I got one for hot Asians in your area.
I thought it was a covid alert.
Just put Sky Shield on my landline as I was getting loads of phishing calls (from “Sky” ironically) about my broadband.
Really challenged the last one as my broadband is fine at present and they just hung up!
Loads more stuff going on at the moment because everyone is at home, so a lot more opportunities.
I have written a short book about how to avoid these scams. Loads of tips on how to avoid getting caught out.
£7.99 from my Amazon market place.
Recently I've had 2 calls from HMRC telling me I'm about to be arrested for fraud.
A vaccination email from NHS asking me to pay in advance.
Lloyds Bank telling me I'd received a payment which was worrying as I'm with Lloyds so I'd clicked on all the links but the security on my phone blocked it.
Apparently several 'Single Moms' in my neighbourhood and gagging to have secs with me so it's not all bad.
OP- this thread has reminded me that in order to comply with google rules we will need your credit card number, end date and cvv code. We won’t be charging you but google require it. PayPal also accepted.
Please ensure you comply ASAP. Thanks , Admin
comment by TheBlackCountry (U22512)
posted 18 minutes ago
I have written a short book about how to avoid these scams. Loads of tips on how to avoid getting caught out.
£7.99 from my Amazon market place.
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Damn it it didn’t take the name change to admin when I wrote that
I find the e-mail ones are pretty easy to not fall for because of the spelling/punctuation mistakes and if they're pretending to be a company like Ebay or Amazon, not using your actual username, and instead using your name or just "Dear customer". Plus it always ends with asking you to click on a link for your personal details.
I get nostalgic when I see the ones from a Nigerian prince that wants to transfer $10,000,000 dollars into your account.
Yeah, the emails one are easy to spot.
I don't answer the phone anymore if I don't recognise the number. If they really want to speak to me, they will leave a message.
Boris about to be arrested for Fraud ! .........well I never !
heard one about Sandy changing his name again. could be true!!
Keep getting the one telling me my bank has sent back a payment because they did not recognize the originator. And I need to ring this number to clarify the details.....yeah right, course I will.
This one usually falls down because the Bank they are purporting to be is not one I have ever held an account with.
The one from the “council” where they tell you you owe them £2600 in “council tax”
Council tax!!?
I think it's a scam so many Spurs fans want Pope and Tawkowski from Burnley when they should be shouting for Anderson who is on loan at Fulham.
i have a regular "BT" call saying your internet is about to blow up, and a techician need acces to your internet by remote immediately
3. Email saying that I know your password and Ive got footage of you knocking one out . If you dont pay up the footage is going to your social media contacts. The password was correct but an old one.
——————
And the footage?
comment by Don’t Fist My Otter (U22339)
posted 12 minutes ago
The one from the “council” where they tell you you owe them £2600 in “council tax”
Council tax!!?
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Have you been dodging paying it?
We've had 2 cards 'cloned' recently (the bank was great in sorting it out) and the 2 old relatives (in their late 80's) that we look after have been bombarded with phoney Amazon calls. They don't have the internet let alone an Amazon account.
comment by HarlequinHebdo (U16981)
posted 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
Boris about to be arrested for Fraud !.........well I never !
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I was as surprised as you
3. Email saying that I know your password and Ive got footage of you knocking one out . If you dont pay up the footage is going to your social media contacts. The password was correct but an old one.
—————
Clearly targeting ja606ers users after HenryKamp
4. The Facebook messenger which looks like it comes from a genuine friend but fake claiming your on a video but just a ploy to get data.
————-
This happened to me recently. I nearly clicked the link before thinking it was weird, it was just like a reaction/muscle memory thing.
Probably worth binning your home phone number in general. Also getting a clean email address without any history of signing up to dodgy sites
Another time I nearly got scammed was a few years ago now. But I lost my iPhone on holiday in Mexico lol. I actually almost certainly left it on a excursion coach. Anyway despite best efforts and chasing/calling everyone it never turned up, and I remotely locked the phone. This meant can’t be used at all unless I login to my iCloud account on start up.
Few weeks later I receive an iMessage on my new phone. The ID says Apple. It says words to the effect of: ‘We believe we have recovered your Apple White 32GB iPhone 5 in the x area of Mexico. Please sign into your iCloud via this link to confirm your identity and claim the phone: *link that looks like a normal iCloud link*’
As usual with scams when I type it now it seems obvious but at the time, I fully believed it, clicked the link. The mixture of it being worded professionally, the normal looking iCloud link and Apple ID, and I think most importantly accurate description of details of the phone and where it was lost.
When I clicked the link to this day can’t exaggerate how normal the site looked. Literally looked like the normal iCloud sign in page. The web address said iCloud. It was only as I started typing my log in I thankfully clocked something was off. The whole story not making sense(why would Apple contact me and via iMessage etc.), on close inspection of the page it wasn’t quite as smooth as the normal page and key the padlock security thing for webpages wasn’t present in the web address bar.
Close shave, but yeah some of the pretty elaborate ones can get even the tech savvy. I read up on it and saw a blog post from an IT guy who literally did exactly as I did and very nearly fell for it until the last second.
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posted on 2/4/21
I got one for hot Asians in your area.
I thought it was a covid alert.
posted on 2/4/21
Just put Sky Shield on my landline as I was getting loads of phishing calls (from “Sky” ironically) about my broadband.
Really challenged the last one as my broadband is fine at present and they just hung up!
posted on 2/4/21
Loads more stuff going on at the moment because everyone is at home, so a lot more opportunities.
posted on 2/4/21
I have written a short book about how to avoid these scams. Loads of tips on how to avoid getting caught out.
£7.99 from my Amazon market place.
posted on 2/4/21
Recently I've had 2 calls from HMRC telling me I'm about to be arrested for fraud.
A vaccination email from NHS asking me to pay in advance.
Lloyds Bank telling me I'd received a payment which was worrying as I'm with Lloyds so I'd clicked on all the links but the security on my phone blocked it.
Apparently several 'Single Moms' in my neighbourhood and gagging to have secs with me so it's not all bad.
posted on 2/4/21
OP- this thread has reminded me that in order to comply with google rules we will need your credit card number, end date and cvv code. We won’t be charging you but google require it. PayPal also accepted.
Please ensure you comply ASAP. Thanks , Admin
posted on 2/4/21
comment by TheBlackCountry (U22512)
posted 18 minutes ago
I have written a short book about how to avoid these scams. Loads of tips on how to avoid getting caught out.
£7.99 from my Amazon market place.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
posted on 2/4/21
Damn it it didn’t take the name change to admin when I wrote that
posted on 2/4/21
I find the e-mail ones are pretty easy to not fall for because of the spelling/punctuation mistakes and if they're pretending to be a company like Ebay or Amazon, not using your actual username, and instead using your name or just "Dear customer". Plus it always ends with asking you to click on a link for your personal details.
posted on 2/4/21
I get nostalgic when I see the ones from a Nigerian prince that wants to transfer $10,000,000 dollars into your account.
posted on 2/4/21
Yeah, the emails one are easy to spot.
I don't answer the phone anymore if I don't recognise the number. If they really want to speak to me, they will leave a message.
posted on 2/4/21
Boris about to be arrested for Fraud ! .........well I never !
posted on 2/4/21
heard one about Sandy changing his name again. could be true!!
posted on 2/4/21
Keep getting the one telling me my bank has sent back a payment because they did not recognize the originator. And I need to ring this number to clarify the details.....yeah right, course I will.
This one usually falls down because the Bank they are purporting to be is not one I have ever held an account with.
posted on 2/4/21
The one from the “council” where they tell you you owe them £2600 in “council tax”
Council tax!!?
posted on 2/4/21
I think it's a scam so many Spurs fans want Pope and Tawkowski from Burnley when they should be shouting for Anderson who is on loan at Fulham.
posted on 2/4/21
i have a regular "BT" call saying your internet is about to blow up, and a techician need acces to your internet by remote immediately
posted on 2/4/21
3. Email saying that I know your password and Ive got footage of you knocking one out . If you dont pay up the footage is going to your social media contacts. The password was correct but an old one.
——————
And the footage?
posted on 2/4/21
comment by Don’t Fist My Otter (U22339)
posted 12 minutes ago
The one from the “council” where they tell you you owe them £2600 in “council tax”
Council tax!!?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Have you been dodging paying it?
posted on 2/4/21
We've had 2 cards 'cloned' recently (the bank was great in sorting it out) and the 2 old relatives (in their late 80's) that we look after have been bombarded with phoney Amazon calls. They don't have the internet let alone an Amazon account.
posted on 2/4/21
comment by HarlequinHebdo (U16981)
posted 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
Boris about to be arrested for Fraud !.........well I never !
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I was as surprised as you
posted on 2/4/21
3. Email saying that I know your password and Ive got footage of you knocking one out . If you dont pay up the footage is going to your social media contacts. The password was correct but an old one.
—————
Clearly targeting ja606ers users after HenryKamp
posted on 2/4/21
4. The Facebook messenger which looks like it comes from a genuine friend but fake claiming your on a video but just a ploy to get data.
————-
This happened to me recently. I nearly clicked the link before thinking it was weird, it was just like a reaction/muscle memory thing.
posted on 2/4/21
Probably worth binning your home phone number in general. Also getting a clean email address without any history of signing up to dodgy sites
posted on 2/4/21
Another time I nearly got scammed was a few years ago now. But I lost my iPhone on holiday in Mexico lol. I actually almost certainly left it on a excursion coach. Anyway despite best efforts and chasing/calling everyone it never turned up, and I remotely locked the phone. This meant can’t be used at all unless I login to my iCloud account on start up.
Few weeks later I receive an iMessage on my new phone. The ID says Apple. It says words to the effect of: ‘We believe we have recovered your Apple White 32GB iPhone 5 in the x area of Mexico. Please sign into your iCloud via this link to confirm your identity and claim the phone: *link that looks like a normal iCloud link*’
As usual with scams when I type it now it seems obvious but at the time, I fully believed it, clicked the link. The mixture of it being worded professionally, the normal looking iCloud link and Apple ID, and I think most importantly accurate description of details of the phone and where it was lost.
When I clicked the link to this day can’t exaggerate how normal the site looked. Literally looked like the normal iCloud sign in page. The web address said iCloud. It was only as I started typing my log in I thankfully clocked something was off. The whole story not making sense(why would Apple contact me and via iMessage etc.), on close inspection of the page it wasn’t quite as smooth as the normal page and key the padlock security thing for webpages wasn’t present in the web address bar.
Close shave, but yeah some of the pretty elaborate ones can get even the tech savvy. I read up on it and saw a blog post from an IT guy who literally did exactly as I did and very nearly fell for it until the last second.
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