Scams like these

Sigh!

You have been approved for a payout of a total sum €650,000.00 Euros

in 2024 New Year Guinness Brewery Email Lottery.

To file your claim, you are to contact our Customer Service Unit

1. NAME IN FULL:

2. ADDRESS (IN FULL):

3. NATIONALITY:

4. AGE:

5. SEX

6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):

7. HOME PHONE & MOBILE NUMBER:

Contact Email: gxx_xx_x1@xx_x.com

That reminds me, where is the unclaimed long lost relative money I was promised 20 years ago?
 
I have just looked at this email. Sent to an email box not linked to QF.
Pretty good if you are not looking at the content.
A QF 103rd birthday gift of a AUD 99.5 coupon, just for me.. a "Customer". Just confirm all your details & we will do the rest.
Not sure how an old credit card promo is a free gift.
They couldn't even bother to put in the correct dates in the small print.
 

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Something different exposed by the click through address. Being able to see that by holding the cursor over the link is invaluable.
When wandering (on the computer of course)
Fred

Dear Customer,

It is the last notification to inform you that your domain name has expired
Our billing system has detected that your domain name has expired and has not been renewed despite our previous visit.
Please update your payment details to resolve your situation as soon as possible by clicking on the link below:

LINK REMOVED
We do apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused here, we hope to have you up and running in no time!
Note: If you do not renew the domain within 24 hours from today, your services will be permanently deleted.
 
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Hello,
I'm Ms. Maria Elisabeth Schaeffler, a German business magnate, Investor and philanthropist. I am the chairman of Wipro Limited. 25 percent of my personal wealth is spent on charity. And I also promised to give the rest of 25% away to individuals this year 2024 . I have decided to donate €3,600,000.00 euros to you. If you are interested in my donation, contact me for more information.

You can also read more about me using the link below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xx_xx_xx

Contact me via my email:: [email protected]

Greetings
Managing Director Wipro Limited
Maria Elisabeth Schaeffler
 
Good to see technology companies are excellent at on-line security. I got this e-mail this morning. Part of it says :-

Dell Technologies takes the privacy and confidentiality of your information seriously. We are currently investigating an incident involving a Dell portal, which contains a database with limited types of customer information related to purchases from Dell. We believe there is not a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved.

What data was accessed?
At this time, our investigation indicates limited types of customer information was accessed, including:


  • Name
  • Physical address
  • Dell hardware and order information, including service tag, item description, date of order and related warranty information
What is Dell doing?
Upon identifying the incident, we promptly implemented our incident response procedures, began investigating, took steps to contain the incident and notified law enforcement. We have also engaged a third-party forensics firm to investigate this incident. We will continue to monitor the situation.

What can I do?
Our investigation indicates your information was accessed during this incident, but we do not believe there is significant risk given the limited information impacted


My warranty for a monitor has just expired.
 
Hello

My name is Mrs. Rachel Watson. I am 75 years of age from the USA. I am a good merchant; I have several industrial companies and good shares in various banks in the world.

I spend all my life on investment and corporate business. Along the way I lost my husband and two beautiful kids in a fatal accident that occurred in November 2015. Ever since I lost my family, it's been difficult to sleep or get enough rest. Later in the year 2019 February I was sent a diagnosis letter after a medical checkup, confirming from my personal doctor that I have lung cancer, which can easily end my life as soon as possible.

I want to establish people who need money to invest in their various businesses or companies and help orphanages, less privileges. That is why I am releasing the sum of $8 MILLION US DOLLARS TO set up this Charity Investment Project Assignment.

IF YOU NEED FINANCIAL HELP, CONTACT me, I am READY TO HELP YOUR BUSINESS.

Email ME: xx_xx_x@gmail.com

Best Remain Blessed,
Mrs. Rachel Watson
 
Don't ask me why but I've been purchasing horse betting systems in the past 12 months in the hope of making some money. Silly right? Most are scams but this one here is a total scam and I'm not getting any support.

The guy offers a 14 Day tipping service with guaranteed profits for GBP40. If you don't make a profit you get your money back. Or so it says. For double the money GBP82.50 he offers a 6 program multi-pass.

On day 3 I had not received any tips. So he starts sending me tips until day 14. Never got out of first gear and that was a loss. A few days later starts the new program and again never got out of first gear and another loss recorded.

That was 28 April. No further emails from him on the next program which should have started 2 days later. Conveniently the last day for requesting a refund from Clickbank is 29 April. (By the way this scammer continues to send emails advertising other betting services)

So I've sent him an email a few days ago and I also sent Clickbank an email. No reply from either.

I can chalk this down to experience or I can pursue chargeback with Latitude as the service is nowhere near as described. I shall give them another day or two and the start charge back.

By the way I think I'm getting the hang of this and I've been keeping statistics for 9 months. There are some very profitable services and you can actually make money with some discipline.
 
Got a few Telstra ones lately, I was out today and walked past a Telstra shop so went in on the spur of the moment as there was no line, and asked about it.

She said there were a lot of these going around.
She said points DO EXPIRE after 3 years and you would be advised well in advance by email.
I asked if after 3 years I am still on the same plan spending say $100 per month and getting 100 points (or whatever) and my points from 3 years prior expire Telstra would be writing me emails every month and my points balance would never grow to be useful as 100 would be deducted and 100 would be added. She denied that is the case???
No point taking that further so I left.
 
BEWARE
Received this SMS this morning. It did get a rise in blood pressure.
Coles group: Your coles points expired soon, you can use it for shopping at http://coles-rewardscenters.ınfo/zjzemQ

Just when I was thinking Coles had pushed me into a corner to force turning on auto-transfer I received another SMS
Coles: Your points are about to expire. We encourage you to take action today. Click this link to view https://coles.aupoints.ƈlick/3Ie5t

And then another;
Coles: Your points are about to expire. We encourage you to take action today. Click this link to view https://coles.aupoints.ƈlick/3Ie5t

Be careful you do not get caught!
 
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