Scams like these

[QF WP]

I've had a spike of Google, bitcoin and the Keto lifestyle emails. They go automaticaly straight to junk. Nothing interesting sice my last post above. So disappointing....

 

[prozac]

A spike in spam calls this week. Mostly around 7pm - my phone indicates "suspected fraud" so I just reject it, but I had one yesterday around 1pm when I was in the car, so I answered - the lady claimed to be from NBN. I hung up immediately. Double checked my call register and it said private number. I figured if it really was NBN they'd ring back

I got one yesterday. I wasn't in the mood for any banter, as soon as she said NBN she got the "Arkell v. Pressdram" response.

 

[VPS]

I've had an amazing spike in bitcoin emails and they are mainly with a real organisation photo like news or bunnings - they are very annoying because outlook isn't picking them up as spam.

Also had a couple of phone calls saying I'm going to be arrested soon - still waiting.

My Amex was used in a fraudulent transaction but Amex picked up it immediately so new card

 

[wandering_fred]

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There were a couple of non links that pointed to correct qantas pages but the "Claim Now" button was to a "bit ly" link.....
Keep wandering
Fred

 

[TheRealTMA]

Hey, me too. I got 76543 points! Was there an AFF meeting that we have forgotten?

 

[VPS]

A new one from a Russian email address

International Criminal Police Organization -Interpol
INTERPOL Washington (General Secretariat)
600 E St NW #600, Washington,
DC 20004, United States.

Your Kind Notification

This official Memorandum is to notify you on the matter we decided this morning, after going through our monitoring investigation network. We discovered that your funds valued US$10.5 Million, were delayed and yet to be released to you, because some officials who work under government agencies, and other financial agencies, want to divert your Funds (US$10,500,000.00) through a back-door channel. We actually discovered this today, through our Secret Agents under the Disciplinary Unit of Interpol Washington.


From the information gathered, We discovered that the said Funds actually belong to you, but it had been purposely delayed because the officials in-charge of your Payment are into some sort of irregularities which is totally against the ethics of any Payment institution. We discovered that some payment was paid on this regard, but these corrupt officials still requested additional payment to enable them delay your payment and divert your funds for their selfish purpose.


The Interpol has intervened on your behalf and your funds have been recovered. Upon your response, we shall instruct you on how to receive your fund without any delay. You are required to provide us with the below information (for official verification).


1. Full Name:................
2. Residential Address:..............
3. Age:..............
4. Marital Status:............
5. Direct Telephone:.............
6. Occupation:.............


We await your immediate compliance to this official obligation, so that you can be paid by our approved bank.


Officially Sealed.


Michael A. Hughes
Acting Director
INTERPOL Washington

 

[rogerkambah]

A new one from a Russian email address

International Criminal Police Organization -Interpol
INTERPOL Washington (General Secretariat)
600 E St NW #600, Washington,
DC 20004, United States.

Your Kind Notification

This official Memorandum is to notify you on the matter we decided this morning, after going through our monitoring investigation network. We discovered that your funds valued US$10.5 Million, were delayed and yet to be released to you, because some officials who work under government agencies, and other financial agencies, want to divert your Funds (US$10,500,000.00) through a back-door channel. We actually discovered this today, through our Secret Agents under the Disciplinary Unit of Interpol Washington.


From the information gathered, We discovered that the said Funds actually belong to you, but it had been purposely delayed because the officials in-charge of your Payment are into some sort of irregularities which is totally against the ethics of any Payment institution. We discovered that some payment was paid on this regard, but these corrupt officials still requested additional payment to enable them delay your payment and divert your funds for their selfish purpose.


The Interpol has intervened on your behalf and your funds have been recovered. Upon your response, we shall instruct you on how to receive your fund without any delay. You are required to provide us with the below information (for official verification).


1. Full Name:................
2. Residential Address:..............
3. Age:..............
4. Marital Status:............
5. Direct Telephone:.............
6. Occupation:.............


We await your immediate compliance to this official obligation, so that you can be paid by our approved bank.


Officially Sealed.


Michael A. Hughes
Acting Director
INTERPOL Washington

Very sad, if anyone was naive enough (greedy) to be sucked in by that.

 

[QF WP]

1. Full Name:................
2. Residential Address:..............
3. Age:..............
4. Marital Status:............
5. Direct Telephone:.............
6. Occupation:.............

I would love to put down a ficticious name, the number and address of a police station and my occupation as "policeman" to see if it elicited a response

 

[Vic]

A new one from a Russian email address

International Criminal Police Organization -Interpol
INTERPOL Washington (General Secretariat)
600 E St NW #600, Washington,
DC 20004, United States.




1. Full Name:................
2. Residential Address:..............
3. Age:..............
4. Marital Status:............
5. Direct Telephone:.............
6. Occupation:.............

so Interpol is a Criminal organisation? lol

My reply:

1. Full Name:. Why
2. Residential Address:..............Don't
3. Age:..............you
4. Marital Status:............just
5. Direct Telephone:............. #@%^
6. Occupation:............. OFF

 

[prozac]

I would love to put down a ficticious name, the number and address of a police station and my occupation as "policeman" to see if it elicited a response

Before I unplugged my landline I used to answer the phone as "****** Police Station. Sgt *****"

 

[OATEK]

Greetings

I represent a group of company and we specialize in both start up projects and existing business in need of funding for expansion thus we are currently seeking means of expanding and relocating our business interest abroad in the following sectors: oil/Gas,banking, real estate, stock speculation and mining, transportation, health sector and tobacco,Communication Services,Agriculture Forestry & Fishing perhaps any lucrative sector.

If you think you have a solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the mentioned business sectors or any other business in your country; Please write me for possible business co-operation.

More so, we are ready to facilitate and fund any business that is capable of generating annual return on investment (AROI) JV partnership and Hard loan funding can also be considered.

Regards

Abdulkader Albakri

 

[OZDUCK]

A text message to my wife's phone -"Your order "Lenovo Intel core i9 Laptop" for $1,969.99 on 21-04-17 AMZ-Oder #62478091267 if NOT you , Please contact (+61)1800 943 512, Thank you." No name etc in the message.

This is apparently a fairly new "Amazon" scam as the on-line warning message about it was only posted by someone yesterday. I have sent a copy to Amazon & Scamwatch - with little hope anything will happen of course.

 

[flyingfan]

I got similar, '$2,199 for a CANON EOS R6-HD camera.'

 

[OZDUCK]

I got similar, '$2,199 for a CANON EOS R6-HD camera.'

It seems to be very popular at the moment. There are quite a few mentions on-line about the number and with messages like yours and mine. This particular scam seems to have only commenced in the last day or so.

 

[OATEK]

Dear Sir,

We are very pleased to present to you Gesdesco Emirates Investment (GEI) here in UAE and its investment & funding Program.


If you have any profitable project that requires funding or a personal loan that can generate a good ROI contact my email address at <removed> for full details about our funding program.


Best Regards,

Mohammed Hamza Qatri

Member of Non-Recourse Loan Team

Gesdesco Emirates Investment (GEI) LLC

 

[OATEK]

Dear Friend,

I am Kenichi Koseki, the Executive Officer & General Manager of the Risk Management Division of Chiba Bank, 1-2 Chiba-minato, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8720 Japan. I humbly contact you regarding the estate of a deceased Client Clementina Angela Leitao who died in 2004, the first wife of deceased Stanley Ho who was a casino magnate in Macau in the early 1900's.

Before her death, she deposited the sum of $27,800,000.00 (Twenty Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand USD) placed under our Bank Management. The institution being aware of his death have mandated me to present a member of his family (heir/inheritor) or Next of kin to make claims of this funds with our bank otherwise it will be forfeited, seized or confiscated by the authorities and reverts to the national treasury of the Japan Ministry as unclaimed. This is because in accordance with the Japanese government laws, such fortune is automatically bequeathed to the national treasury if there is no heir or Next of kin to the deceased that would come up to claim the fortune within the specified time. However, this law is unjust and inhumane as it often creates an avenue for the top officials of some financial institute to divert such fortunes for their own use. On that ground, I decided to search for a reliable person who will help me put a claim to the funds as he did not declare officially any Next of kin or b

I know you might not be related but after countless efforts to locate direct relatives of my late client and a Three months final notice from the Bank to present a beneficiary to the fund and failure to meet up with this deadline means the fund will be liquidated to the Bureau as unclaimed, that I forbid happening. Against this backdrop, I decided to contact you to join me and put a claim on this deposit before it is forfeited to the authorities. My suggestion to you is I would want to present you as the Next of kin and beneficiary to this deposit, since you are both foreign nationals by virtue of my position as the General Manager of Risk Management Division, I will now place your name as the Next of kin/Beneficiary of the late client and prepare the relevant legal document that will assist to facilitate the release of the funds to you, without any breach of law.

Note that I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully and be rest assured that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free. Once the vault is released to you, we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me and 45% for you; while the remaining 5% will be set aside for any expenses incurred during the cause of securing this deposit. Please if you are interested in getting on with this project, it will be highly appreciated if you get back to me through the contact details below so that I can explain to you the custom and structures designed towards the possibility of this fair deal.

Yours Sincerely,

Kenichi Koseki
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[prozac]

Dear Friend,

I am Kenichi Koseki, the Executive Officer & General Manager of the Risk Management Division of Chiba Bank, 1-2 Chiba-minato, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8720 Japan. I humbly contact you regarding the estate of a deceased Client Clementina Angela Leitao who died in 2004, the first wife of deceased Stanley Ho who was a casino magnate in Macau in the early 1900's.

Before her death, she deposited the sum of $27,800,000.00 (Twenty Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand USD) placed under our Bank Management. The institution being aware of his death have mandated me ... towards the possibility of this fair deal.

Yours Sincerely,

Kenichi Koseki
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Wow, better than OzLotto.

 

[kingzac]

I got similar, '$2,199 for a CANON EOS R6-HD camera.'

I got this one Sunday as well, "$2099.99 for MacBook Pro (13 inch) M1"

 

[wandering_fred]

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OH to find a possibility to be wandering
Fred

 

[love_the_life]

I had one at work last week - came up as Private so I answered as that is how other departments show up in our system. The background noise was a bit of a red flag and when she said my internet was going to be cut off I told her to go right ahead as she would be tuning off the Australian Government then hung up.