Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: john44 on January 19, 2019, 12:03:26 pm
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Hi guys, had a phone call this morning from a representative for Microsoft informing me that my
IP address on my computer has been compromised and bieng used to scam people.
I explained I had not used my computer for over a year but he was insistent I switched it on.
I told him it needed charging up but he was insistent I would be in serious trouble if didn't
Switch my computer on because the scams have been traced back to my IP address.
I told him I will wait for the letter from Microsoft and deal with the so called problem then.
I hung up and sent his number to my junk phone file.
He phoned back straight away and wanted to know why I hung up on him, I said it was because
I didn't want to speak to him, he said you will be in serious trouble if you don't allow me to do
The online repair to your IP address, I told him I was going to hang up and don't call back.
Sent his number to junk again.
Guess what he called again, so I told him to P off and hung up.
Put that number in the junk, he used three different numbers, the phone rang twice after that
But I left it to the answer machine, he dit not leave a message on the answer phone.
I was informed a long time ago when we had computer training at work Microsoft will NEVER
Call if there's a problem they will write and ask you to contact them.
So I worked on that principle,
Please be aware of this he was very persistent.
John
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Shocking.
And, of course, had you let him have remote access to your PC, he'd have shut it down until you paid up £££s.
The thing is, most of us will be using dynamic IP addresses, issued by the servers of whoever we get our broadbands from. The 'dynamic' means they are changed regularly = the original 'representative' was talking bullpoo.
Andy
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I've never actually received such a call, but my answer would be to ask how long Microsoft have owned Apple. I don't actually have an Apple, that's another story, but he doesn't know that. %% %%
Barrie
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I used to get several of these call every week and deal with it as below.
I'll tell them that I'll transfer them to the "department of BS" they normally hangs up and don't call me back :-))
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A friend took a call from a fake Microsoft person and went through with the persons demand it cost him $500 to get his computer open Microsoft does not call anyone to restore their computer do not fall victim to this scam.
Rick
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as said your IP address has nowt to do with Microsoft so he could not fix it anyway.I would just say HOW? I use Onion over VPN he could not get round that situation
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Old scam, but if I have time I always have fun with them and play along when they finally ask me what pc I have it I an Orac Atmos , or zx81 , they tend to go away then {-)
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Time was when I was getting 2-3 of these stupid calls each week, and they all got short shrift from me!
Oddly enough they all had very Asian sounding voices yet have names like Charles, Robert or Simon.......... ok2
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Told him that I was in the process of moving my ip
from my zx81 to a Commodore 64 and he was quite
welcome to upgrade my memory.
Sounded like a splutter and no more call.
'They don't like it up em Captain Mainwaring'
Ned
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I usually engage them in Pidgin English, sometimes part phony German, sometimes Arabic or just tripe to waste their time and money. Do they call Germany in German, Spanish in Spain etc ? Maybe I,ll get caught one day and have to switch to Gaelic ( another language I don't speak but I,ll bet that they won't either.) Some days I`m profoundly deaf but"very interested", lots of "say that agains". {-) {-)
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When one particular guy with a pronounced accent phoned several times about my about my widows I told him what he could do with himself, he got quite upset . I suppose the proposition I put to him was against his religious convictions.
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I either turn straight into Welsh and when they state stop being racist talking in that language I tell them straight im reporting them to the police....they dont call back or I do the classic and say no probs ill just fire up my Amstrad PCW word processor....funnily enough they dont call back
Dave
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I had a call from BT telling me that there was a problem with my internet, I told "Artemis" that I wasn't with BT. Several hours later I had another call from Virgin telling me that BT had rung them telling them about a problem with my Virgin internet. In order to cure the problem all I had to do was tell them my IP address. I did ask why the firm that supposedly supplied my internet needed me to tell them my IP.He then got very angry and threatened to turn off my internet access to which I told him to carry on if he thought he was clever enough and whilst he was at it, could he not ring me back again and ....off as well.
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when I have vhad these types of calls I ask them which machine, then calmly tell them it cant be true as I run linux not windows.
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I try to keep them on the line as long as possible - with my lack of skills and slow booting computer while I don't understand their accent, the crackly line and I tell them all about the lovely curtains on my windows.
36 minutes is my record - just doing my bit to spoil their day. :-))
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When one particular guy with a pronounced accent phoned several times about my about my widows I told him what he could do with himself, he got quite upset . I suppose the proposition I put to him was against his religious convictions.
Interesting Baldrick how many Widows you got? be prepared to have your garden dug up shortly :o
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Interesting Baldrick how many Widows you got? be prepared to have your garden dug up shortly :o
No the Black Ones not the Ex ones I am an arachnid fan.
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When I lived in Finland, I'd wind up the junk callers in English. Now I live here again, I use Finnish. Usually results in a short conversation!
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I always, when convenient, reported them to the ICO. https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/nuisance-calls-and-messages/ Either that or let them listen to the radio for a bit until they got fed up and wandered off. Never immediately effective, but one satisfactory result was that the persistent boiler salesman (and I don't have a gas connection) got some time as a guest of Her Majesty.
Last year Talktalk trialled a service that challenged incoming calls that were from numbers not pre-approved. The scam calls stopped. The free trial has ended and I chanced not paying the extra, but the scammers have not returned. Yet.
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One of these nut jobs phoned me up once and started giving this nonesense about my pc. I let him drone on for a minute or so then told him I work in IT, which Id did at the time, and to stop spouting such utter bullcarp.
People should not fall for this stuff and really shouldnt bother engaging them. they will plant a seed of doubt in some people's mind.
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I haven't had any unwanted calls since I bought BT Call Guardian phones. The caller is asked to give his name before the call is put through. Numbers in the phone memory are allowed through. The computer dialled numbers cannot cope with this.
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One of these nut jobs phoned me up once ...
When I was a Petrol Station Team Leader a year or so ago, I got the occasional call - maybe once a month - about solar panels. "Can you describe your roof?"
"Yes. It's mainly south-facing and covers around 200 square metres. Easy access all round."
"Can we pop over for a survey?"
I'd give them the work address, and they never turned up. ok2
Andy
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I haven't had any unwanted calls since I bought BT Call Guardian phones. The caller is asked to give his name before the call is put through. Numbers in the phone memory are allowed through. The computer dialled numbers cannot cope with this.
That works. I know, I've got one too. I used to suffer with up to nine nuisance calls a day. Mostly BT engineers wanting to take over your computer, or asking about your recent car accident, and PPI pestering. Since I got the BT Call Guardian phone I have not had one get through. A single ring, then it stops. I would highly recommend this phone. Worth every penny. It has never stopped a genuine caller getting through.
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Whilst I agree that "winding up" Scam callers can lead to some "interesting" conversations as well as being a pain, I cannot but feel sorry for anyone reduced to this employment.
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Whilst I agree that "winding up" Scam callers can lead to some "interesting" conversations as well as being a pain, I cannot but feel sorry for anyone reduced to this employment.
I can avoid feeling sorry for them. They are criminals.
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I acknowledge any form of Scam is just that, however we need to be viligent and remember it is the power of the written word
In November 2018 I attempted an installation of a new Norton Ultimate installation [replacement for Norton 360]......within 1 minute on the keying of the Licence Key......a Norton page opened with a British flag, an American flag & and Australian flag......the direction was to telephone the number represented for location
It was a scam..........US dollars $199.00 ....."Click 4 xxx" I reported this to Norton via a help page...but not via telephone...but via a 2 way keyboard message discussion
The very helpful Norton lady suggested that this could not happen [despite my image of the Norton page] and after a full page of backwards & forwards text, she suggested I contact my bank.....so before I concluded my contact with Norton, I copied the full page of contact text
Raised a Scam complaint with my Commonwealth Bank.....& in the description box ....pasted in the complete page works of Norton
The Commonwealth Bank acknowledged my claim & refunded me the AUD$231.0? ........
Back in 2007, the Commonwealth Bank were also aggressive in attaining a refund of GBP223.40 [AUD494.98] >>:-( which was a financial fraud dealing by an employee of a reputable British supplier........[name withheld...I had complete documentary proof of the incident]
Derek
PS...that A/C number ending in 3122 was cancelled in 2007 :-))
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Old thread, but the scammers are still there with extra tricks.
A neighbour called me yesterday worried by a call from HMRC saying they were about to be prosecuted unless they coughed up £2000 rapidly.
She told me the number that they had been called from (good old 1471) and the "secure" number that they told her to ring them back on, which turns out to be the HMRC helpline number. Bear in mind, yesterday was a bank holiday, so a staffed helpline is unlikely.
Technical stuff now - the 1471 number has a string of hits on watchdog style sites as malicious, usually with HMRC refunds involved and them wanting bank details.
Ringing an answer bureau pretty much by definition cannot reach a specific person directly, so thats a mental alarm bell. How does the malicious caller direct the call? They don't. After they tell you to call them back "securely", they don't clear down, they just listen to you dialling, wait a few seconds, and "answer". The unwary, now secure in the knowlege that they are talking to HMRC, hand over their worldly wealth.
So the answer to that one is to call the number, but to do it on a line that has dial tone, and actually listen for said tone.
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My latest after numerous Non fault rta's is the accident at work last year where the employer
did not supply safety gear.
Seeing as I retired at 67 9 years ago my employer is now SWIMBO %) %)
Ned
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...........and yet another. Tries to look like it comes from a government department but the sender address is a giveaway -
epxhta--_xtvurrq@telenet.be - cheeky sods even say, at the bottom of the page,
If you’re unsure an email is from :
Do not reply to it or click on any links - chxwah-znygcaqzc-smfkeo-zqsll-rxcdqnmxzuknuc
Report the suspicious email to Government - to find out how, go to GOV.UK and search for 'Avoid and report internet scams and phishing'
They try to look authentic by giving a warning. Just forward the email to - phishing@hmrc.gov.uk
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when will they learn, email from BT saying they are changing their terms and conditions, click on the link to log in -- oh yes like i would do that, read to the bottom of the page - yes they are still signing it Libby Barr managing director- well, now, how long is it since she has been managing director- in fact BT have a chief executive - not a managing director -- sigh all that trouble and they didnt check their facts.
only 2 emails from that was a genuine one from paypal changing their terms and conditions- saying go to the website and click on legal at the bottom- no links just instructions, well that one was genuine.
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when will they learn, email from BT saying they are changing their terms and conditions, click on the link to log in -- oh yes like i would do that, read to the bottom of the page - yes they are still signing it Libby Barr managing director- well, now, how long is it since she has been managing director- in fact BT have a chief executive - not a managing director -- sigh all that trouble and they didnt check their facts.
only 2 emails from that was a genuine one from paypal changing their terms and conditions- saying go to the website and click on legal at the bottom- no links just instructions, well that one was genuine.
Having worked in IT, this is really one of my pet hates where a company includes a link for you to log in especially when everyone is being told not to do this.
Believe it or not, the credit checking company Im signed into also include a link in their emails for you to log into your account. I actually wrote to them and asked do you know how unsecurity conscious this is for a credit checking company to include email links when you're then trying to educate people not to do this?
They said they'd 'look into it'!
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Only a few weeks ago I had an e-mail from John Lewis ( You know, the company who got Reg Dwight to do their Xmas ad ).. Telling me that they wanted me to click the enclosed box to get to read the revised membership conditions and accept them). Told them several times they were out of order . Checked with them by phone and they assured me the communication was genuine . As clicking the button was the only way you could get to read the new conditions I told them what they could do with their club membership.
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A new one for me, we have two email accounts the old one we use for getting replies for stuff that we know will generate a lot of junk and emails with offers, this is a BT account - anyway, today we had an email that was apparently from BT, though in the email the message had been clipped, it looked like all you had to do was open the 3 dot part to see the rest of the email, a feature usually seen on G mail, I resisted the urge to expand the email and marked it as spam, by clicking the 3 dots I can only imaging the pc being infected with a virus / malware etc, to be clear I have never seen BT yahoo mail use the 3 dots in a message.
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We have a new "twist" to the "BT" scam calls , your phone rings and if you have caller display you will see your OWN phone number... answer it and its a recorded message claiming to be from BT. Its been happening up here in the NE of Scotland for about a week and not had a reply from BT yet on just what the hell is going on.
We still do not know if these "spoofed" calls are costing us money either...
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https://twitter.com/bt_uk/status/1143941802506014720
That's the reply I got from BT about this new scam , they know about it and are trying to get it stopped , I'm still waiting for a reply about whether or not people affected are being billed for those calls though
Davie
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https://twitter.com/bt_uk/status/1143941802506014720 (https://twitter.com/bt_uk/status/1143941802506014720)
That's the reply I got from BT about this new scam , they know about it and are trying to get it stopped , I'm still waiting for a reply about whether or not people affected are being billed for those calls though
Davie
I think the answer to that is in the reply, badly constructed as it is -
BT[/size][size=1px !important]Verified account[/size][/size] @bt_uk[/size] 1h[/size][size=1px !important]1 hour ago[/size][/size][/color]
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No just be really careful not to provide any details on these calls and disconnect them. These are known to non BT customers as well. If you have the details you can report them here [/size][size=0px]https://www.[/size]bt.com/consumer/edw/s[size=0px]cams/[/size][size=0px] [/size]…. ^Kelly
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just received one phone rings pick up phone nobody there ring 1471 get a no 01329244773 no such number
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For the number to he recorded on 1471 it has to exist I would think.
I have looked and it is an area code for Fareham and has no previous searches against it that I can see.
So could have just been a wrong number..
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Received a call this morning saying my BT broadband will be turned off.
Don,t have BT broadband.
5 mins ago a call saying I am having a law suit filed against me.
These stupid scammers are the scum of the earth.
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It must be the weather... We had six recorded calls allegedly from TalkTalk yesterday, with the "Your Internet connection will be terminated" message. They all had different numbers but these all started with the same three digits, so I've blocked that whole range. It's been ever so quiet today!
DaveM
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For the number to he recorded on 1471 it has to exist I would think.
I have looked and it is an area code for Fareham and has no previous searches against it that I can see.
So could have just been a wrong number..
The scammers have found a way to get 1471 to give any number they choose. My last one was shown as a Lowestoft number but in fact came from India.
How do you block a whole range of numbers. We have 1572 blocker but as far as I know you can only block one number or all international calls which we cannot do.
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A new one for me, we have two email accounts the old one we use for getting replies for stuff that we know will generate a lot of junk and emails with offers, this is a BT account - anyway, today we had an email that was apparently from BT, though in the email the message had been clipped, it looked like all you had to do was open the 3 dot part to see the rest of the email, a feature usually seen on G mail, I resisted the urge to expand the email and marked it as spam, by clicking the 3 dots I can only imaging the pc being infected with a virus / malware etc, to be clear I have never seen BT yahoo mail use the 3 dots in a message.
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We have seen a lot of these emails at work recently. The link in the email takes you to a website that has a script that captures the details of your email account and the password. You will then find that your account is compromised and used to send a similar email to all your contacts. The domain name in the URL will probably end in .host .online or .pro If you have received one of these and clicked on the link CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD NOW
Because spam filters are stopping more spam email they are compromising legitimate accounts so the emails are seen as coming from a trusted source and most of the time it will be from an address you know.
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For the number to he recorded on 1471 it has to exist I would think.
I have looked and it is an area code for Fareham and has no previous searches against it that I can see.
So could have just been a wrong number..
It doesn't have to exist in the real world, the process of putting a different number into the 1471 register is called "spoofing" the number. Some honest business do it so that should you ring back, it goes where they want it to go and the people (or more likely machines) that hand incomong calls can deal with it. Unfortunately there are no checks on who buys the facility apart from clearing the payment, so dishonest folks use it to lie about their whereabouts, at least to us civilians outside of the system. Sometimes a non-existant line might be used, or one that might not be answered, like a kiosk in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes a person of dubious honesty might convince his creditors that he is emigrating, and contact the world via, say, an Australian spoofed number, when he might be in Thailand, or Bognor.
It isn't easy or cheap to track them down, but to set any call up on a digital system and have two way conversation, the control needs to know the exact engineering address of both ends of the call because it is, in effect, two calls. One path set for conversation going one way, another going the other. This end information gets stored in memory for some time, and can be recovered. Thats why outfits like the ICO need as much accurate information as they can get to drop on the villans.
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Most of the numbers I send to 1572 begin with 0203 and are an 11 digit number.
Scum.
John
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How do you block a whole range of numbers.
It's a facility on the base station of our telephone system (Panasonic KX-TGF320). The silence continues, but that might just be coincidence.
DaveM
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Hi Dave
I have the Panasonic 3 station (KX-TG7521AL) which has caller barring for up to 30 numbers.
This slows the scammers down, but if you wish to add more you have to delete all the numbers and start again.
Canabus
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Got this e-mail this morning - not had one of these in years..... {-)
"Hello Good Morning,
I am very sorry for this sudden contact. I got your email address through an online directory and I am contacting you personally because I seriously needed your help. My name is Millie Williams. I am 19 years old girl and the only daughter of my parents whom where both assassinated during the political crises in my country Ivory Coast. My father worked for many years in an oil drilling company and he deposited some money (5,500,000.00 Euros) with my name in his bank before he died and I want you to help me transfer this money to your own bank account in your country and also help me come to your country to continue my education. This is because after the death of my parents, my wicked uncle wants to kill me and collect my inheritance money from me because I have no one to defend me. I have reported my uncle to the local police here in my country, but nothing has been done since then. I am writing this mail from a local hotel where I am presently hiding for my safety. I am willing to offer you 20% of the money as compensation for your help after the transfer. Please reply me urgently so that I will send you more details…
Millie"
I can't believe this is still a thing. <*<
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so when does the wicked uncle give her a poisoned apple, that makes her fall asleep until rescued by a handsome prince and seven dwarfs, as in reality that is much more likely to happen than this fairy story. oh and they seem to hve missed out pumpkins and glass slippers.
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It's definitely a Grimm tale.
I wonder if this scam is classed as vintage or retro. {-)
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Got this e-mail this morning - not had one of these in years..... {-)
"Hello Good Morning,
I am very sorry for this sudden contact. I got your email address through an online directory and I am contacting you personally because I seriously needed your help. My name is Millie Williams. I am 19 years old girl and the only daughter of my parents whom where both assassinated during the political crises in my country Ivory Coast. My father worked for many years in an oil drilling company and he deposited some money (5,500,000.00 Euros) with my name in his bank before he died and I want you to help me transfer this money to your own bank account in your country and also help me come to your country to continue my education. This is because after the death of my parents, my wicked uncle wants to kill me and collect my inheritance money from me because I have no one to defend me. I have reported my uncle to the local police here in my country, but nothing has been done since then. I am writing this mail from a local hotel where I am presently hiding for my safety. I am willing to offer you 20% of the money as compensation for your help after the transfer. Please reply me urgently so that I will send you more details…
Millie"
I can't believe this is still a thing. <*<
Lucky you. A million Euros for doing so little. 😂 🤣 <*< %)
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Thats a pretty old amateurish one This one I have removed the Guys name as it is genuine as is the bank. this was followed by one from the US Custom and Border Dept again with genuine names (I Removed) and address
My name is the Executive Governor Of The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Executive Chairman of "E.C.D.R". I discovered that your name and email address in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid contractors, inheritance next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that was originated from Africa, Nigerian Government, Europe, Asia Plus Middle east and United States of America among the list of individuals and companies your unpaid fund has been located to a suspense account. Your name appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a part-payment of $5,300,000.00 and has been approved already for Payment. Yesterday two foreigners (Mr. Tim Parker and Mr. Rowland Gulf) visited my office in your stead to inform me that they are your Representatives from United State, whom you send to collecting your Funds for you. We in this Bank do not understand why you sent these men to come and Collect your Funds on your behalf. If actually you want them to help you Collect your Inheritance Bill Sum, at least you should have informed me as the new Executive Governor of this Bank. They actually tendered some Vital Documents which Proved that you actually sent them for the Collection of this Funds. Honestly, it really baffles me that you took such decision without my consent. Here are the Document which they tender to this Bank today: 1. LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION.2. HIGH COURT INJUNCTION.3. ORDER TO RELEASE. Actually, these Documents which they tendered to this Noble Bank is a clear Proof that you sent them to Collect this Funds on your behalf. Finally,I told them to come back tomorrow morning and they promised to come back. As the Governor of this Noble Bank, I was supposed to Release this Funds to them but I refused to do so because I wanted to hear from you first. Due to the Nature of my job, I will not want to make any mistake in Releasing this Funds to anyone except you whom is the Recognized Bonafide Beneficiary to this Funds. Kindly clarify us on this issue before we make this Payment to these foreigners whom came on your behalf. In receipt of this confidential Letter, you are required to email this Bank immediately you receive this Confidential Letter.
To enable the process go seamless, please provide the below information.(1) Full Names(2) Present Residential Address:(3) Present Phone, Fax and Mobile Number:(4) Present Profession, Age and Marital Status:I wait to hear from you ASAP.
OFFICIALLY SIGNED
Executive Governor Of The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW,Washington, DC 20229,United States.Urgent Attention: Beneficiary,I am Assistant Commissioner head of Field Operations (OFO) of the U.S. Customs and BorderProtection (CBP). We have just intercepted and confiscated two trunks at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, NY 11430 coming from a foreign country.We crosschecked the content of the boxes and found it contained a total sum of $4.1 million dollars. Also with one of the trunks were documents with your name as the receiver of the money. As we progressed in our investigations of the Diplomat which accompanied the trunks into the United States we learned that he was to deliver these funds to your residence as payment of an inheritance/winning, which was due to you.Further checks on the consignment, we found out that the consignment paperwork lacked the PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE forms. We then confiscated both trunks and released the Diplomat.The trunks According to section 229 subsection 31 of the International, Commerce Regulators Code Enforcement Guidelines, your consignment lacks PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE from the joint team of Homeland Security and therefore you must contact us for direction on how to procure the two certificates, so that you can be relieved of the charges of evading tax which is a jail offense under section 12 subsection 441 of the Tax Code. We will also be asking the IRS to launch an investigation of money laundering if you do not follow our instructions.You are therefore required to contact me within 72 hours, at that point I will walk you through the process of clearingand claiming the money.Failure to comply may lead to your arrest, interrogation and/or you being prosecuted in the Court of Law for tax evasion and or money laundering. You are also advised not to contact any bank in Africa, Europe or banking institution.Yours in service,,U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
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Hi guys, just had a call from MasterCard visa, Telling me my card had been hacked and they're
Trying to take £600 out of my account
To stop the withdrawal press 1.
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Todays bargain do you think she is telling a FIBI
Argeseanu Ileana <jfrodrigues@tce.ma.gov.br>
Tue 16/07/2019 04:52
I am Ms. Argeseanu Ileana; I am the Chief Internal Auditor Banking Division with FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK OF ISRAEL LTD (FIBI), Tel Aviv branch, Israel. I have a project of $13,609,000.00USD that I will need your help in receiving. Kindly respond back to me and I will explain more to you.
RegardsArgeseanu IleanaChief Internal AuditorBanking DivisionFIBI BANK ISRAEL.
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A quick look shows that "gov.br" belongs in Brazil, quite a way from the Tel Aviv branch. But I don't suppose that their intended targets would look that closely, or know the difference.
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A quick look shows that "gov.br" belongs in Brazil, quite a way from the Tel Aviv branch. But I don't suppose that their intended targets would look that closely, or know the difference.
Now I am jealous. Mine only seem to come from Africa & India.
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Its my Nigerian and Us Border ones that are dodgy other than the subject. The addresses and names are for real
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Does everyone still report phishing / scams? Must admit I gave up unless it's something for a business or bank. It's only recently after 10 years or so talktalk made any kind of effort at a spam filter. Doesn't stop anything now, just punts to the side. Ironically, now they actually gave me a spam folder, I can look in it too see all the years of guff in it I never had any access to before. When I reported to them my E-Mail account was very obviously compromised a couple of years back they couldn't have cared less. It was pretty shocking they didn't care about my account, I could even tell them pretty close to an hour at what time I appeared to have been compromised.
Spam / Phishing / Spoofing SMS still get me and I'm amazed because I just don't give my mobile number out. I report all SMS to 7726 (SPAM) but it seems increasingly less effective these days. O2 certainly changed their prospective to saying they don't investigate them much now. I still report them though.
I'm sure you all know James Veitch. Unfortunately his correspondence seems alarmingly similar to dealings with my current IT department. Never have I worked anywhere before where E-Mailing my password in to IT would have been even a conceivable request, if not a potentially sackable offence on sharing it before -except for this place! But enjoy if not...
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Some just don't even attempt to look ok
Seifeldin Abdelkareem <seif_3u@yahoo.com>
Wed 24/07/2019 09:34
Hello,
I sent you an email earlier last week but did not get a reply.
i need your assistance in the transfer and investment of $30,000,000.00
and will pay a very good percentage for your assistance.
Kindly get back to me so I can tell you the whole story.
Note that this transaction is open to scrutiny.
Mr Seifeldin Abdelkareem
Chief Financial Officer
Ajman Bank.
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How anyone is dumb enough to read these obvious traps for idiots completely beats me, let alone click anything on them. There should be no need to waste time "warning" other modellers about them either.
IGNORE and DELETE.
The same with nuisance calls. I used to average seven per day. You know: Microsoft Call Centre, PPI claims, and your recent car crash.
I got a BT Call Guardian phone, and have never had one since.
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There should be no need to waste time "warning" other modellers about them either.
That was not warning others just amused at the scammers pathetic attempt though not partial to the Dumb reference
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From yesterdays ABC News about Australian Taxation Office scams
- More than 800 Australians were fleeced of a total of $3 million by ATO scams last year
- Reports of ATO scam calls rose by 900 per cent in late 2018
- The rise followed a joint Canadian-Indian operation to shut down scam call centres targeting Canadians
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So Brianb6 says....
"More than 800 Australians were fleeced of a total of $3 million by ATO scams last year"
Does this mean our ATO is illegally taking $ from hard working Australians?......I thought those kind people in Canberra were appointed and employed to administer the Taxation Laws of the elected Government!!!
Surely we can have another Royal Commission ......this time into the dubious dealings of our ATO ;D
Derek
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I find it rather strange threads like this when I still hear of others ignoring basic on-line security and modern fundamental banking rules rammed down your throat every day, so to be honest it's not surprising there's so much malicious activity on-line out there. It will probably continue forever, and some folk will always ignore the basics, shut their eyes, ignore the fact it has a consequence on others.
...so normally I think scammers get off lightly but then when I see some others and what they put out there I think "good grief" no wonder it keeps happening.