Scammers are into everything these days

Stevo7682

Stevo7682

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Scammers are into absolutely everything it seems these days
Just got this email :banghead:

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I got that last night too, but this morning it has been deleted. Has all yours?

Tony.
 
According to telephone calls, my non-existent Amazon Prime account has been renewed at least 20 times this year alone

A great YouTube channel to watch is Scammer Payback ~ you get to see how these scammers work and how he closes them down
Funniest parts are when he winds them up so much they lose it and start swearing back at him (NSFW)
 
Synclare said:
Trouble is one day a genuine e-mail will come along and everyone will think "Yeah, right"
Click to expand...

At the start of Covid I got an email from a Market Research company saying I had won £500 on filling in a questionnaire from Barclaycard. It came from a private email address as the sender said was working from home. It asked me to confirm I had an Amazon account and said I would hear further from him. As it had no option for me open anything I could see no harm in replying, so I did. A few weeks later I received another email saying I would be receiving an Amazon voucher for £500 and a few minutes later an email from Amazon confirming my account had received the £500 voucher. Checked Amazon account I had actually got the money. I was sure that it was con.
 
Our recent experiences are with Facebook Market place. Listed a few items from kitchen re-vamp and within 30 seconds there is a `is this still available ' question followed by a message that I am busy at work at the moment so will send a courier to pick it up. It then goes on that the courier will bring me the cash but there is a refundable insurance payment that the seller needs to pay.
I played them along on one occasion and duly received an email from the `courier', using a well known name, with a click link button to pay insurance. Wonder how many fall for that?
Sent the email to the fraud team at the genuine courier's site who confirmed it was a fraud attempt.
Reported it to Facebook together with a copy of the fraud team email but Facebook's algorithm decided there was nothing wrong and re-instated user account.:rage::rage:
 
I had a scam Lloyds bank call from 07557 381657 (Vodafone) telling me I had an unplanned £900 payment going out. I hung up and rang Lloyds who confirmed it was a scam. I rang the number from a Payphone and a chap who didn't sound very Lloyds but possibly Nigerian answered.

"Elo?"

"Elo?"


:rolleyes:
 
There’s been a big uptick in cyber attacks in general the last few months, got an email from Autodoc the other day saying their systems have been compromised recently. A lot of big tech companies (that you think would know better) have been attacked successfully to some degree the last few months. So it follows that the low level stuff like this will also be on the increase.

Usual rules apply…
  • Be wary of any links you click, and likewise any file you get emailed
  • Don’t enter your details without checking the site you’re on
  • use strong passwords
  • Use a unique password for each site
  • make sure whatever brand of phone/tablet/laptop/computer you use is up to date
Stay safe peeps.
 
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