Scams like these

[JohnK]

@OATEK out of interest does anyone actually fall for this scam?

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

I do note that Aust has some of those bitcoin deposit machines or BATMs around now.
Was surprised when I found out through Google that these apparatuses have made their way here.
The owners and operators might have ideas if it being legit, but these are an easy way for scam operators to run their side hustle ops too.
Apart from the gift card scams as well.

 

[OATEK]

@OATEK out of interest does anyone actually fall for this scam?

I have no idea @JohnK - non of my friends have admitted to doing so!

As @The black sheep said earlier, some people out there in Cyber space would be intimidated by the fact that they have used their own email address (seemingly) to send the demand. I suspect it like throwing burley to catch the occasional fish.

 

[drron]

A little off topic but an item on last night's news that criminals are now using the restaurant and bar QR codes on the tables by sticking a false QR codes over the original.

 

[Ade]

A little off topic but an item on last night's news that criminals are now using the restaurant and bar QR codes on the tables by sticking a false QR codes over the original.

This happened in India in 2019 I think, but for small shopkeers, say convinience stores, etc. The scammers pasted their own QR codes (with links to their bank accounts or GPay) and when a customer pays, the money goes to the scammers' account and not the shop owner's account. Most of the shop owners were simply too busy, given the crowd, busy trading hours etc and don't usually check their accounts until end of day. The money is lost forever.

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[JohnK]

I saw an email yesterday that looks very realistic. It's from a gmail address. I've purchased a gift card and this was confirmation of the purchase. I can't quite read the attachment and don't want to open the attachment but looks like Meyer and around $500.

Is Meyer a business? It's not Myer.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Got my first scam email from the Medibank data breach.

It stood out because it was addressed to my full name, including middle names.

I actually had to do a bit of research (ok, ‘googling’) to determine if the company was legitimate. It was… even the email addresses were right. But the person to reply to was not part of the organisation.

I could see a few people caught out by this because of the accuracy and completeness of the data

 

[MARTINE]

Got my first scam email from the Medibank data breach.

It stood out because it was addressed to my full name, including middle names.

I actually had to do a bit of research (ok, ‘googling’) to determine if the company was legitimate. It was… even the email addresses were right. But the person to reply to was not part of the organisation.

I could see a few people caught out by this because of the accuracy and completeness of the data

Did you join the class action
I did and this is the type of data they are requesting

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Did you join the class action
I did and this is the type of data they are requesting

I haven’t! TBH i was last a customer of medibank about 8 years ago. And i wasn’t sure how a class action works/what I might get from it.

I kniw it’s probably upthread somewhere, but do you have a reputable link to the class action? I might have a look.

 

[MARTINE]

Medibank Data Breach Investigation | Register Here

Register your interest

www.medibankclassaction.com.au

I put details into this link (which is legit) about a month ago
Last week they provided information that confirmed they joined with two other firms and plan to pursue the privacy breach for which large statutory penalties apply
I was given survey which asked about impact of breach personally and spam email increases etc (nothing intrusive).
At the end you can state you wish to join on no win no fee basis - name and email address only requested.

 

[p--and--t]

I was tempted to tease them and send back "you know I don't have Whatsapp - text your father"

BTW: I have the wrong genitalia to be "Mum".

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Medibank Data Breach Investigation | Register Here

Register your interest

www.medibankclassaction.com.au

I put details into this link (which is legit) about a month ago
Last week they provided information that confirmed they joined with two other firms and plan to pursue the privacy breach for which large statutory penalties apply
I was given survey which asked about impact of breach personally and spam email increases etc (nothing intrusive).
At the end you can state you wish to join on no win no fee basis - name and email address only requested.

thanks! i’ll have a look.

Seems like if we want to proceed as part of the class action down the track we will need to pay $825 up front?

 

[Forg]

I was tempted to tease them and send back "you know I don't have Whatsapp - text your father"

I know this was said in jest, but in case others aren’t aware … a lot of those are sent to random numbers, there’s a good chance they don’t know that a real person belongs to the numbers they send them to. So never respond, it confirms your number is a real one & they either use it for other scams or onsell it with a batch of “known real numbers”.

Often the number it allegedly came from is also not real & could belong to anyone, depending on the scam; but in this case the scam relies on a response, so any responses would get back to the scammer for these.

 

[p--and--t]

I know this was said in jest, but in case others aren’t aware … a lot of those are sent to random numbers, there’s a good chance they don’t know that a real person belongs to the numbers they send them to. So never respond, it confirms your number is a real one & they either use it for other scams or onsell it with a batch of “known real numbers”.

Often the number it allegedly came from is also not real & could belong to anyone, depending on the scam; but in this case the scam relies on a response, so any responses would get back to the scammer for these.

Yes in jest.

I'm suspecting it was actually send from a spoofed number so the text back would either go into the great ether or to some person who would wonder "WTH".

 

[Cruiser Elite]

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[MEL_Traveller]

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Contact the Agent email below for further instructions.

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Take it! That’s almost enough for an SQ R ticket to China these days!!

 

[drron]

Well I have just won my 32nd iphone 14 for 2023!

 

[Ade]

Well I have just won my 32nd iphone 14 for 2023!

32 iPhones in 27 days! on a roll, @drron

 

[Port Power]

Yes in jest.

I'm suspecting it was actually send from a spoofed number so the text back would either go into the great ether or to some person who would wonder "WTH".

No, it would’t be a spoof number. The scammers go on to ask you to pay a bill for “your child” or transfer money. A friend was halfway through transferring funds when her actual daughter rang her!

 

[p--and--t]

No, it would’t be a spoof number. The scammers go on to ask you to pay a bill for “your child” or transfer money. A friend was halfway through transferring funds when her actual daughter rang her!

So many people fall for these obvious scams.

If I thought it was from one of my kids (which I didn't) the response would be, you broke it, you pay for it, I'm not an ATM.