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ipsos scam? Is someone using ipsos name to send fake emails? phishing?

September 23, 2019 03:15AM
For at least a week I have been getting a pair of emails several times a day. They are the same email messages sent over and over. I asked them to stop, but there was no reply. I thought about blocking, but I do not want to block the entire ipsos domain. The emails come from cassie.otte@ipsos.com. Can someone tell me if this is a legitimate ipsos email, or is it a fake phishing email?
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September 23, 2019 05:39AM
Nope, they are real and as annoying as all get out.
I sort by name and delete them in batches.
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September 23, 2019 01:42PM
Cassie used to be a scheduler with ACL. You would have to go into your IPSOS sassie account and turn off your emails to get them to stop. I emailed her just to ask her why she keeps sending me emails without the states in alphabetical order and she didn't reply to mine, either. My state isn't even listed in her emails, but it's harder to scan and sort through quickly when they aren't in alphabetical order. I don't want to turn off emails in my Sassie account with them because there might be some other shops I want to do, watching some inquiry shops from another scheduler where the bonuses are slowly increasing and I am just waiting...
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September 27, 2019 06:08PM
As annoying as it is, its just easier to batch delete as SoCalMama stated. I have found some gems in those mass emails.

A Dad shopping the Ark-LA-Tex and beyond.
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September 28, 2019 02:17AM
I always look at the states and then delete. It is always worth a few seconds to look.
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September 29, 2019 03:51PM
She is sending an insane amount of emails! She should know that when people see so many emails from a scheduler that do not apply to them the recipient tends to ignore all of them after a while.
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October 01, 2019 03:02AM
It seems fake. I have been a member of Ipsos for many years and they rarely every email me about anything! When I need an answer to something; they take forever to answer me. Report it as phishing and if you want to email IPSOS, go Directly to their webpage & ask them if they emailed you. Maybe you will get a response.
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October 01, 2019 03:08AM
@vsull7 wrote:

It seems fake. I have been a member of Ipsos for many years and they rarely every email me about anything! When I need an answer to something; they take forever to answer me. Report it as phishing and if you want to email IPSOS, go Directly to their webpage & ask them if they emailed you. Maybe you will get a response.


First of all, you find out if it's phishing first, otherwise, you could be falsely reporting someone. Secondly, if you had taken the time to read prior replies, this is an actual person sending out email blasts.The shops she's trying to fill can be found on the Job Board. It's annoying, but it is legit.
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October 02, 2019 07:10PM
Recently IPSOS took over GFK, which uses the Sassie platform. They send out email blasts about shops using the Sassie platform. It's not fake. Do not report it as phishing.


@vsull7 wrote:

It seems fake. I have been a member of Ipsos for many years and they rarely every email me about anything! When I need an answer to something; they take forever to answer me. Report it as phishing and if you want to email IPSOS, go Directly to their webpage & ask them if they emailed you. Maybe you will get a response.
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October 03, 2019 04:19AM
I have been getting emails from IPSOS regularly for years. Reporting something as phishing (presumably, you mean reporting it to your email provider) is a serious step since you cite no evidence. Email providers tend to block known phishing accounts, so this should not be something that is done lightly since it could impact hundreds of other people. "It seems fake" does not impress me as evidence, especially, since others stated that it was a real email, days before you arrived as a new member. We welcome new members, and I welcome you, but I implore you to read previous replies.
@vsull7 wrote:

It seems fake. I have been a member of Ipsos for many years and they rarely every email me about anything! When I need an answer to something; they take forever to answer me. Report it as phishing and if you want to email IPSOS, go Directly to their webpage & ask them if they emailed you. Maybe you will get a response.

Shopping South Jersey, Southeast Pennsylvania, and Delaware above the canal since 2008
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October 04, 2019 05:15AM
@myst4au wrote:

I have been getting emails from IPSOS regularly for years. Reporting something as phishing (presumably, you mean reporting it to your email provider) is a serious step since you cite no evidence. Email providers tend to block known phishing accounts, so this should not be something that is done lightly since it could impact hundreds of other people. "It seems fake" does not impress me as evidence, especially, since others stated that it was a real email, days before you arrived as a new member. We welcome new members, and I welcome you, but I implore you to read previous replies.
@vsull7 wrote:

It seems fake. I have been a member of Ipsos for many years and they rarely every email me about anything! When I need an answer to something; they take forever to answer me. Report it as phishing and if you want to email IPSOS, go Directly to their webpage & ask them if they emailed you. Maybe you will get a response.

Seems very odd:

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