Identifying GeekyMart E-mail

From time to time, you might receive e-mails that look like they come from GeekyMart.com, but they are, in fact, falsified. Often these e-mails direct you to a website that looks similar to the GeekyMart.com website, where you might be asked to provide account information such as your e-mail address and password combination.

Unfortunately, these false Websites can steal sensitive information, and this information may be used to commit fraud. Some phishing messages contain potential viruses or malware that can detect passwords or sensitive data. We recommend that you install an anti-virus program and keep it up to date at all times.

Below are some key points to look for to identify these e-mails:

1. Know what GeekyMart.com won’t ask for

GeekyMart.com will never ask you for the following information in an e-mail communication:

• Your social security number or tax identification number
• Your mother’s maiden name
• Your GeekyMart.com password

2. Requests to verify or confirm your account information

GeekyMart.com will not ask you to verify or confirm your GeekyMart.com account information by clicking on a link from an e-mail. However, if you join our newsletter, you will be asked to click on a link to confirm your subscription, keep note that, you WILL NOT be asked to key in any particulars, including your password.

3. Attachments on suspicious e-mails

GeekyMart.com does not send order confirmations or other unsolicited requests that require you to open attachments. We recommend that you do not open any e-mail attachments from suspicious or unknown sources. If you receive a suspicious e-mail allegedly sent from GeekyMart.com that contains an attachment, we recommend that you forward the e-mail to our Marketing Team (as an attachment if possible) without opening it. Delete the mail after you send it. If you opened an attachment in the e-mail, we recommend running anti-virus or anti-malware software.

4. Grammatical or typographical errors

Be on the lookout for poor grammar or typographical errors. Some phishing e-mails are translated from other languages or are sent without being proofread, and as a result, contain bad grammar or typographical errors.

5. Check the return address

Is the e-mail from GeekyMart.com? While phishers often send forged e-mail to make it look like it came from GeekyMart.com, you can sometimes determine whether or not it’s authentic by checking the return address. If the “from” line of the e-mail looks like “geekymart123@hotmail.com” or “geekymart-fraud@msn.com,” or contains the name of another Internet service provider, you can be sure it is a fraudulent e-mail.

6. Check the Web site address

Genuine GeekyMart.com websites are always hosted on the “geekymart.com” domain, “http://www.geekymart.com/. . . “. Sometimes the link included in spoofed e-mails looks like a genuine GeekyMart.com address. You can check where it actually points to by hovering your mouse over the link, the actual website where it points to will be shown in the status bar at the bottom of your browser window or as a pop-up.

We never use a web address such as “http://security-geekymart.com/. . .” or an IP address (string of numbers) followed by directories such as “http://123.456.789.123/geekymart.com/. . . .”

Alternately, sometimes the spoofed e-mail is set up such that if you click anywhere on the text you are taken to the fraudulent web site. GeekyMart.com will never send an e-mail that does this. If you accidentally click on such an e-mail and go to a spoofed website, do not enter any information and just close that browser window.

7. If an e-mail looks suspicious, go directly to the GeekyMart.com website

When in doubt, do not click the link included in an e-mail. Just go directly to www.geekymart.com and click “Your Account” in the top right menu to view recent purchases, or review your account information. If you cannot access your account, or if you see anything suspicious, contact our Marketing Team immediately.

8. Do not “unsubscribe”

Never follow any instructions contained in a forged e-mail that claim to provide a method for “unsubscribing”. Many spammers use these “unsubscribe” processes to create a list of valid, working e-mail addresses. To unsubscribing to our newsletter, please kindly contact our Marketing Team

9. Protect your account information

If you did click through from a spoofed or suspicious e-mail and you entered your GeekyMart.com account information you should immediately update your GeekyMart.com password. You can do this through Your Account, change a password and remember to save the page after.

Even if someone has been able to look at your account, they are still not able to see your full credit card information as we do not place any credit card information in the account page. However, orders can be placed using your account so please contact our Marketing Team immediately if you notice any orders that you do not recognize.

Report to us Immediately

If you have received an e-mail you know is a forgery, or if you think you have been a victim of a phishing attack and you are concerned about your GeekyMart.com account, please contact our Marketing Team immediately.