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[OZDUCK]

Spamfighter Pro is what I use with Microsoft Outlook.
Very happy with it.

Thanks - I will have a look

 

[Moody]

I don't know if this is the genesis of a credit card scam or a weird sort of identity theft gone wrong, but late last week I received 2 envelopes from Macquarie Bank. The first one was for my internet password (que?), and the second one had my new Visa Black card (WTF!)

The reason for my surprise was the complete lack of previous correspondance (or any relationship at all) between myself and MacBank, so I called them to ask why they had sent me this card out of the blue. Their response - send us a stat-dec that you didn't apply for this card and then we will investigate it.

Any bush lawyers here know the best techniques for ripping these arrogant twots the fistula they deserve? In the meantime .... should i be paranoid?

 

[OzEire]

Moody, that's not ideal. Someone may be (poorly) trying to get things in your name.

Not meaning to pry but first look at trusted people at home (kids?) and then consider who else might have enough personal details (date of birth, address, payslips, etc) to try it.

Ps. Did u at least get a sign on bonus.

 

[coco50]

Does anyone get the phone call wishing to discuss the traffic accident that you have been involved in? I usually hang up and they never call me back which makes me think it wasn't much of an accident.

 

[JessicaTam]

Does anyone get the phone call wishing to discuss the traffic accident that you have been involved in? I usually hang up and they never call me back which makes me think it wasn't much of an accident.

Umm, it was mentioned 4 posts before yours.

 

[Dannyism]

Always give the ATM card reader a bit of a wiggle before using, if it moves slightly or anything seems strange walk away. There are many variations of these including entirely false ATM façade.

I can honestly thank Reddit for this... - Imgur

 

[drron]

No ladies today but I did get my first AGL account.Sad that I actually don't have an AGL account.

 

[QF WP]

I don't know if this is the genesis of a credit card scam or a weird sort of identity theft gone wrong, but late last week I received 2 envelopes from Macquarie Bank. The first one was for my internet password (que?), and the second one had my new Visa Black card (WTF!)

The reason for my surprise was the complete lack of previous correspondance (or any relationship at all) between myself and MacBank, so I called them to ask why they had sent me this card out of the blue. Their response - send us a stat-dec that you didn't apply for this card and then we will investigate it.

Any bush lawyers here know the best techniques for ripping these arrogant twots the fistula they deserve? In the meantime .... should i be paranoid?

Moody, that's not ideal. Someone may be (poorly) trying to get things in your name.

Not meaning to pry but first look at trusted people at home (kids?) and then consider who else might have enough personal details (date of birth, address, payslips, etc) to try it.

Ps. Did u at least get a sign on bonus.

1. Someone within your family is trying you on...
2. Somebody outside is trying to steal your identity and you got to the mail before them (have you ever missed getting a statement from any CC provider - if so, they probably got your details from that and other missing documents)?

I'd go for number 2 over number 1. Asking Macquarie for a copy of the application details may help...if they give to you?

 

[OzEire]

I'd go for number 2 over number 1. Asking Macquarie for a copy of the application details may help...if they give to you?

Spot on, well said QF WP (better than I did).

I had to deal with the Westpac fraud team when I applied for my current Black card. It was odd, complex and frustrating. It seems weird that such a group, focused on identity issues and fraudsters, would transfer you around to all and sundry staff members - each one gets every conceivable piece of personal data then decides they can't help and sends the call to another team (country). When they called me they refused to I'd themselves! So I would hang up and call a trusted number but never reach the person who *just* called me a moment ago. Go figure.

 

[coriander]

No ladies today but I did get my first AGL account.Sad that I actually don't have an AGL account.

I have an AGL account and my bill is often very similar to the fake AGL bills, so I have to scrutinise the emails with "an intense scrut" to see which one I open.

OTOH, I've kicked up my spam filters a bit and no longer have offers from Svetlana and friends offering to assist with my Cialis dosage.

 

[coriander]

Ps. Did you at least get a sign on bonus.

Only if he spent $3000......

 

[RAM]

I don't know if this is the genesis of a credit card scam or a weird sort of identity theft gone wrong, but late last week I received 2 envelopes from Macquarie Bank. The first one was for my internet password (que?), and the second one had my new Visa Black card (WTF!)

The reason for my surprise was the complete lack of previous correspondance (or any relationship at all) between myself and MacBank, so I called them to ask why they had sent me this card out of the blue. Their response - send us a stat-dec that you didn't apply for this card and then we will investigate it.

Any bush lawyers here know the best techniques for ripping these arrogant twots the fistula they deserve? In the meantime .... should i be paranoid?

Mail box theft is reaching epidemic proportions in Sydney (especially) and Melbourne. Unfortunately much is due to "well-known" high rise unit builders who fit out the 50 mail boxes with the same lock! Who needs a master key...

Note: the Australian building Standards contain no requirement for different locks/keys btw. (Regular donations to political parties seem to work wonders...)

So if you live in a unit (built within last 10 years or so) and are on good terms with someone else in the block - ask them if you can try an experiment.

Talking with NSW Police Intelligence section - it seems that semi-professional aka organised crime is now into this in a big way. They have people cruising RE Agents looking for rentals in unit blocks, put down some cash deposit & ID so they get given the keys to the place AND make a copy of the keys....

All too simple thanks to the property developers gouging purchasers.

 

[gaz0303]

I received a bill from Telstra the other week and called to query as I hadn't had a Telstra service for more than 2 years (work supplies me with a Telstra phone). Somebody had used my name and address, but not my credit card, to order an iPhone on a post-paid plan to a different address. Took 1 phone call to Telstra and a stat dec emailed through to them.

Culprits had gone to trouble to set up a fake email with my name at yahoo or similar. Nothing else strange going on and credit cards are all in order. Looks more like a problem with Telstra systems than my identity being stolen.

 

[Dannyism]

Mail box theft is reaching epidemic proportions in Sydney (especially) and Melbourne. .

I had my mailbox lock smashed off twice. The first time I was concerned, the second time I got a PO Box and a mail redirect. I'm becoming extremely paranoid about ID theft, but I think it's justified. I reported it to the police both times and they sadly said there was nothing they could do, that the culprit was likely stealing parcels/valuables from mailboxes but to educate myself about ID theft.

Get yourself a VPN and download TOR, register for a dark web marketplace and go and have a look for yourself. I've seen adds for people selling ID theft service, not necessarily for a particular person, but a certain city, gender and age group. Really scary stuff.

I churn a lot of credit cards and no one ever checks my ID or anything like that. Really really scary stuff. I'm going to go have a lie down.

 

[SFSC]

I note two posts today where entities have requested a stat dec. Perhaps I'm a bit precious, but I would be reluctant to provide a stat dec to anyone unless it was clearly to my advantage to provide one (i.e. I had suffered an actual financial loss). Certainly not just to tidy up the internal paperwork of some company that would seem to have less than optimal security.

 

[Moody]

1. Someone within your family is trying you on...
2. Somebody outside is trying to steal your identity and you got to the mail before them (have you ever missed getting a statement from any CC provider - if so, they probably got your details from that and other missing documents)?

I'd go for number 2 over number 1. Asking Macquarie for a copy of the application details may help...if they give to you?

#1 is not impossible. My 18yo son is great at hare-brained ideas, but this would take quite some organisation skills ... plus he would be truly stupid to kill the goose.
#2 is more likely as the correspondence arrived during school holidays, so our mail was being picked up more immediately than normal and would have been harder to intercept (though there is no lock on the letterbox which I should look into).
#3 is simple error and financial clickbait. I am trying to work out possible angles and triggers there.

But I need to find out which it is.

 

[love_the_life]

Well that was interesting; had a call on the mobile from +225 which turns out to be the Ivory Coast. I did not answer and then blocked all future calls from the number. I did a bit of Googling and there are a lot of numbers linked to the 419 scam originating in Ivory Coast. It is a bit worrying that it came through on my mobile as that is not listed.

 

[coles525]

Always check your credit files if something weird is occuring (ie: replies above: Telstra, bank).

3 or more credit providers, could be listed on any of them. Veda (just changed names), D&B and another provider.

Snail mail (10+ days) = free access once a year, within 24hr access = paid.

 

[Cossie]

Anyone else get this? e . qantas . c0m or t . e . qantas ....? Changed so you can't click on it. Is it real, malware thinks it's fake.

 

[prozac]

Anyone else get this? e . qantas . c0m or t . e . qantas ....? Changed so you can't click on it. Is it real, malware thinks it's fake.

The email address should be your first clue Cossie..."e.qantas.com" is unlikely to be real.
Next, if you google Qantas and Altlantis offer you get this result - https://www.qantas.com/travel/airlines/atlantis-the-palm-dubai/gb/en
Quite different to that which you received.
Commit that one to your junk addresses.