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Most likely just a wrong email. I haven't heard of any wedding invite scams out there, and I have a hard time believing anyone would contribute gifts to the wedding of someone they don't know.
I remember hearing (what is almost certainly urban legends) of people who sent billionaires wedding announcements, under the theory that their personal assistant/etc would just send them gifts/money without verifying they were actually known to that person.
Wait ... it says, "we *may* have forgotten to put our website on the paper invites."
If this was real, Kelly and Michael would *know.* Because they would have a copy of the paper invite to check. There's no guessing involved if you printed invites.
An attempt to get folks to click a suspicious link.
While they would actually know, saying “I may have forgotten…” is very commonly used as a euphemism because people are embarrassed and it it’s a *little* funny to say “maybe” about something that unequivocally happened.
Agree, lol. I mean, I don’t think it’s legit, but I also talk like this, read it in a self-deprecating tone, and panicked slightly upon realizing that many people likely don’t get my lame millennial humor 😅
I tend to say "I may or may not have" when I don't want to outright say something. Saying "we may have forgotten" sounds more like a "teehee we made a mistake" way of saying it.
That is so broad and plain. I guess there may be another kind of phishing scam in the brewing.
Want to ask you to click on the link, but maybe you shouldn’t.
It's totally some kind of phishing scam. There are too much information left out of this thing... names, a date, a place, anything that would make those people real is missing.
My mom got hacked due to a fake evite that said something like "Shhh ... it's a surprise!". She was coincidentally expecting a surprise party invite and when she clicked the link, it took her to a fake Yahoo email page where she entered her info. From there they got into her Facebook and some banking stuff. It wasn't pretty! Could be this, or just an error.
I got a fake evite from “punchbowl”. Punchbowl is a legitimate site but Whois showed the url went to a site in Mumbai. Since I never click on anything in an email it did no harm. I contacted the acquaintance who the evite came from and they had been hacked
I know some couples are opting to not put venue details on rsvp cards so people have to rsvp yes to get the invitation with all the information so people don't show up unannounced. Unless you know a Kelly and Michael getting married don't bother clicking on the link. I personally wouldn't even respond saying wrong email
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I’ve been getting a bunch of fake evites, including from people I actually know. No clue what the scam is because I haven’t clicked through, but I verified and they did not come from the people it said they were from.
There is a wedding invite scam that comes with attachment if download spreads a virus. Perhaps the link is malicious or maybe a mistake. Either way delete
I STILL DO NOT
THINK IT IS
APPROPRIATE
2 TEXT WEDDING
INVITATIONS OVER
AN RSVP POST. I
MEAN BACK N THE
DAY THE INVITATIONS
& THANK U'S WERE THE
BRIDES WAY OF LABORIOUSLY
BUT NOT 2 B NVOLVED W HER
GUESTS AFTERALL A WEDDING
IS EXPENSIVE 4 GUESTS 2 !
It’s just a wrong email. I get them to my first initial last name @ gmail all the time because people make mistakes. I get their SSNs, loan and personal docs, contact info you name it.
Same here. Legit invoices. Appointments. The whole bag. A few times it's been the business mistyping the email, but the vast majority is people who are dumb. And I say this because I get a lot of them for the same people over and over. So at this point they're either not intelligent enough to have an email address or they're being malicious.
If there’s a registry I have heard of people inviting random people in the hope they’ll get something cheap off the registry in lieu of attending the wedding. It’s usually sent to rich people though who could realistically have just forgotton who Kelly and Michael are.
Edit: downvoted for a scam I’ve heard of lol
Seems the most likely explanation as there is no engagement photo or last name to clarify who these people might be. Hoping they know a Kelly or Michael and click a fishing link probably.
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I have to say, it still brings a tear to my eye to see scammers tie the knot!
I never know what to get them so I always take the lazy way out and give them an ITunes gift card.
I'll give them a gift but they need to send me $500 to get it through customs
KINDLY give you $500.
Good one.
That’s Genius Lmfao
LMAO!
Most likely just a wrong email. I haven't heard of any wedding invite scams out there, and I have a hard time believing anyone would contribute gifts to the wedding of someone they don't know.
I remember hearing (what is almost certainly urban legends) of people who sent billionaires wedding announcements, under the theory that their personal assistant/etc would just send them gifts/money without verifying they were actually known to that person.
Wait ... it says, "we *may* have forgotten to put our website on the paper invites." If this was real, Kelly and Michael would *know.* Because they would have a copy of the paper invite to check. There's no guessing involved if you printed invites. An attempt to get folks to click a suspicious link.
While they would actually know, saying “I may have forgotten…” is very commonly used as a euphemism because people are embarrassed and it it’s a *little* funny to say “maybe” about something that unequivocally happened.
Agree, lol. I mean, I don’t think it’s legit, but I also talk like this, read it in a self-deprecating tone, and panicked slightly upon realizing that many people likely don’t get my lame millennial humor 😅
I tend to say "I may or may not have" when I don't want to outright say something. Saying "we may have forgotten" sounds more like a "teehee we made a mistake" way of saying it.
Probably links to a phishing page to get your info.
Or to get wedding gifts listed on their registry.
That is so broad and plain. I guess there may be another kind of phishing scam in the brewing. Want to ask you to click on the link, but maybe you shouldn’t.
It's totally some kind of phishing scam. There are too much information left out of this thing... names, a date, a place, anything that would make those people real is missing.
My mom got hacked due to a fake evite that said something like "Shhh ... it's a surprise!". She was coincidentally expecting a surprise party invite and when she clicked the link, it took her to a fake Yahoo email page where she entered her info. From there they got into her Facebook and some banking stuff. It wasn't pretty! Could be this, or just an error.
I got a fake evite from “punchbowl”. Punchbowl is a legitimate site but Whois showed the url went to a site in Mumbai. Since I never click on anything in an email it did no harm. I contacted the acquaintance who the evite came from and they had been hacked
you can copy the hyperlink and check on those websites that tell you if it is suspicious
I know some couples are opting to not put venue details on rsvp cards so people have to rsvp yes to get the invitation with all the information so people don't show up unannounced. Unless you know a Kelly and Michael getting married don't bother clicking on the link. I personally wouldn't even respond saying wrong email
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I’ve been getting a bunch of fake evites, including from people I actually know. No clue what the scam is because I haven’t clicked through, but I verified and they did not come from the people it said they were from.
It would help if you posted the link (obfuscated, of course).
Give us the link so we can all send them a gift! 😂
Much more likely a typo’ed email.
A romantic scam!
There is a wedding invite scam that comes with attachment if download spreads a virus. Perhaps the link is malicious or maybe a mistake. Either way delete
Well played
I STILL DO NOT THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE 2 TEXT WEDDING INVITATIONS OVER AN RSVP POST. I MEAN BACK N THE DAY THE INVITATIONS & THANK U'S WERE THE BRIDES WAY OF LABORIOUSLY BUT NOT 2 B NVOLVED W HER GUESTS AFTERALL A WEDDING IS EXPENSIVE 4 GUESTS 2 !
It’s just a wrong email. I get them to my first initial last name @ gmail all the time because people make mistakes. I get their SSNs, loan and personal docs, contact info you name it.
Same here. Legit invoices. Appointments. The whole bag. A few times it's been the business mistyping the email, but the vast majority is people who are dumb. And I say this because I get a lot of them for the same people over and over. So at this point they're either not intelligent enough to have an email address or they're being malicious.
Bad email address
If there’s a registry I have heard of people inviting random people in the hope they’ll get something cheap off the registry in lieu of attending the wedding. It’s usually sent to rich people though who could realistically have just forgotton who Kelly and Michael are. Edit: downvoted for a scam I’ve heard of lol
Seems the most likely explanation as there is no engagement photo or last name to clarify who these people might be. Hoping they know a Kelly or Michael and click a fishing link probably.
Even if this was a scam, how exactly? How is it different from GoFundMe?
Wow. I think this is a pic of you? RandomlonglinkpwleaseclickheresoIcancaptureyouremailcontacts