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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Received an email yesterday from Amazon confirming an order i had placed for a stereo. There was a link at the bottom to enter if i hadn't placed it. This i did and was then directed to a page asking me to verify my account details. About halfway through entering my bank details it occurred to me that something was wrong even though the email looked exactly like it was genuine. I then contacted Amazon and was told this was a phishing email, fortunately i had not completed the form.
I like to think that i'm reasonably intelligent but am taken aback by how easy it was to get sucked in. Please let this serve as a warning to any of uou that might be faced with the same situation.
Amazon password has been changed and the email has been forwarded to them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dude...
I've got an Uncle who was a a Prince in Nigeria, but in order to release the £30,000,000 I'm due, I need to transfer £2,000 via wire transfer to validate that I am, in fact, the correct recipient.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Dude...
I've got an Uncle who was a a Prince in Nigeria, but in order to release the £30,000,000 I'm due, I need to transfer £2,000 via wire transfer to validate that I am, in fact, the correct recipient. "
When your £30m comes through. Can you buy us some Jaffa Cakes and a new Motorbike?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The scam I came across this week in IT was,
A user phone got blocked by the mobile company.
User calls my team and we loaded with said company to get it sorted.
When asking the company why it was blocked, they say user and his assistant called to get it blocked, which wasn't true.
The following day, it appears that the phone was blocked so the user did get a call from his bank, due to large amounts being spent in his credit card.
Almost £10k taken from his account, by scammers.
The underground world, of fraud, it's scary to see what they will do to get your money |
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I do love scamming the scammers. Best one I had was to get them reveal more details than they needed, including details of the fake stolen french passport they were using to get money from western union. French authorities and western union informed and took action to stop them using it again. By the time they realised got a nice expletive filled email. Score. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The scam I came across this week in IT was,
A user phone got blocked by the mobile company.
User calls my team and we loaded with said company to get it sorted.
When asking the company why it was blocked, they say user and his assistant called to get it blocked, which wasn't true.
The following day, it appears that the phone was blocked so the user did get a call from his bank, due to large amounts being spent in his credit card.
Almost £10k taken from his account, by scammers.
The underground world, of fraud, it's scary to see what they will do to get your money"
Scary's putting it mildly. It's so easy, especially against those like myself who are a bit clueless with technology. My heart goes out to those that have lost money as a result. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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Check the email address its from, and always hover over any links. That shows you whether its legit or not.
However most places like Amazon, Paypal, banks and credit cards won't ask you to verify anything by email. |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
Watch out too for the emails from Amazon stating they have a gift as a thank you for having shopped with them in the past year!
I suspected a scam straight away as I have NEVER shopped with them.
I contacted Amazon who confirmed they were aware of this scam. |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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Listening to the money programme last week and a ladies business account had £130k taken out of it in multiple withdrawals over 24hrs.
Despite the account being rarely used and only a few hundred going in/out weekly Santander have so far denied responsibility despite still having "our security measures will pick up unusual transactions on your account". As part of their advertising..Apparently it doesn't apply so much (if at all) to business accounts!!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"There's one from PayPal I've received asking me to confirm all my details, went straight in the delete bin"
Things like that i've had before, this one slipped under the radar. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Listening to the money programme last week and a ladies business account had £130k taken out of it in multiple withdrawals over 24hrs.
Despite the account being rarely used and only a few hundred going in/out weekly Santander have so far denied responsibility despite still having "our security measures will pick up unusual transactions on your account". As part of their advertising..Apparently it doesn't apply so much (if at all) to business accounts!!
S"
Horrific, and there's no legal protection. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"There's one from PayPal I've received asking me to confirm all my details, went straight in the delete bin"
should forward it to spoof@paypal.com
probably other customers have already though so it might not matter.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"There's one from PayPal I've received asking me to confirm all my details, went straight in the delete bin
should forward it to spoof@paypal.com
probably other customers have already though so it might not matter.
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I think it would still help. |
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