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25 Feb 2022, 2:52 pm

Lidl is a UK store that I never go to, but today me and my boyfriend went in there on the off chance. I left my phone at home and I didn't use my card to pay for anything, and when we bought stuff my boyfriend used cash. I don't have a membership card or anything. But later today I had a spam-type email from Lidl saying "welcome new customer" or something like that.

How did they know who we were and my email address? And no, we didn't give our email addresses to get a receipt, we just got a printed receipt there and then.

Spooky. Or am I being dumb and missing something?


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25 Feb 2022, 3:11 pm

It could have been just random spam that you noticed because you just had been there.


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25 Feb 2022, 3:50 pm

Facial recognition technology?


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25 Feb 2022, 4:14 pm

Joe90 wrote:
But later today I had a spam-type email from Lidl saying "welcome new customer" or something like that.
How did they know who we were and my email address? And no, we didn't give our email addresses to get a receipt, we just got a printed receipt there and then.

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It could have been just random spam that you noticed because you just had been there.


Hey Y'all;

I went playing in Google and found several articles like these, from several countries, from 2022, 2021, and 2020,
Will bet it was the following kind of thing, and as said, just a coincidence of timing,

https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/2 ... email-scam
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https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-world ... rs-5810948
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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle ... r-22117991

:arrow: from first article linked above,
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What is Lidl email scam?
Usually, phishing emails are disguised as official letters from legitimate companies, organizations (for example, banks, couriers). Scammers use these emails to trick recipients into providing personal information (for example, credit card details, login credentials).
This particular email is disguised as a letter from Lidl (a European grocery store). Scammers use it to trick recipients into entering personal information on a phishing website.


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25 Feb 2022, 5:15 pm

^ Thanks, that looks like the most likely explanation!

Hope you didn't give them your personal info, Joe.


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25 Feb 2022, 7:26 pm

magz wrote:
^ Thanks, that looks like the most likely explanation!

Hope you didn't give them your personal info, Joe.


No, I just saw the title subject and deleted it, I don't waste my time with spam emails.


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25 Feb 2022, 7:47 pm

Your bank might be sending you offers based on your transaction activity. Did you use your card there?



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25 Feb 2022, 8:52 pm

r00tb33r wrote:
Your bank might be sending you offers based on your transaction activity. Did you use your card there?


I already said in my OP no. I didn't even pay, my boyfriend did, and he used cash he pulled straight from his pocket.


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26 Feb 2022, 12:00 am

Joe90 wrote:
r00tb33r wrote:
Your bank might be sending you offers based on your transaction activity. Did you use your card there?


I already said in my OP no. I didn't even pay, my boyfriend did, and he used cash he pulled straight from his pocket.

Victim of TL;DR. Sorry I have a short attention span.

We do shop at Lidl around here, tasty things come from there. Also slippers. :lol:



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26 Feb 2022, 1:22 am

no its weird



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26 Feb 2022, 1:24 am

r00tb33r wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
r00tb33r wrote:
Your bank might be sending you offers based on your transaction activity. Did you use your card there?


I already said in my OP no. I didn't even pay, my boyfriend did, and he used cash he pulled straight from his pocket.

Victim of TL;DR. Sorry I have a short attention span.

We do shop at Lidl around here, tasty things come from there. Also slippers. :lol:


they had a nice fleece the other day...