Scams like these

[JessicaTam]

I am not sure why AP would be using a Las Vegas address.

 

[JohnK]

This is how they operate. Get you communicating off Gumtree, then ask for your bank details to transfer funds.
Of-course they clean out your account.

Wise to have bank account with 11c balance?

 

[prozac]

I am not sure why AP would be using a Las Vegas address.

Mr Prozac got this on her phone yesterday. Reported, blocked, deleted at the press of 2 buttons.

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Wise to have bank account with 11c balance?

Easier to not respond. This fella reported to Gumtree already. They have a report button on their message page. 99.9% guaranteed they are a scammer as it is a new Gumtree account with no buy / sell history.

 

[Bundy Bear]

I am not sure why AP would be using a Las Vegas address.

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I had the same message today

I am waiting for wine

 

[Jacques Vert]

New one for me. I've received two calls this week from people with sub-continent accent claiming to be from Visa/Mastercard Fraud centre stating they have blocked a suspicious transaction o/seas. Presumably they will then go on to "confirm" details of my account and transactions.

Interestingly, they cannot tell me what account has supposedly been compromised.

 

[VPS]

New one for me. I've received two calls this week from people with sub-continent accent claiming to be from Visa/Mastercard Fraud centre stating they have blocked a suspicious transaction o/seas. Presumably they will then go on to "confirm" details of my account and transactions.

Interestingly, they cannot tell me what account has supposedly been compromised.

This was in the paper today

Adelaide man seeks legal help against bank after losing $36,000 in phone scam

Former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon is preparing legal action against one of Australia's biggest banks, alleging it failed to respond quickly enough to a scam.

www.abc.net.au

I got a text message and a call from Amex recently to say there was a suspected fraudulent transaction and to ring this number. I looked up the number for Amex and called them back and yes it was a fraudulent transaction but there is enough in the press now not to call back on the number they leave

 

[prozac]

This was in the paper today

Adelaide man seeks legal help against bank after losing $36,000 in phone scam

Former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon is preparing legal action against one of Australia's biggest banks, alleging it failed to respond quickly enough to a scam.

www.abc.net.au

I got a text message and a call from Amex recently to say there was a suspected fraudulent transaction and to ring this number. I looked up the number for Amex and called them back and yes it was a fraudulent transaction but there is enough in the press now not to call back on the number they leave

Yep, always call the number on the back of your card.

 

[MelMel]

New one for me. I've received two calls this week from people with sub-continent accent claiming to be from Visa/Mastercard Fraud centre stating they have blocked a suspicious transaction o/seas. Presumably they will then go on to "confirm" details of my account and transactions.

Interestingly, they cannot tell me what account has supposedly been compromised.

I’ve had this one, I kept pushing them as to which bank the account was held at and they kept fluffing around. Eventually they said “Commonwealth Bank” nup wrong answer - don’t have an account with them

 

[Jacques Vert]

I’ve had this one, I kept pushing them as to which bank the account was held at and they kept fluffing around. Eventually they said “Commonwealth Bank” nup wrong answer - don’t have an account with them

Same with me; my accounts are not with any of the majors or even the secondary banks so there's no way they will guess the right answer.

In the latest call, the chap just kept saying he worked on behalf of all the banks in Australia.

Interesting situation as one of my cards was genuinely compromised about the same time as the first call so I had something to compare to; totally different process.

 

[drron]

An interesting change in my scam emails. No more Russian women but now Ukrainian women.

 

[Hvr]

No more Russian women but now Ukrainian women.

Same here. Looking at my emails, I have high blood pressure, am impotent, of small stature, diabetic, constipated, lonely for a Ukrainian woman, need a new iPhone, and need to buy crypto currency.

 

[drron]

Same here. Looking at my emails, I have high blood pressure, am impotent, of small stature, diabetic, constipated, lonely for a Ukrainian woman, need a new iPhone, and need to buy crypto currency.

We must be clones.

 

[OATEK]

My name is Mark Zuckerberg, A philanthropist the Co- founder and CEO of the social-networking website called Facebook, As well as one of the world's youngest billionaires and Chairman of the Mark Zuckerberg Charitable Foundation which is also One of the largest private foundations in the world right now. I believe strongly in giving while living' I have one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people and i have decided to secretly give {$1,500,000.00} to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On the receipt of this email, You should count yourself as the lucky winner. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid (link removed). Email me.
Visit the web page to know more about me: (link removed) Mark_Zuckerberg/ or you can Google me (Mark Zuckerberg)


Regards,

MARK ZUCKERBERG

 

[prozac]

i have decided to secretly give {$1,500,000.00} to randomly selected individuals worldwide.

Well no money for you now it's not secret anymore!

 

[SOPOOR]

My name is Mark Zuckerberg, A philanthropist the Co- founder and CEO of the social-networking website called Facebook, As well as one of the world's youngest billionaires and Chairman of the Mark Zuckerberg Charitable Foundation which is also One of the largest private foundations in the world right now. I believe strongly in giving while living' I have one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people and i have decided to secretly give {$1,500,000.00} to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On the receipt of this email, You should count yourself as the lucky winner. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid (link removed). Email me.
Visit the web page to know more about me: (link removed) Mark_Zuckerberg/ or you can Google me (Mark Zuckerberg)


Regards,

MARK ZUCKERBERG

Must be Zuckerberg poor twin brother.

$1.5m out of his billions is pretty stingy

 

[Peanutbladder]

After the Optus hacking I am expecting more scams coming my way. I had a first this weekend via SMS with it supposedly from my daughter "Hi dad I am using this number while my transfer over to another device".

Needless to say I did not respond and blocked the number.

 

[Forg]

Needless to say I did not respond and blocked the number.

Blocking the number is pointless these days, the scams use random ‘phone numbers, there’s literally as much chance of a scammer calling you from that blocked number as the legitimate owner of the number calling for legitimate purposes!

I even had a ‘phone call from someone a few weeks back, she was returning from my number that she’d missed a couple of minutes beforehand … a call I’d not made, mine was obviously the random number a scammer had used when calling her. Trying to explain to her what had obviously happened was a little too confusing to her, mind you, she didn’t seem to get what I was saying …

 

[prozac]

After the Optus hacking I am expecting more scams coming my way. I had a first this weekend via SMS with it supposedly from my daughter "Hi dad I am using this number while my transfer over to another device".

Needless to say I did not respond and blocked the number.

Don't jump at shadows. This has nothing to do with the Optus leak.
Everyone has had at least one of these.

EDIT: The upside is Telstra have struck whilst the iron is hot and discounted Samsung S22 range by $250-$300 depending on the model. Optus countered last night with $350 off the S22 base handset AND 100GB/$58 plan. Time to start a new plan.

 

[Forg]

Don't jump at shadows. This has nothing to do with the Optus leak.
Everyone has had at least one of these.

… per day, for the last 2-or-more years …

 

[MelMel]

Believable except for the circled bit and the senders address