Scams like these

[Hvr]

Got an email purporting to be from the CommBank today asking me to do a survey. Happened to be watching the 7.30 report at the same time where an identity theft story was playing.

The email said that I would receive a message through NetBank. I logged into NetBank through my bookmark and no message.

Rang CommBank and was told that the wording was not what they would use and please forward it to [email protected]

Everything else looked so very legitimate with genuine logo and no spelling or grammatical errors.

These scum are getting better. Be very careful!

 

[get me outta here]

Today, I got an email from 'Jetstar' saying that I have been selected to do a survey and get a gift card. Highly suspicious.

 

[Boca68]

Another start to the day - A call from "Telstra's technical department"

Oh! I had them call today.

Apparently, I had complained about my broadband service (which I had, as I'm sure many have), and if I could just provide them with with my account #, DOB, address and some other ID #. Hang on? you called me? You should know all that already. Click!

1 hour later, same deal, different person. Told them politely where the appropriate, shadowy place is to stick this current call. Click again!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Pity that India does not have a common dialect.
Otherwise we could learn the language and have a deep "meaningful" conversation.
Chordee is supposed to be a bad word in Hindi.
But the fake employee might be a Tamil.
Mmm... I will always remember an Indian lady who rang and asked for a Mr Poochie but the phone account is in the initials of Mrs Poochie a relative.
Ask which Mr Poochie, she went into her spiel. Virus on my computer.
I put the phone on hook, no more calls.

 

[love_the_life]

Today, I got an email from 'Jetstar' saying that I have been selected to do a survey and get a gift card. Highly suspicious.

Ever known Jet* to give anything away for free?

 

[JohnK]

Today, I got an email from 'Jetstar' saying that I have been selected to do a survey and get a gift card. Highly suspicious.

I got one of these a few weeks ago. Seemed quite genuine to me and I actually gave Jetstar good feedback apart from the standoff gate in BNE.

 

[OZDUCK]

ATO being very generous again. If only the could learn to spell amount. But it is good
to see that they scan for viruses.

(Link deleted)

[h=3]* The Australian Taxation Office is the AU's centralised registration service for Australian e-Government services. Reference : 120PT0080424.RFD00010011[/h] Pending Tax Repayment We are sending this email to announce that after the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax return of $230 AUD. Requests for tax refunds are time limited and it is vital you complete your claim as soon as possible. Xxx_xx_xx_X Refundable Ammount : $230 AUD Delivery Method : Electronically by Card You should wait 4 weeks after making an online claim and 6 weeks after making a postal claim before contacting Australian Taxation Office about the payment.

[h=3]* Please do not reply, this email box is not monitored.[/h] [h=3]* The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Vodafone in partnership with Symantec. (CCTM Certificate Number 2009/09/0052.)[/h]

 

[get me outta here]

I am very cautious. And, seeing as I last flew JQ about 6 + years ago, I didn't have much to tell them.

I got one of these a few weeks ago. Seemed quite genuine to me and I actually gave Jetstar good feedback apart from the standoff gate in BNE.

 

[Boris spatsky]

Had a good one this week that got SWMBO. Expecting a package in the mail. Company sent email saying it would arrive today. All legit so far.

An hour later she gets email from AusPost saying to pick up the package from Auspost in same city but not our closest one. She asks me to go from work with a screenshot of the email (alarm bells!).

I go, Auspost tells me that the package was picked up this morning by someone with a different surname! They can't help any further.

I ring the original company and they said that they never dispatched the package. Anyone know what is going on here? Very weird.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Very interesting Boris.
Not that I know the answer.

 

[wandering_fred]

Took two reads wince I was expecting a incoming transfer... No the zip file attached remained un-opened.

You have received an Electronic Funds Transfer payment into your account. Please look at
the attached document for details contact Bobette Arterbury at 270-955-389 if you have got any questions.

Beware when wandering

Fred

 

[OZDUCK]

Got the same ATO scam refund mail again - twice in 3 days!

 

[Jacques Vert]

Me too; same amount and reference number again.

 

[N860CR]

Got one of the Telstra calls today. The "your internet will be disconnected, you must install this software etc" cough.

I played it along for a bit. Once it was clear I hadn't installed said software (he was asking for me to input a password or something into it and it clearly wasn't working for him) I got some quality feedback about what he'd do to my mother and the number of bombs that were being placed in my house. I was then randomly transferred to another Indian woman who had an even more dirty mouth!

Came through from a Melbourne number but they were clearly Indian

 

[Irishbazz]

Got one of the Telstra calls today. The "your internet will be disconnected, you must install this software etc" cough.

I played it along for a bit. Once it was clear I hadn't installed said software (he was asking for me to input a password or something into it and it clearly wasn't working for him) I got some quality feedback about what he'd do to my mother and the number of bombs that were being placed in my house. I was then randomly transferred to another Indian woman who had an even more dirty mouth!

Came through from a Melbourne number but they were clearly Indian

Gotta love em, nothing better than a frustrated scammer!!

 

[prozac]

Received a Paypal scam today. Forwarded same straight to [email protected].

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Received a Paypal scam today. Forwarded same straight to [email protected].

Me too, I did the same.

 

[Cossie]

Got this apparently from BA, looks like a scam, or have they have borrowed the IT work experience kids from Qantas. Very unprofessional looking email.

 

[OATEK]

Got this apparently from BA, looks like a scam, or have they have borrowed the IT work experience kids from Qantas. Very unprofessional looking email.

I got one in last few days which I took as genuine, although did not do anything about looking at the offers. I believe ba.com resolves to britishairways.com

 

[prozac]

Received a Paypal scam today. Forwarded same straight to [email protected].

Just to show it is not a waste of time reporting these incidents I received this response back from paypal this morning;

Dear ,

Thank you for partnering with PayPal to combat fraudulent emails. We
take reports of suspicious email very seriously. Your submission helped
us take the appropriate action needed to protect our customers.

We analyzed your report and determined that the suspicious email was
likely fraudulent. If you haven't done so already, please delete the
original. If you believe that you were also the victim of fraud related
to this email, please take the additional steps:

1. Open a new browser and type in "www.paypal.com"
2. Log in to your PayPal account.
3. Click "Security and Protection" near the top of the page.
4. Click "Identify a problem."
5. Click "I think someone may be using my account without permission."
6. Click "Unauthorized Account Activity."

If you have any other questions about PayPal security, please visit the
PayPal Security Center.

Thanks again for the report.
PayPal Security