Hello folks. I just wanted to warn and also ask for any general advice about a recent situation.
My Gmail account was leaked online years ago, and I started receiving a mountain of spam and crap. All good, I did my due diligence and adjusted my spam/block filters pretty well. I still get dozens of scam emails daily, but they go straight to junk. No sweat.
The disturbing part is that recently I’ve been getting scam emails from names of close family members. The emails just say generic crap like “oh I think you would like these pictures” and a shady link is provided.
I haven’t clicked on any of these links, but for the last 6 weeks they have emailed me sometimes multiple times a day with different close family member names (even my own name once lol).
Why would a scammer spend that much time looking up different family member names and keep trying for over a month just for me? It seems like it’s just for me since they’ve looked up half my family’s names to use as the sender.
Obviously I’m never clicking on any of it, and they go straight to junk/trash. But still disturbing and was wondering if anybody had insight on what the deal is with these people.