Scams like these

[RAM]

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


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

Business name no longer needed?
Cancel it through ASIC Connect. To cancel see

PLEASE never post active links just in case someone not quite so sensible CLICKS on it to see what (disaster) happens

 

[wandering_fred]

Then you have the next interesting problem

I received a phishing email in respect to my [non-existent] apple account.

Dear Customer,
We recently failed to validate your payment information, therefore we need to ask you to complete a short verification process in order to verify your account.

etc with the click through to idappleverificaiton dot something.

when I try to report it to apple the email is rejected as suspected spam by the bigpond mail server...

The mail server responded: 59108525174AD866 Message content rejected due to suspected spam. OB703. Please check the message and try again.

Off to the trash folder with it.

Just wandering

Fred




We recently failed to validate your payment information, therefore we need to ask you to complete a short verification process in order to verify your account.

 

[wandering_fred]

PLEASE never post active links just in case someone not quite so sensible CLICKS on it to see what (disaster) happens

OK I very carefully had removed all the known link references. I have fixed the one you referred to which was "buried" by the cut and paste and did go where it stated. I had fixed the supporting (showing) text but not the actual link. The remaining items while highlighted wouldn't go anywhere as the slashes and dots were correctly removed.

Just wandering

Fred

 

[TheRealTMA]

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
  
  ...

• 
  
  Received 16 renewal notices today!

 

[Boca68]

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.

Just a clarification there on the highlighted text. You don't need an ABN to have a com.au domain. I can buy one now for $9.99 with very little information.

 

[Dr Bob]

An interesting one from AMEX this morning. An email, correct address, name & last 5 digits of card. An offer to register to card / spend $75 get $25 back at participating stores.
Haven't posted as I can't deactivate links. Have established it isn't a scam but, I think, poor IT form.
Opened email, rarely do I accept these offers, but clicked this time & when to page saying offer registered to card.
Went back to email & clicked on list of 50 odd stores to see if I would use the offer. At bottom of this page had another link to accept, clicked this & went to another page which smelt of scam asking for full name, card number email etc. All this without logging in / not good form.
So rang AMEX service & person thought the last page was odd so have forwarded email to fraud section & should get back within 5 days.
Have since logged on to AMEX & yes offer registered to card.

 

[OzEire]

Anyone wondering if this thread is just giving scammers ideas ?

 

[Jurahn]

Anyone wondering if this thread is just giving scammers ideas ?

They don't need ideas, they just have to look at some of the emails genuine companies send out LOL.

NAB are absolute shockers with some of the email correspondence and texts they send out. Received what actually turned out to be a genuine email from them the other day, headed: "Transact on your NAB account ending **** to avoid closure", then the first part of the email read "Dear Customer, Please make a transaction on your account soon or it will be closed". The stilted language made me suspicious, even though the email did actually contain correct account details for a NAB account I haven't used for some time. But "Dear Customer"? Not even using my name as EVERY other financial institution I deal with has the commonsense to do? Even it did end up being a genuine email, it looked so dodgy I still didn't click on anything in it!! Their SMS communication is even worse. I changed something on my account a while ago and they texted me a verification number to enter online so the change could be completed. However the SMS I received read something like "Secret code is *****. Do not provide this to anyone." And that's it - no indication whatsoever that it was from NAB, couldn't look more suss if they tried.

 

[whatmeworry]

Seems Boris Becker got caught up in a Nigerian Oil Scam and is now allegedly bankrupt.

[h=1]Top tennis star Boris Becker scammed by Nigerian fraudsters, loses N41bn fortune[/h]

Top tennis star Boris Becker scammed by Nigerian fraudsters, loses N41bn fortuneTrue Viral News | True Viral News

Comedian Bill Burr received one of those scam phone calls regarding an account. Language Warning (Blue Comedian).

[video=youtube;QM8X-kGBlrU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM8X-kGBlrU[/video]

 

[coriander]

The ATO business name scam is pretty good, my business name renewal is due in August, so was close. However, as per my usual practice, I went to ASIC in my browser (never from email link) -> business name renewal; ASIC asks for reference number in the email (and of course, there isn't one). I was surprised it got past gmail's spam filter - not even Svetlana and her cohort can talk to me anymore.

 

[cove]

Coriander is that our Svetlana .....I share her with drron.

 

[prozac]

Sent this one straight to [email protected]

PAYPAL LOGO HERE
[TABLE="width: 350"] [TR] [TD="width: 700, align: center"]Update Your Information
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 700, align: center"]Dear Customer,
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 700, align: center"]We have noticed that some data from your account information seems inaccurate or unverified. You have to check your information in order to continue using our service smoothly, please check your account information by clicking the link below.
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 700, align: center"]· 1 Click on the button below
· 2 Log In to your account
· 3 Verify your informations to activate your account
[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

 

[wandering_fred]

Please note that this email came from efax-download NOT efax. The former will, if you download per their request, hijack your browser according to my search engine

You have a new fax from eFax!

You can also view your faxes by downloading your pdf fax [here]

[TD="bgcolor: #efefef, colspan: 2, align: left"]Fax Details
[/TD] [TD="width: 250"] Caller ID: Date Received: Type: Number of pages: Download link:

[/TD] [TD="width: 350"] 44-020-3136-4931
2017-06-23 06:19:35 PDT
Attached in pdf
1

[/TD]

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Happy wandering

Fred

 

[Cossie]

Just had a Tax Office message, I'm in default and I'm going to gaol and so on. Tried to string them along, but they realised and wouldn't play the game. Then they had the cheek to hang up!

 

[Jurahn]

Then they had the cheek to hang up!

Well, how rude!!! LOL

 

[RAM]

Just had a Tax Office message, I'm in default and I'm going to gaol and so on. Tried to string them along, but they realised and wouldn't play the game. Then they had the cheek to hang up!

Courtesy is increasingly scarce these days while scammers are not!

 

[Boca68]

Courtesy is increasingly scarce these days while scammers are not!

whilst a courteous scammer is even rarer.

 

[RAM]

whilst a courteous scammer is even rarer.

Well actually I unfortunately (for him and me both) met up with one in Prague in June. I'll post the whole sordid tale when I get time (including photos to alert fellow travellers as both the Prague City and State Police had no interest in arresting him).

But suffice to say, after the scam was nearing completion he warned us to be careful about pick pockets in three of the most popular tourist locations, as well as passing on another tip.

Two days later I reversed the scam and came out ahead!

 

[Boca68]

Well actually I unfortunately (for him and me both) met up with one in Prague in June. I'll post the whole sordid tale when I get time (including photos to alert fellow travellers as both the Prague City and State Police had no interest in arresting him).

But suffice to say, after the scam was nearing completion he warned us to be careful about pick pockets in three of the most popular tourist locations, as well as passing on another tip.

Two days later I reversed the scam and came out ahead!

They are rare, the courteous ones. I had one years ago when I first moved to Bogota. The old "Tourist Police" scam.

Well dressed, smiling, likable. Even introduced his "Captain". I felt safe and smothered with Colombian "Tourist Police" love. I admit for the first 5 or 6 minutes, I was oblivious. Then another guy approaches, a poor Ecuadorian Tourist, who is lost. Diddums! Don't know why, but it sent off alarm bells for me.

I tried to make excuse, I have to go meet someone soon, ciao! Then they followed me. Wanting to check for drugs money and take my watch to check for fraudalent goods. Then I was sure! All the time they were sooo nice though, I felt. Turned the corner and lucky me, there were 2 uniformed police about 50 metres away. Walked straight towards them. Got to them, turned around and the ever so efficient "tourist police", had all disappeared. Gone undercover, I'm sure....

 

[OATEK]

A new QANTAS-based scam today: