We have been getting those in one of our friends name but with the incorrect address for about 18 months. The message changes slightly every time but always includes a request to open the link.Today I got spam emails from someone who has same name as one of my contacts so looks like an email from him but obviously different email address with spam link (‘photos’ to download)
"TelstraTelecom-CustomerService" [email protected]
Refund for Telstra Landline
Dear Customer,
We would like to inform you that your refund is available online.
We regret to inform you that due to a technical error, your account has been mistakenly charged three times for a recent transaction, with an additional charge of 170 AUD. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused and we are working to quickly resolve the issue by refunding the excess charges.
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Best regards,
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It’s the 3rd world, and is frequented by citizens of the 1st world wanting to exploit the 3rd world … hence plenty of desperate people PLUS plenty of marks.Scammers paradise, that place is.
So it seems that this "your contact" had his contact list being stolen or compromised... and this quite often occurs to peoples on FB.Today I got spam emails from someone who has same name as one of my contacts so looks like an email from him but obviously different email address with spam link (‘photos’ to download)
It's best to remove dodgy hyperlinks from posts so someone doesn't actually click on them - either change the .com to xx_ or somethingSo it seems that this "your contact" had his contact list being stolen or compromised... and this quite often occurs to peoples on FB.
I have a multiple similar recent emails from my friend who never send me any photo, but now get a couple. But it is not from his email but from a suspicious address:
[email protected]_
.... and with suggested 2 photos under also a suspicious link:
www.fblod.hdrwoeec.xx_
I will see him tomorrow and ask him about these emails. He once had unpleasant experience and bought the Kaspersky security.
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RE: "FB had accessed his contacts list and fabricated emails to his contacts to try and boost their declining membership base."I used to get repeated emails from an official FB email address saying my friend wanted me to / invited me to join FakeBook and see my pics he had posted. I didn't have a FB account.
I contacted him and he confirmed he had never and would never send me such and he had never uploaded a picture of me.
FB had accessed his contacts list and fabricated emails to his contacts to try and boost their declining membership base.
Usually FB users are not aware that their email contacts have been used by somebody else until recipients of unwanted emails from their contacts will ask them to clarify or confirm these cases...
I heard that they purposely put spelling/grammar errors so people that reply are one's likely to fall for it. i.e. if people reply with the spelling/grammar errors they are likely to fall for the scam.Complete with horrible spelling errors
Thats exactly what ive heard as well!I heard that they purposely put spelling/grammar errors so people that reply are one's likely to fall for it. i.e. if people reply with the spelling/grammar errors they are likely to fall for the scam.
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