STRANGE EMAIL from 'Synchrony Bank"....

[Broke_Triathlete]

Rght click on the link and scroll to properties. It'll show the URL that it goes to and I'm sure it's not either Synchrony or Wells Fargo.

[core]

It's not phishing but it's close.  The reason it tried to open a .pdf was to infect your computer.  This is the reason you often get vague spam emails with pdf's as attachments.  If your copy of Acrobat Reader is reasonably up-to-date you should have little to worry about.  They are looking for older unpatched copies.  And no, they weren't looking to install a keylogger to get your personal info.  The 'sucker rate' is too low and they don't care about one person's info with these numbers.  Your machine is much more valuable as a botnet node, 100x more valuable than having your SSN.

Do try not to fall for these things in the future.  If it had turned out to be phishing rather than malware, you could have been in trouble.

[OmarGB9]

Sounds like a phishing scam. I would run a system check using an anti virus or anti malware program on your computer seeing as how you clicked on a link within the email. Might've compromised your computer.

[taxi818]

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@OmarGB9 wrote:
Sounds like a phishing scam. I would run a system check using an anti virus or anti malware program on your computer seeing as how you clicked on a link within the email. Might've compromised your computer.

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It could be phishing. But it could also be that back in April. iirc. Before Wells Fargo Took over. All over Dillards accounts were in fact. serviced by Synchrony. So when you applied at that time. before the take over this is exactly what you could have recieved. even if you don't actually remember that on a specific date it was known that Wells fargo would be taking over.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Don't waste your time. It's a phish that didn't come from either company.

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Of course it's not from either one of them. That's precisely why they need to know about it. Their name is being misused to possibly get peopls'e information.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Don't waste your time. It's a phish that didn't come from either company.

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Of course it's not from either one of them. That's precisely why they need to know about it. Their name is being misused to possibly get peopls'e information.

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And they would do absolutely nothing about it because there is nothing they can do about it.

[Anonymous]

Check your CRA's.  It does sound like they just wanted you to open that PDF file.  I ditch them all of mine.  Well, except the ones I actually go online to view.  Would not and never will open any of them no matter who they're from.  I go directly to the site and login and open it.  

[kdm31091]

If you did not contact them recently in such a way that they'd need to email you back about it, don't open the email/pdf. It's a scam.

Telling them will do nothing as captool said, because scammers will do what they do regardless of whether Synchrony knows about it or not.

[pizza1]

Omg! I feel so dumb right about now, LOL!!! I just saw the synch bank in the heading and clicked on it!! I did this in this phone, which is practically a computer it's the iPhone 6+. I hope I didn't do anything to screw up my phone and Mac computer!! What do I do now?!! Can I run spyware on my phone. Now I'm more freaked out!

[core]

iPhone?  Don't worry about it then.  Seriously you're fine.  Malware spammers target Windows machines because that's where the numbers are.  And a bot running on a cheesy phone isn't useful for running traffic through it.  Besides, I'm sure everything on your phone is updated continuously.