Scams like these

[Brissy1]

Couple of days ago, google searched something and selected a result, a legit site and started to read from it, then this appeared. And yes I know that on one of my google account my free storage is almost full and I get upgraded storage suggestions from Google.
But the obvious flag here was the "urgency" with that timer actually counting down. Screenshoted to share.

 

[Cossie]

haven't used wottsapp much, prefer email, but I got this the other day, yes we do have a genuine booking at this hotel, however the phone number attached is from a Clinic in Ecuador...... Similar to the booking.com ones, although I booked directly with the hotel.

Obviously I removed some of the info.

 

[clifford]

haven't used wottsapp much, prefer email, but I got this the other day, yes we do have a genuine booking at this hotel, however the phone number attached is from a Clinic in Ecuador...... Similar to the booking.com ones, although I booked directly with the hotel.

Obviously I removed some of the info.

I received one of these a few days ago for a booking that I had previously cancelled, so obviously not genuine.

It was made with Agoda, so it may well be that their website has been hacked.

 

[AuSammy]

'Everything looked real': How scammers are hijacking your holiday

Australian travellers are being left out of pocket and fearful their personal data has been stolen, amid growing concerns over the security of online travel bookings.

www.abc.net.au

 

[VPS]

Hello my friend,

I hope you don’t find this embarrassing because my intentions are purely genuine. My name is Chanlina Bomakara, I work with a financial institution, and I live in Vietnam. I contacted you because of my late client who was among the victims of Covid in 2020, and he could possibly share the same nationality as you.

Meanwhile, here's a brief history of my client. His name is Ronald Cobb, he was a civil engineer, divorced, and has no record of kids or beneficiaries in his record with me. He was among the team of engineers that built some of the major projects here in Vietnam.

So recently, I received a notice from the Ministry of Transport (MOT) requesting that I alert my client to complete the documentation for his balance of one of the last projects he did before his demise but they do not know that he is deceased and if we don’t act on it, the ministry will take the funds to themselves with the assumption that it's a lost fund.

Hence, I would like to present you as the beneficiary of those funds since you may share the same nationality, and we can have the funds to ourselves perfectly without any obstruction. I have every record so I will include you as his beneficiary, and the funds will go to you. I will present them with every necessary document such as his death certificate and also an endorsed certification to prove that you are his beneficiary, and then both of us will have the funds for ourselves.

This is 100% risk-free because nobody knows about this, just you and me, and it should remain our secret, no third party. Every step will go through a legitimate process to protect you and me from any breach of the law.

I will write to you on the next thing to do when I hear back from you.


Best regards,
Mrs. Chanlina Bomakara