Scams like these

[Cossie]

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.

Yes, I did think it was fake as Qantas always sends me emails with my ff number, but it may very well catch some people out, cheers.

 

[adamkps]

I have concluded arrangements for your ATM CARD worth $10.5 Million to be released to you in 3 working days.


I have also requested for a Waiver Certificate and this Certificate will guarantee that your Card be delivered to you.


The Waiver Certificate is $50. Nothing under the sun will stop you from receiving your package after the Waiver is paid as instructed.


PAY THE FEE URGENTLY BY WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM WITH THE DETAILS STATED BELOW:


RECEIVERS NAME: PAUL ISIDI


ADDRESS: 606 KOKA ROAD ASABA, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA


TEXT QUESTION: DELIVERY DAY?


ANSWER: 3 WORKING DAYS


The following information should be provided after making the payment


1) Sender's Name


2) Sender's Address


3) Direct Telephone/Cell Number


4) M.T.C.N OR REFERENCE NUMBER


5) Payout Amount as stated on the Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Receipt


I am doing this because I want you to receive your funds in other to assist your family.


YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.


Have a wonderful day.


Regards


Mark Ubadi

 

[adamkps]

And I get these all the time....
Dear Sir/Madam,




please check below the flights Enquiry as requested




Class :Economic Class
Routh Sydney - Auckland - Sydney
Departure date: 09/09/2017
Returning date 30/09/2017
Airline : ANY AIRLINE
PAX NAME : ABDULRAHMAN / ALDOODERI MR






Looking forward to hearing good news from you soon.


Best Regards,


ABDULRAHMAN

 

[coriander]

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!

Hmm... just went outside to check my key on a bank of 20 boxes. Mine only opened mine, but they are pretty small locks and fairly flimsy (what's the line about locks being designed to keep honest people out?).

Notwithstanding that, our building has now moved all our mailboxes into the secure underground carpark, so they are at least away from casual thieves. The postie loves it, especially in wet weather.

 

[Buzzard]

I don't live in a block of flats but have a Post Office Box. Worth every cent IMHO

 

[Deleted member]

I haven't had home delivered mail for over 15 years. And for a good portion of that, not even a letter box for the postie to use

 

[QF WP]

Some delightful person sent me something purporting to be from Lloyds Bank. Don't know why as I've never banked with them, maybe they got me confused with my wife who does Needless to say, my spam filter had stripped the document to open before I could open it

Confidential Documents
This email was sent from a notification-only email address which cannot accept incoming email. Please do not reply directly to this message.

To unlock/view your documents, follow the instructions below.

1. Look for an attachment (Protected.doc) ( typically at the top or bottom; location varies by email service).
2. Your Authorization code is: 475f94B50418LLB.
3. Enter the authorization code when prompted.

The secure message expires on July 14, 2017 @ 09:21 AM (GMT)

Please check attached documents for more information.
The submission number is id: 8d6ba737-775e8bdc-f95f16f3-1b460259
Please quote this number in any communications with Lloyds Bank.

Note: Attached documents are encrypted with a unique Private Key.

Disclaimer: This email and any attachments are confidential and for the sole use of the recipients. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender.

Email Security Powered by Voltage IBE. Copyright 2002-2017 Voltage Security, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

[cove]

Mrscove used some Collingwood footy crowd language on the scammer who phoned a sixth time.

 

[jamesatfish]

I haven't had home delivered mail for over 15 years. And for a good portion of that, not even a letter box for the postie to use

At our previous house we didn't have a letterbox (by choice - we pulled it out when doing a knockdown-rebuild and never put one back) and we'd had an active mail redirection from that address to a PO Box in place for around 8 years.

Still didn't stop Australia Post from dropping letters (including ones containing financial statements and actual credit cards) and parcels randomly on the front doorstep because they couldn't see a mailbox and couldn't be bothered reading the big yellow redirection sticker on the envelope.

 

[Cossie]

This has to be a scam, a health insurance company admitting they made a mistake.......... Perhaps it should be in the 'humour' thread.

 

[Moody]

In the letterbox today a letter from HSBC - "Thanks for applying for a credit facility - we just need a bit more info"

Someone is definitely trying it on .... is it possible to send my own details out to all financial institutions saying "On no account give Mr Moody a credit card!"

 

[TheRealTMA]

This has to be a scam, a health insurance company admitting they made a mistake.......... Perhaps it should be in the 'humour' thread.

View attachment 101828

It's probably the result of a court case against Medibank by the ACCC for their predatory price increases. Insurance companies, especially medical insurance, never apologise unless by law.

 

[suze2000]

The email address should be your first clue Cossie..."e.qantas.com" is unlikely to be real.

I got that email too and it looks completely legit Not a spelling mistake or an inappropriate capitalisation to be seen. Gmail has not marked it as spam. I thought the "qantas.com/whatever else" was the most important part of a web address? I use mailwasher and it tells me that all of the links go to e.qantas.com something.

Anyone code websites for a living and can enlighten me?

 

[wandering_fred]

Origin Energy thinks my account is overdue.

Pity that I don't own enough properties have the SIX account notices they sent me.

Just wandering

Fred

 

[rainbowgirl]

I got an email from Qantas Red email

Not sure if it is a scam or not but they think I live in New Zealand. They've sent me a link to a competition for New Zealand residents only.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Got a weird email this morning.

AMP: Payment made to a first time payee
17/07/2017 09:18 AM
To: company email.

This email is to confirm that you recently made a Funds Transfer to a payee with account ending 9923 for the first time.

[TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable, width: 480"] [TR] [TD] [FONT=&amp]Do you recognize all of these transaction(s)?[/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD] [FONT=&amp]

[/FONT][/TD] [TD] [FONT=&amp]Declined transaction at PAYMENT-BPAY-THANK YOU for $260.24 on 16/07/2017[/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD] [FONT=&amp]

[/FONT][/TD] [TD] [FONT=&amp]Approved PAYMENT-BPAY-THANK YOU for $500.00 on 16/07/2017[/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD] [FONT=&amp]

[/FONT][/TD] [TD] [FONT=&amp]Approved transaction at PAYMENT-BPAY-THANK YOU for $260.24 on 16/07/2017[/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD]Yes[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]No[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [FONT=&amp]NO[/FONT][FONT=&amp] will allow you to complete the verification process and file a fraud claim in Online or Mobile Banking.[/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] For more information about this payment please log in and select 'Payment list' from the Funds transfer menu.
Please log in and cancel if you did not perform this transfer.
Sincerely,
Please do not reply to this email. If you have questions regarding this email please contact our support area on 1300 641 656 (8am - 7pm AEST/AEDT Mon-Fri, and 9am - 6pm AEST/AEDT Sat-Sun).

Not clicking any links, I thought AMP only did super.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Origin Energy thinks my account is overdue.

Pity that I don't own enough properties have the SIX account notices they sent me.

Just wandering

Fred

Yes I received 16 different bills from Origin this morning to different email addresses. Now I'm confused. Which one do I pay?

 

[QF WP]

Got a weird email this morning.

AMP: Payment made to a first time payee
17/07/2017 09:18 AM
To: company email.

This email is to confirm that you recently made a Funds Transfer to a payee with account ending 9923 for the first time.

[TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable, width: 480"][TR][TD] [FONT=&amp]Do you recognize all of these transaction(s)?[/FONT][/TD][/TR][TR][TD] [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"][TR][TD] [FONT=&amp]

[/FONT][/TD][TD] [FONT=&amp]Declined transaction at PAYMENT-BPAY-THANK YOU for $260.24 on 16/07/2017[/FONT][/TD][/TR][/TABLE][/TD][/TR][TR][TD] [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"][TR][TD] [FONT=&amp]

[/FONT][/TD][TD] [FONT=&amp]Approved PAYMENT-BPAY-THANK YOU for $500.00 on 16/07/2017[/FONT][/TD][/TR][/TABLE][/TD][/TR][TR][TD] [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"][TR][TD] [FONT=&amp]

[/FONT][/TD][TD] [FONT=&amp]Approved transaction at PAYMENT-BPAY-THANK YOU for $260.24 on 16/07/2017[/FONT][/TD][/TR][/TABLE][/TD][/TR][TR][TD] [TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable"][TR][TD]Yes[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]No[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD] [FONT=&amp]NO[/FONT][FONT=&amp] will allow you to complete the verification process and file a fraud claim in Online or Mobile Banking.[/FONT][/TD][/TR][/TABLE][/TD][/TR][/TABLE] For more information about this payment please log in and select 'Payment list' from the Funds transfer menu.
Please log in and cancel if you did not perform this transfer.
Sincerely,
Please do not reply to this email. If you have questions regarding this email please contact our support area on 1300 641 656 (8am - 7pm AEST/AEDT Mon-Fri, and 9am - 6pm AEST/AEDT Sat-Sun).

Not clicking any links, I thought AMP only did super.

Bundy Bear, flick me a copy of it and I can find out. It's not one of the regular 13, 1300 or 1800 numbers used by AMP - but may be one of the payment processing numbers (rather than using one of the 02 numbers). Yes, they do many more things than just super .

 

[wandering_fred]

Got a good one today. It took a look through to realize I didn't want to click on the "notice"
The notice was a link to someone's sharepoint page...

Just wandering

Fred



Key Information

• Your business name registration is due for renewal
• Renew by credit card or request an invoice online using 'pay now'
• You should cancel the business name if it is no longer needed

[TABLE="width: 100%"][TR][TD]

[/TD][TD="align: right"]

[/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Dear customer

Your business name registration is due for renewal by 29/07/2017. You must renew the registration to continue using this business name and avoid cancellation.
You can find your account number and business name details, on this PDF copy of your "renewal notice"

How to renew
Pay now is the quickest and simplest way to renew. Simply click the link to renew online:

pay link to the asicconnect asic gov au - public faces renewal site.

Then:

1. enter your account number
2. select a renewal period (1 or 3 years)
3. pay using your credit card or request an invoice.

Need more help?
You can find more information including step-by-step user guides at [www asic gov au bn-renew]

Business name no longer needed?
Cancel it through ASIC Connect. To cancel see [www asic gov au bn-cancel

 

[OzEire]

I always read web addresses backwards when concerned about their authenticity.

It would be very hard to get a .gov.au email or web address... anything in front of this bit wouldn't bother me.

Similar with .anything.com.au, which requires at least minimal checks such as having an ABN.

A recognised domain such as .qantas.com should be pretty safe - they will put all sorts of prefixes in front of the .qantas.com to make the site work. Eg e.qantas.com. As above, it would be hard (not impossible) for a scammer to host dodgy content on .qantas.com using folders after the .com (eg. .qantas.com/scamfolder/).

You do need to watch out for anything between qantas and .com, such as .qantas.offers.com which actually belongs to .offers.com not QF. The other one is using a dodgy suffix, eg .qantas.com.at - registered in another country (Austria) but scammers might try to get the Azerbaijan or Colombia (.co) country domain to trick users. Some major companies register and redirect many variations of their site address to their main home page to avoid this (eg. Qantas.co.uk and indeed Qantas.com.au).

Finally, watch out for hidden links - you might see .qantas.com but the underlying URL goes to dodgybrothers.ru (hovering may show the truth but this can be disabled or altered. Only way to be sure is to check the page code or simply don't click the link and instead type the address in to a new browser as you know it.