you to make a bad decisions.

This is a sadly all too common money laundering scam.
Long shot but since your business is new, it is possible that the way or where you advertised raised red flags and you are being vetted.