Scams like these

[MelMel]

I am sooooo frustrated by scammers/vermin/expletives who do this.
A less than $10 scam transaction to a credit card recently between moving from last home to current has been appalling waste of my time and sanity.
That card was used for bill paying (not connected to any bank account we have and could afford the loss if it was scammed) but… of course all my telco payments etc (‘paid’ that day) were reversed /power and gas suppliers from old address (that I did not even think about ) sent red letters once mail forwarded to new address etc etc.
I have never even paid a bill late /pay my credit card as I go to keep zero balance and now I am getting letters about debt collection???.
So p—ssed. !!luckily I wont be applying for any loans/credit etc etc in future as I am sure this stuff shows up.
I ended up putting $500 credit into all the major service suppliers to keep in credit (using chat functions also for all of them to explain and attached my banks confirmation of the fraud) as too exhausted with move etc to deal with overdue accounts/non payments.
All up took about 6 weeks of time till all sorted

Recently…
Got a lovely ‘ written’ letter from the bank telling me I wont be liable for the $7.69 skype call from Luxembourg at conclusion.
Maybe I’ll frame it for the new study!!!
Rant.Over
I thankyou for allowing it

I lost my debit card once and was dreading changing all my direct debits but because they had been set up with the BSB and account number not the card number they weren’t affected. Of course this won’t apply if it’s a credit card

 

[prozac]

I lost my debit card once and was dreading changing all my direct debits but because they had been set up with the BSB and account number not the card number they weren’t affected. Of course this won’t apply if it’s a credit card

Had a call once from my bank. The fella says he is from their security dept. Maybe they emailed first.. Anyway, he asks if I made a 68c CC transaction on a US site. "No" Ok he says, this is a setup transaction, a tester. If it goes through ok then the next one is the big one. Cancelled my CC and issued a new one which arrived next day. Good service.

 

[TheRealTMA]

I keep getting these overdue toll scams to my mobile.

The TollRoads Scam Text 2022: SCAM! Do Not Click On The Link!! -

Did you receive a TollRoads Scam Text claiming to be from TollRoads directing you to a phishing website saying that you need to handle the bills. Do you want

www.planetofreviews.com

 

[JohnK]

So for close to 1 month the scam/spam with Outlook was down to a month.

Looks like scam/spam filter is broken again as of yesterday as there has been a rise of scam/spam in the junk folder.

 

[Quickstatus]

Internet malware can be prevented to some degree by making the primary DNS server in your router 1.1.1.2

 

[TheRealTMA]

Internet malware can be prevented to some degree by making the primary DNS server in your router 1.1.1.2

why?

 

[Quickstatus]

1.1.1.1 is a standard public DNS server run by CloudFare
1.1.1.2 is also run by CloudFare but it blocks known malware - CloudFare applies the filters
1.1.1.3 is 1.1.1.2 + blocks certain "adult" websites

I make my secondary DNS server 8.8.8.8 (Google public DMS)
Of course, your ISP automatically has their own DNS server which you can use instead

CloudFare

 

[JohnK]

Internet malware can be prevented to some degree by making the primary DNS server in your router 1.1.1.2

I'd love to know why Outlook goes through these phases. I think they're on the payroll.

 

[There'sOnlyOneJimmy]

I think it’s the 5G towers…

 

[OATEK]

We have received Afterpay sms with our verification codes even though we have not had anything to do with Afterpay.

 

[rginoz]

We have received Afterpay sms with our verification codes even though we have not had anything to do with Afterpay.

Same here. Into the bin with it.

 

[flyingfan]

We have received Afterpay sms with our verification codes even though we have not had anything to do with Afterpay.

Ditto. No link to tap so did someone just wrongly put in my number? Or was it sound kind of mass phishing?

 

[Quickstatus]

mass phishing

Spear phising

 

[Forg]

Ditto. No link to tap so did someone just wrongly put in my number? Or was it sound kind of mass phishing?

The AfterPay one I got yesterday had a link.

 

[Tiki]

This one freaked me out as I am used to scams being generic. The blacked out text is my actual full name and email associated with an old Paypal account I used from the USA and haven't used in many years. Any credit card attached to it would be long expired. I tried to log in to that old account from a private window and couldn't because they wanted to call me for a phone verification and the phone in the account is also long since gone.

 

[ellen10]

I got the afterpay SMS as well , I have never used afterpay. It came at 3 in the morning.

 

[MARTINE]

This one freaked me out as I am used to scams being generic. The blacked out text is my actual full name and email associated with an old Paypal account I used from the USA and haven't used in many years. Any credit card attached to it would be long expired. I tried to log in to that old account from a private window and couldn't because they wanted to call me for a phone verification and the phone in the account is also long since gone.

Hate it when the texts get close like this.. dark web obviosly trawling for an active hit

 

[TheRealTMA]

I got the afterpay SMS as well , I have never used afterpay. It came at 3 in the morning.

Yes I got a $500 increase in my AfterPay credit! Good when one does not have an afterpay account. They must be becoming desperate with the share price falling so dramatically!

 

[MARTINE]

Yes I got a $500 increase in my AfterPay credit! Good when one does not have an afterpay account. They must be becoming desperate with the share price falling so dramatically!

Yep
I got out before it became Block - got a good return on my 8-14$ share price

 

[Forg]

Coincidentally, I just got a message from Bendigo - not Bendigo Bank which makes sense as I don't have an account with them, the message said it came from Bendigo, I assume the city banded together to send me an SMS.

The warning was of suspicious activity on my account, and to follow the link. It's sort-of tempting to do so & enter a bunch of dud info, as it would eventually have to waste someone's time. but it'd prolly take me to a site which would infest not only my 'phone but also my PC, car, house, and probably that QF 738 flying overhead ...