Scams like these

TheRealTMA said:
Looks impressive!



Ref/ ASD Court 0625 Order ⛔
2025-06-10 21:19
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE <[email protected]>

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To Whom It May Concern,

This Office requires that you respond to the enclosed summons without delay.

Failure to respond within 24 hours will result in legal action.

Sincerely,

Dr. Sarah Benson
Chief Forensic Scientist (CFS)
Australian Federal Police (AFP)





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I wished I could have issued Letters of Demand, Infringement Notices etc "To Whom It May Concern" back in my Customs life. It would have all been so much easier.
 
TheRealTMA said:
Looks impressive!



Ref/ ASD Court 0625 Order ⛔
2025-06-10 21:19
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE <[email protected]>

[​
To Whom It May Concern,

This Office requires that you respond to the enclosed summons without delay.

Failure to respond within 24 hours will result in legal action.

Sincerely,

Dr. Sarah Benson
Chief Forensic Scientist (CFS)
Australian Federal Police (AFP)





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just checking that you are OK and haven't been arrested ;)
 
Last week MrsP received a scam identified call every day around the same time. She let it go through to the keeper. On Wednesday I picked up the phone and gave the 2 second timed silence before answering. Still there, a voice informed me she was from Commonwealth Bank. I started I would track her down and calmly ended with ripping out a heart and feeding it to dogs. Terrible I would say such things but we haven't had a call since and she might have even left the business. Yes, it takes a certain mindset to do this with menace. My phone, my rules.
I hope she wasn't really from Combank. ;)
 
prozac said:
Last week MrsP received a scam identified call every day around the same time. She let it go through to the keeper. On Wednesday I picked up the phone and gave the 2 second timed silence before answering. Still there, a voice informed me she was from Commonwealth Bank. I started I would track her down and calmly ended with ripping out a heart and feeding it to dogs. Terrible I would say such things but we haven't had a call since and she might have even left the business. Yes, it takes a certain mindset to do this with menace. My phone, my rules.
I hope she wasn't really from Combank. ;)
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That's very interesting. Last week I received a text from the St George bank (where I do have an account) querying whether I had made a transaction at bookshop in Vienna (I hadn't). The text asked me to respond if I didn't recognise the transaction.

I was a little suspicious but decided to respond to the text. A few minutes later I received a call from someone with a Philippines accent stating they were from St George. I was still suspicious at this stage but let her continue for the time being. She was able to convince me that this was legit call, and with my agreement, cancelled the rogue transaction and my credit card and arranged for a replacement card to be issued.

I'm very glad I didn't just treat this as a likely scam and ignore it. In fact, I was very impressed with the St George service.
 
^ I’ve had those calls, as soon as they ask me for ID related info (as that’s always private) I tell them thanks very much and I’ll call back straight away. They always know why when it’s legit, and never have a problem with me doing that unless it’s a scam call.
 
clifford said:
That's very interesting. Last week I received a text from the St George bank (where I do have an account) querying whether I had made a transaction at bookshop in Vienna (I hadn't). The text asked me to respond if I didn't recognise the transaction.

I was a little suspicious but decided to respond to the text. A few minutes later I received a call from someone with a Philippines accent stating they were from St George. I was still suspicious at this stage but let her continue for the time being. She was able to convince me that this was legit call, and with my agreement, cancelled the rogue transaction and my credit card and arranged for a replacement card to be issued.

I'm very glad I didn't just treat this as a likely scam and ignore it. In fact, I was very impressed with the St George service.
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Still sounds a little suspicious IMO @clifford
Upon receiving that telephone call in response to your reply-text, as a safeguard I would've terminated that call and immediatley made my own call to the St George Bank call centre.
I hope it has worked out for you.
 
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