Scams like these

From 0428*27365
Post: Stop Shipping! Email incomplete, address abnormal, please update information and resume your package delivery:
http au.postcp.top?token=nt
 
My better-half ordered something week-before-last where the ordering site somehow scrood up the address (either that or she wasn’t quite thinking straight mid-COVID), so when I got an SMS in the wee hours of this morning saying that a delivery had had problems due to an incorrect address it could almost have been real.
I’m sure it’s a total coincidence, but you do think … is there some chance the scammers somehow had access to that information?
 
A have taken this to be a scam email :

-----Original Message-----
From: Microsoft account team <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 4:11 AM
To: <<email address>>
Subject: Your single-use code

Hi <<email address>> that is a link !!

We received your request for a single-use code to use with your Microsoft account.

Your single-use code is: 8086552

If you didn't request this code, you can safely ignore this email. Someone else might have typed your email address by mistake.

Thanks,

The Microsoft account team
 
CMA222 said:
A have taken this to be a scam email :

-----Original Message-----
From: Microsoft account team <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 4:11 AM
To: <<email address>>
Subject: Your single-use code

Hi <<email address>> that is a link !!

We received your request for a single-use code to use with your Microsoft account.

Your single-use code is: 8086552

If you didn't request this code, you can safely ignore this email. Someone else might have typed your email address by mistake.

Thanks,

The Microsoft account team
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Doesn't seem like a scam email to me! Just a verification code email I get all the time.
 
I’ve had a few spam messages via booking.com lately. They’ve been sent via the offical chat function and my guess is the hotel has had their booking.com account hacked.

“Hello, (removed my name on booking)

Thank you for choosing (removed hotel name) for your stay.

Unfortunately your booking might be cancelled due to an error during verification of your reservation.

This is a mandatory process to prevent credit card fraud. This must be done within 12 hours or YOUR RESERVATION WILL BE CANCELLED and we will not be able to accept you as a guest!

  • You must be verified even if you have paid for your reservation
  • Please enter your payment details and wait for verification
  • Booking will charge your payment method with your reservation amount, and in a minute will credit it back - this is your payment method verification
You can verify your payment method through a personal link:

(Removed link to a payment site that requests credit card details)

The best banking apps to use are: Revolut, Monzo, N26, Barclays. Make sure you have enough money on your bank card and your online transaction limits are raised.

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT AUTOMATICALLY, PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO IT.

Best regards,(removed hotel name)”
 
Re CMA222, if you did't request it, it's a scam.
Like, for wh, I am not with Afterpay, but keep getting a verification code.
Like clockwork every few days.
And here's the rub, I can't block the sms.
 
So when they say up to 50 flushes they're covered if you consistently only get 12-15 flushes. How are companies allowed to get away with this type of marketing? Just tell the truth.

"You will consistently get 12-15 flushes and when you see a blue moon you may just get close to 50 flushes!"
 
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AustraliaPoochie said:
Re CMA222, if you did't request it, it's a scam.
Like, for wh, I am not with Afterpay, but keep getting a verification code.
Like clockwork every few days.
And here's the rub, I can't block the sms.
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I did not request a code and that was why I was suspicious. The message suggests:
"If you didn't request this code, you can safely ignore this email. Someone else might have typed your email address by mistake." which seemed highly suss to me because my email address is a private domain that would be almost impossible to have been created by mistyping.
 
Startrack knows where I live

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Now that the banks are starting with verification why can’t phone companies do the same.

Think of how many texts would be removed if they were from a verified source.
 
Prozac, see, that is from a NESB person.
I would worded it differently, but that's just me.
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djtech said:
That's what the real name/ID verification for prepaid sims are supposed to achieve, but doesn't seem like it's working!
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And porting seems to be so easy for scammers these days too, they don't even need to physically front a tele store, ie, not Telstra/Optus/Vodafone store to prove id.
I guess tho, with the recent "breakin" at Optus, our data is already out there and known by all on the darkweb.
Lucky for me, I showed my id to start my prepaid before I got my Aust passport, ie, got it on my previous passport as an Aust PRV holder.
 
djtech said:
That's what the real name/ID verification for prepaid sims are supposed to achieve, but doesn't seem like it's working!
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And porting seems to be so easy for scammers these days too, they don't even need to physically front a tele store, ie, not Telstra/Optus/Vodafone store to prove id.
I guess tho, with the recent "breakin" at Optus, our data is already out there and known by all on the darkweb.
Lucky for me, I showed my id to start my prepaid before I got my Aust passport, ie, got it on my previous passport as an Aust PRV holder.
 
henrus said:
I’ve had a few spam messages via booking.com lately. They’ve been sent via the offical chat function and my guess is the hotel has had their booking.com account hacked.

“Hello, (removed my name on booking)

Thank you for choosing (removed hotel name) for your stay.

Unfortunately your booking might be cancelled due to an error during verification of your reservation.

This is a mandatory process to prevent credit card fraud. This must be done within 12 hours or YOUR RESERVATION WILL BE CANCELLED and we will not be able to accept you as a guest!

  • You must be verified even if you have paid for your reservation
  • Please enter your payment details and wait for verification
  • Booking will charge your payment method with your reservation amount, and in a minute will credit it back - this is your payment method verification
You can verify your payment method through a personal link:

(Removed link to a payment site that requests credit card details)

The best banking apps to use are: Revolut, Monzo, N26, Barclays. Make sure you have enough money on your bank card and your online transaction limits are raised.

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT AUTOMATICALLY, PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO IT.

Best regards,(removed hotel name)”
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this is a scam
 
CMA222 said:
A have taken this to be a scam email :

-----Original Message-----
From: Microsoft account team <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 4:11 AM
To: <<email address>>
Subject: Your single-use code

Hi <<email address>> that is a link !!

We received your request for a single-use code to use with your Microsoft account.

Your single-use code is: 8086552

If you didn't request this code, you can safely ignore this email. Someone else might have typed your email address by mistake.

Thanks,

The Microsoft account team
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Yeah, as djtech says, not a scam. Posssible a hacker is trying to get access to your account, which they won’t be able to do unless they (a) figure out your password or (b) get the access code.

I had about 10 in a day, seems someone was trying quite hard!

Per microsoft’s advice, no need to do anything.
 

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