Scams like these

[Cruiser Elite]

 

[get me outta here]

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Had this one a few times. How

 

[prozac]

Had this one a few times. How

4 times on Sunday night!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Had this one a few times. How

Easy.
They probably spam to all Aussie phone numbers, and those who reside where LinkT operates will then get worried.
Then only the light brained will go with (for) the enclosed link.
I dont have a DL, there will be a part of the Aust population too that dont drive/dont drive in that state where LinkT operates/dont drive regularly.

 

[JohnK]

Interesting chat with Virgin Money/NAB/Citibank last week.

I reported 2 fraudulent transactions in early January 2023. Only 1 of them has been refunded. I called again enquiring about the other fraudulent transaction. They've put a new report together but a week later still no refund. No notification either.

The interesting part is that she said she can see this was a recurring transaction. From a place that sells fragrances.

I check back through SMS. Around 3:30pm there were 2 attempts at purchasing online that required verification code. They must have immediately realised that was going to fail so they put another 2 transactions through for recurring payments which then went through.

My theory is that I had an Afterpay payment due the next day. This was for just over $600 and those 2 fraudulent transactions are so close to that amount after converting from USD to AUD that it's not funny.

If they're going to be serious about fraud they need to make it just as difficult to set up recurring payments. Now need to waste more time trying to get this transaction reversed. The customer service is poor as you can only deal with frontline staff.

 

[OATEK]

Good morning, may the grace of greatness be with you throughout this year (Amen) this is to inform you that we have resolved you contact our Bank manager (CORIS BANK) for official Remittance of your Fund of $7 Million Dollars direct into your bank account with their Online banking transfer systems

Contact Name/: HON. H. PETER JERA
Email <deleted> or <deleted>

MRS.AUDOX

 

[Buzzard]

Interesting chat with Virgin Money/NAB/Citibank last week.

I reported 2 fraudulent transactions in early January 2023. Only 1 of them has been refunded. I called again enquiring about the other fraudulent transaction. They've put a new report together but a week later still no refund. No notification either.

The interesting part is that she said she can see this was a recurring transaction. From a place that sells fragrances.

I check back through SMS. Around 3:30pm there were 2 attempts at purchasing online that required verification code. They must have immediately realised that was going to fail so they put another 2 transactions through for recurring payments which then went through.

My theory is that I had an Afterpay payment due the next day. This was for just over $600 and those 2 fraudulent transactions are so close to that amount after converting from USD to AUD that it's not funny.

If they're going to be serious about fraud they need to make it just as difficult to set up recurring payments. Now need to waste more time trying to get this transaction reversed. The customer service is poor as you can only deal with frontline staff.

Every time I've reported a dodgy transaction, the first thing that happens is the bank cancels the card and issues a new one. Surprised this wasn't done in your situation.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Many calls from a 0489 908 Aust phone no, real or spoofed.
I block and delete but it still tries to make contact.
Not sure what the scam us.

 

[QF WP]

It didn't take me long to stop reading with every word starting with a capital...

Attention,

I Am Christopher A. Wray The FBI Director After Proper Investigations We Discovered That Your Impending Payment That Have Been Withheld By Impostors Claiming To Be Bank Officers In Africa, None Existing Officials Of Any Real Bank, UK Winning Lottery, Andy Lear Of Hsbc Bank, Coca-Cola Winning Lottery And Among A List Of Others Is Now Under Our Custody With The Help Of The Cyber Crimes Commission (Ccc) And The Local Police Force.

Investigations Revealed That You Have Spent A Lot On Your Personal Earned Money Just To Conclude The Successful Transfer Of Your Funds To Your Nominated Bank Account By Obtaining Transfer Documents As Requested By The Impostors, Costing You A Lot Of Money But All To No Avail The FBI Had To Send Some Financial Crime Investigators From Our Head Office In New York Field To Africa, UK And Asia In Other To Carry Out Proper Investigation

The New FBI Has Giving Authority To The International Monetary Funds

(IMF) To Assist The Federal Ministry Of Finance And All The Organization Involved Such As The Central Bank, Zenith Bank, And Legit Lottery Organizations To Immediately Commence With The Compensation Of All The Beneficiaries Awaiting The Successful Transfer Of Their Funds With The Help Of Some Of The Best Internet Investigators Attached To The FBI, We Traced Your Information From The Internet As One Of The Beneficiaries Awaiting The Successful Transfer Of Funds To Your Nominated Account.

I Am Pleased To Inform You That A Meeting Was Held As Regards The Best Way To Carry Out With The Compensation Exercise For Transparency And Most Especially To Avoid Re-Occurrence Of The Delay In Transferring Your Funds And The High Cost Of Procuring Transfer Documents And Came To A Final Conclusion As All Head Of Organizations Involved Was Duly Represented.

It Was Approved To Be Issued To You As A Valid International ATM Card Cash-Able At Any ATM Machine Designation In The World. The ATM Account Has Already Been Credited With Your One Million United States Dollars.

($1,000 000.00 Usd),With A Daily Limit Of Withdrawal Of Five Thousand United States Dollars.($5000.00 Usd) The ATM Card Has Already Been Packaged And Approved To Be Delivered To Your Doorstep Via A Courier Delivery Service.

Contact Mr. George Venizelos At Email [email address redacted] {Our FBI ATM Rep.} At The ATM Payment Center And Reconfirm Your Delivery Information As Stated Below And Your Security Code With Five Digit (ATM 1403) Number Has To Be Submitted Alongside With Your Delivery Information For Security Reasons


Delivery Information

Full Name:

Delivery Address:

Cell Phone Number:

Scan Copy Of Your Valid Id.

A Reliable And A Trusted Courier Company Has Been Contacted To Deliver Your Package To Your Destination As Soon As You Contact Mr. George Venizelos, He Will Update You With The Courier Company Contact Address In Order To Avoid Any Undue Delay Of Your ATM Card.

We Also Advise That You Stop Further Communications With Those Impostors And Forward Any Correspondence / Proposal You Receive From Them To Mr.George Venizelos In Order For The FBI To Bring Justice To Those Still At Large.

Director Of The Federal Bureau Of Investigation(FBI).

Christopher Asher Wray.

 

[JohnK]

Every time I've reported a dodgy transaction, the first thing that happens is the bank cancels the card and issues a new one. Surprised this wasn't done in your situation.

That's the first thing they did. But they only refunded 1 fraudulent transaction, not both. Feels like dealing with school kids who do not understand the assignment.

 

[Amanad78]

My daughter’s friend wrote this about her experience. When people think there’s money involved they tend to panic even though she’s extremely smart, and they go off half coughed.

I believed the SMS was from my bank – and fell victim to a $22,000 scam

When I play it back in my mind, I can clearly see points where I should have twigged – but I was blind to the signals

amp.theguardian.com

I hope your daughter's friend gets their money back

 

[Buzzard]

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

There must be a way to trace Aust mobile phone number here in Aust.
These scammers must be so bold to know they can get away with spoofing or using their own real Aust mobile phone numbers.

 

[Forg]

There must be a way to trace Aust mobile phone number here in Aust.
These scammers must be so bold to know they can get away with spoofing or using their own real Aust mobile phone numbers.

It’s probably a volume thing, there are too many scams going on for anyone to work-out & follow-up the tiny tiny percentage that use a real number - almost none of them do.

And if I think about it, doing so would probably mean giving The Authorities full unquestioned legal access to all (yours & mine & everyone else’s) ‘phone records …

 

[MARTINE]

It’s probably a volume thing, there are too many scams going on for anyone to work-out & follow-up the tiny tiny percentage that use a real number - almost none of them do.

And if I think about it, doing so would probably mean giving The Authorities full unquestioned access to all (yours & mine & everyone else’s) ‘phone records …

Surely there must be some nerdy 12y o who could figure this out and run a countermeasure software hack

I’d pay anything for that

Scammer turned good?

Most of the anti-hackers who advise govt come from this past life

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Yep, first thing, if I knew how, would be to make spoofing a thing of the past, ie, do the back ground tech inner workings to make it impossible to do.
They can do driverless trains in Sydney, the US authorities can know that there was that balloon flying over and then shot it down, we can even 99% detect false passports, and yet scams like the Optus and Telstra data breaches can still occur, plus our LinkT regulars...
At the moment, the onus is on us, end users to do the hard yakka, ie, to block and delete, and to not accept all those overseas calls at 1am/2am/3.30am from Europe/Africa.
If we change phones, have to start from scratch, ie, any incoming calls, have to block and delete.
Or sit there and copy every phone scam phone number from former phone, to new phone.

 

[OATEK]

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[QF WP]

Those pesky Chinese scammers at it again @OATEK

 

[SYD]

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At least the email version you can flag as Phishing or Junk etc.

Is there a way to forward a cough txt somewhere? Got this one…

Followed closely by this….

Probably the same cough*er sent both…

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Reporting them leads nowhere, really.
Just have do a block and delete (mission) every time.