Question about email referencing Goodreads

TheSmitty · 02-06-2018, 01:09 PM

I got an email today saying i got a message from Goodreads which was from person (his name included) mentioning that I liked a certain type of book occasionally. He mentioned one of his books with a link to go to in which if I enter the specified "promo code" I could get a free copy. Amazon lists the book with the person name.

I assume this is a scam (clickbait) as when I checked my goodreads it does not show that I received a message. I of course have not clicked on the link nor did my email account download images.

Just thought I would mention this. I do not recall that Goodreads exposes your email address (nor does mobileread?) so unsure how I got on this one.

kansaskyle · 02-06-2018, 02:00 PM

I get those types of emails a lot, but they usually say I've read a book and posted an Amazon review. I think Amazon exposes our emails if you review stuff.

acprinter · 02-06-2018, 02:00 PM

I received the same email several days ago and just sent it to the recycle because it looked like a scam.

02-06-2018, 01:09 PM	#1
TheSmitty Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 1181422 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: DFW, TX area Device: Paperwhite SE, Libra 2, Oasis 3, Boox Note Air 3C, iPad Pro 11	Question about email referencing Goodreads I got an email today saying i got a message from Goodreads which was from person (his name included) mentioning that I liked a certain type of book occasionally. He mentioned one of his books with a link to go to in which if I enter the specified "promo code" I could get a free copy. Amazon lists the book with the person name. I assume this is a scam (clickbait) as when I checked my goodreads it does not show that I received a message. I of course have not clicked on the link nor did my email account download images. Just thought I would mention this. I do not recall that Goodreads exposes your email address (nor does mobileread?) so unsure how I got on this one.

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02-06-2018, 02:00 PM	#2
kansaskyle Addict Posts: 245 Karma: 765530 Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Austin, TX Device: Kobo Aura One & Forma, Kindle Voyage, PW, and Oasis 3	I get those types of emails a lot, but they usually say I've read a book and posted an Amazon review. I think Amazon exposes our emails if you review stuff.

02-06-2018, 02:00 PM	#3
acprinter Groupie Posts: 156 Karma: 3141364 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Jackson, CA Device: Paperwhite 11th generation	I received the same email several days ago and just sent it to the recycle because it looked like a scam.