Scams like these

[SYD]

Seen some interesting FB posts (mostly from US/ UK) to date, but I'm sure it will hit us soon of fairly sophisticated CC scams.

Basically they call you (seemingly having both your CC number and phone number).. claiming to be from the fraud department and querying some recent transactions.

Agree with you that these are fraud then ask you to confirm your ID.

This is typically an SMS that says ..do not read this out to anyone.. but you think you are talking to your bank.

Instead they are live inputting a large transaction into some merchant and you are authorising the charge by telling them the authorisation numbers.

So be aware, read all texts.. and by very suspicious of supposed calls from your financial institution.

Especially texts that say “Don’t share this…”

 

[AuSammy]

Does anyone else get random SMSs “can we have a quick chat please”

I have had three of them over about three months, the number has no previous history in my phone and I check the number with ReverseAustralia.com and the number doesn’t come up.

I just delete them

 

[flyingfan]

Does anyone else get random SMSs “can we have a quick chat please”

Yes looking through my most recent texts I've had:
Hi
Hey there
Are you free to talk?
HI
How have you been?

 

[pjm99au]

Got into work this morning to find my personal email account was being spam bombed. Buried within the 100’s of signup notifications was a notice from Acor that my account email had been changed. Promptly logged in and changed my password, reset my email address and phone number and turned on two factor identification.

3 hours later I received confirmation of a booking in Paris using my points. Called the hotel and advised them it was a fraudulent booking and they promptly canceled it and refunded the points

Lessons: the password for the account was used on other websites and had been compromised.

Stupidly I didn’t have two factor authentication turned on

Don’t be me.

 

[Forg]

Got an obvious scam message claiming to be from our exiting CEO looking for bank account details so they can deposit a sizeable bonus due to me being employed with the company for over 15 years.
Not to divulge to others, because it’s a sensitive subject.
Very much the sort of thing scams say not to do.

Very carefully (so as not to insult when it was such a generous & unneeded offer) checked for validity. Unless someone’s accessed his memories & recalls how I served our CEO overcooked BBQ’d steak & snags when he was in Oz just after my wife & I moved into our first home, it was legit …

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Does anyone else get random SMSs “can we have a quick chat please”

I have had three of them over about three months, the number has no previous history in my phone and I check the number with ReverseAustralia.com and the number doesn’t come up.

I just delete them

Can be spoofed.

 

[Forg]

Can be spoofed.

Yes I stopped looking for patterns in the alleged sending ‘phone number years ago, it was always spoofed and the number they used was random.

I did have one instance, however, where they called a young lady who used her ‘phone for her business & they used my ‘phone number. She missed their call, so called me back, and since I was in a meeting she left a message with her name & business and that she’d missed my call and to please call back.
I can’t recall what her business was, but it was something where it’d be annoying for her NOT to get a call back just to let her know the original call had been bogus and I hadn’t been enquiring about the widgets she was selling.
She didn’t believe me, and seemed quite annoyed! Ah well, I tried.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Have a pattern tho, in my case.
029 686 6**
029 686 7**
The asterix means those numbers changes each time they call me.

 

[prozac]

Not an obvious scam but a scam nonetheless. Received a message today, no missed call, just a message. "Wrong Number Sorry". Obviously designed to ellicit a response which confirms your number is active.
Be careful out there.

 

[AuSammy]

I get plenty of “cloud storage” bs emails but this one was a first for me. Pretty obvious when the reply email address is real estate firm

 

[clifford]

I get plenty of “cloud storage” bs emails

I get plenty too, but as I don't use cloud storage it's not too hard to spot.

 

[FlyingFiona]

turned on two factor identification.

I cannot for the life of me work out how to do this and Google searching isn't showing up anything helpful. Could you point me in the right direction please?

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Usually, under settings, (if you really dont know) (!!!, wry), usually under settings it asks you for an email address, and an Aus mobile phone number, the more modern systems now can use the sensor on the phone to sense your finger print, or your face.
Telstra will ask for first, to send a code to your main mobile phone #, even if that phone number is not with Telstra, and then as a 2nd back up, will also send a code to your email address.
Google, will send a question "is this you" to a linked device, you click yes, and it lets you in.
Usually, when you first set up a device, or app, it will ask for a mobile phone # and an email address.
Scammers who are cunning will firstly change the mobile phone #, and then change the email address, then they can get 2fa sent to their "new" numbers.
Porting is now too easy, as in phone numbers.
===---===
Ubuntu, what a name, keep getting a lot of that for an email address I look after for an old man, ...
Or something called "wijl.*n*o".
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Also, yahoo will allow a block sender limit of 1000, not good if an old man wont listen, and not go on a website looksee, and add his email address to all and sundry.

 

[FlyingFiona]

Usually, under settings, (if you really dont know) (!!!, wry), usually under settings it asks you for an email address, and an Aus mobile phone number, the more modern systems now can use the sensor on the phone to sense your finger print, or your face.
Telstra will ask for first, to send a code to your main mobile phone #, even if that phone number is not with Telstra, and then as a 2nd back up, will also send a code to your email address.
Google, will send a question "is this you" to a linked device, you click yes, and it lets you in.
Usually, when you first set up a device, or app, it will ask for a mobile phone # and an email address.
Scammers who are cunning will firstly change the mobile phone #, and then change the email address, then they can get 2fa sent to their "new" numbers.
Porting is now too easy, as in phone numbers.
===---===
Ubuntu, what a name, keep getting a lot of that for an email address I look after for an old man, ...
Or something called "wijl.*n*o".
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Also, yahoo will allow a block sender limit of 1000, not good if an old man wont listen, and not go on a website looksee, and add his email address to all and sundry.

I hope that wasn't directed at me. But in case it was, ALL doesn't have a MFA option under "settings" (sees your wry smile and replies with a tongue sticking out to get one up and then an unamused face at such unhelpful childishness!)

 

[Major]

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After you read this letter, we will get an automatic notification. From that moment on, the timer will start.
It is useless to complain, because ₿it'coin -wallets cannot be tracked, as well as the mail from which the letter arrived to you.
We also do not advise you to send this letter to anybody.
In this case the system will automatically send a request to the server, and all data will be published in social networks and messengers.
You will not be able to solve the problem by changing passwords in social networks, as all the information is already downloaded to the cluster of our servers.
Think about what your reputation means to you and how much the consequences will be.

As I mentioned before you have 50 hours.

 

[prozac]

Consider this message as your last warning.
We accessed your system!
We have copied all the data from your device to our own servers.
Curious videos were recorded from your camera and your actions while watching cough.
Your device was infected with our virus when you visited the cough site.

The virus allows not only to see your screen, but also to turn on your camera, microphone, without your knowledge.
We took over the video from your screen and camera, then we mounted a video in which you can see you watching cough in one part of the screen and masturbating in the other.
But that’s not all! We have access to all the contacts in your phone book and social networks.
It won’t take us long to send this video to your friends, family and friends on social networks, messengers and email in minutes.
We have a lot of audio recordings of your personal conversations, where a lot of “interesting” things are revealed!
This information can destroy your reputation once and for all in a matter of minutes.

You have an opportunity to prevent irreversible consequences.
To do this:

Send 1500 $ USD (US dollars) to our ₿it'coin wallet.
Don’t know how to do it? Enter the query “Buy ₿it'coin ” into the search field.


Our ₿it'coin wallet : bc1qx0pyznudsl544y0qnrsjynp069k6wt8n52sh7j

After making the payment, your video and audio recordings will be completely destroyed and you can be 100% sure that we won’t bother you again.
You have enough time - 50 hours!

After you read this letter, we will get an automatic notification. From that moment on, the timer will start.
It is useless to complain, because ₿it'coin -wallets cannot be tracked, as well as the mail from which the letter arrived to you.
We also do not advise you to send this letter to anybody.
In this case the system will automatically send a request to the server, and all data will be published in social networks and messengers.
You will not be able to solve the problem by changing passwords in social networks, as all the information is already downloaded to the cluster of our servers.
Think about what your reputation means to you and how much the consequences will be.

As I mentioned before you have 50 hours.

I guess you're done for then.

 

[pjm99au]

I cannot for the life of me work out how to do this and Google searching isn't showing up anything helpful. Could you point me in the right direction please?

In the app select account bottom right then the gear icon top right then security and login.

 

[AuSammy]

I guess you're done for then.

Me Too .

But that threat was sent to me more than 12 months ago, I ignored, didn’t make the payment and as expected my PC works fine.