Scams like these

[ksthommo]

Bunnings Austin Texas cant spell Department
Spam email from [email protected]

 

[Flyfrequently]

Email from Telstra today called "Contact expiry" Please click on link to confirm authorisation of "Flyfrequently" as this has not been validated in 24 months.

Never had to do before, methinks mmmm scam??
Wary as always, called Telstra and spoke to a lovely person in WA.
No scam, details validated and finally after 40+ years Telstra now have correct spelling of my fairly pedestrian first name

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

From 0426***350
Hello, it cannot be delivered because your zip code number is wrong.
www.s*ocrt.c*om/******

 

[Skyring]

Re: Forg's, wait a few days to see if the seeds do arrive.

A “man in the middle” attack, once they have your details, could simply order the seeds from the legitimate company and get them sent to you. They aren’t interested in the few dollars a packet of seeds would net them; they want to use the details for a bigger score.

 

[Forg]

A “man in the middle” attack, once they have your details, could simply order the seeds from the legitimate company and get them sent to you. They aren’t interested in the few dollars a packet of seeds would net them; they want to use the details for a bigger score.

No this one was legit.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

For Blackadder, that one is Wangiri, they will call every number, home phone or mobile in Aust.
Their aim is for you to call them back, even if your aim is to waste their time, but by the mere fact you have called them back, they might also be sucking your post paid international calls limit "dry", not so bad if you have an all you can use for a fixed sum sort of mobile plan with the work phone.
I can't really see how the new Aust Anti scam centre is going to work this one out, how to bar all these scams, really.
Would be nice if we could bar all international incoming calls, I am a dog who lives under a bushell, don't really know anyone overseas.
How do you bar the fake sms's from an "Aust" mobile phone?
"Have a register", hah, as if its going to stop all these sms.
So assume, and turns out, "all of my incoming international calls are scam(mmers)".

 

[Forg]

Would be nice if we could bar all international incoming calls, I am a dog who lives under a bushell, don't really know anyone overseas.

I‘m moderately sure I’ve said this in this thread before; but I can see that having only a poofteenth of a percentage-point of a difference. I’d average 2 scam calls a day, and I doubt I’ve seen a single OS number this year.
Changing the tech so a fake number is displayed, assuming that’s possible, is likely a better approach; then you can just ignore anything from OS in the way you currently ignore numbers you don’t know regardless of location.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

I do block and delete, but my phone still plings when a scam call comes in, and moves it to the "spam and blocked" part of sms, so I still in the end have to go there to see what has come in and that is the time waster.
If I turn off notifications, I might also miss bona fide calls from people I know, or sms that come in.
Hard.
Will wait till more info comes out about the Aust Anti Scam Centre.
If I don't recognise the number, I just let it ring anyway, then "you missed a call from 028xx_9xx who didn't leave a message" pop up.

 

[Warks]

I saw an email in spam folder from my insurer offering me a "gift card" and thought, yeah sure... but I looked it up and it seemed legit. With an abundance of caution I worked out that, yes I did qualify and I could opt into a number of offers. It was worth $80 so not nothing. It was weird to actually find something like a gift card offer in spam that was actually genuine.

 

[Major]

I don't think so.


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[AustraliaPoochie]

Re: Major reply:
Hilarious!
Aust GST is not 11%.
No ABN either, which is necessary (so businesses can claim back the GST, if it was legit, it would have to have been shown).
Granted individuals/non businesses can't claim back the GST.
They are using or phishing or copying someone's Adelaide phone number, don't know why they keep picking on 618.
So iffy.

 

[Forg]

That Adelaide number kinda has to be real, as it's the only contact within the whole thing ... unless it's in the reply email address of course.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Probably.
Most like the aim, for this particular email, is for the "mug" to phone them back, and question the charge.
The call might/would probably be pinged off overseas.
I am not game to call them back tho.
The fee they charge, is about right for people with multi devices protection.
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Had a wangiri call from Lanka yesterday.
Blocked and deleted.

 

[Forg]

There used to be scams where the number it asked you to call was a number such as a 1300 number where the call charges were billed on a per-second or per-15-second (or per-whatever) basis. You call it back, re-divert to a call-centre in Southeast Asia where wages are cheap & they tried to keep you on the line as long as possible; then you got some almighty whack in your next 'phone bill.

Something or other was done to stop that from being possible though, maybe the 'phone companies no longer collect those monies on behalf of their business-customers or something like that. Anyhoo, I don't think it's possible any more, so I don't think this Adelaide number works like that.

 

[OATEK]

I got a phone scammer call yesterday, where they asked are you Mr mystreetname. Had to laugh at them.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

I guess too, these days, there are so many different aims of these "friends"/fiends/CSAs, that its hard to get to the gist of it.
Maybe they all want money in the end, but maybe too, their aim is to get more personal details.
The Optus and Medibank virtual breakins, probaby gave them some info, but if they were able/are able to hook that particular mug, ie, if they call a phone number of Optus/Medibank and someone does answer, then they know the number is still alive, and can start their spiel.
If they can join the data from 2 or more different companies, they will get closer to buying the world in someone elses name, and card number.
About a year and a bit back, my bank called me, and it was legit, that someone somewhere, somehow had gotten my card number, so they had to get a new card to me, with new number and ccv and exp date.
Can't remember the name of the overseas company that was mentioned, tho, when I asked her what was shown as the vendor.
Even "zero" authoris/zations are bad news.

 

[Buzzard]

I don't think so.

 

[Warks]

I got a phone scammer call yesterday, where they asked are you Mr mystreetname. Had to laugh at them.

Like all the scam emails that call me Mr "the text before @ in your email address" (not those words but you know what I mean - my email isn't my name.)

 

[SYD]

This appears to be a new form of scam? No link, but a number to call. I assume a) one of those numbers that charge a fortune to call? (a variation on the “missed call” scam? Or b) perhaps someone answers and tries to extract your details from you…

 

[Forg]

Yes @SYD I thought the Telco’s weren’t allowed to offer the unexpected dial-a-number-pay-thousands thing any more … so I expect the number is routed to a third world location where someone tries to extract valuable info from you.