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I guess there is always someone that will respondI think lists of validated real addresses have value to scammers, and can be sold for $.
I guess there is always someone that will respondI think lists of validated real addresses have value to scammers, and can be sold for $.
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I had a few recent situations where I had to answer an unknown number … awaiting calls from tradies, awaiting hospital call to pick mother up, stuff like that.I guess there is always someone that will respond
I guess they wouldn’t be doing it if they weren’t getting enough to live on, albeit in countries where life is cheap & the cost of living is too.I'd love to know how much money these scammers make
Howdy, if you can round. that up to 4,000 points then I would respond
How could anyone fall for this. There are 2 distinct giveaways, apart from the url. Qantas would never say "we are are excited to show our appreciation to our loyal customers" and "we hope this token of our gratitude brings joy to your day"This one might catch a few out (email and URL go to xx_.kr):
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But — there is always a but—my $500 credit is yet to land. Having spent an hour of my life that I won’t get back using the chat function on MyTelstraApp they send me a ‘bill’ saying congratulations your account is in credit!Here is a good news story.
I got the scam that wasn’t!
As @JohnK mentioned in a thread companies must be doing some housekeeping
Got an email from Telstra yesterday saying I had been overcharged for international roaming charges. I would be credited an amount plus interest plus sorry $$. Nothing to link to / email looked correct
About $500 all up — my name/email/account details all there
In the past I did have an issue with them overcharging me for O/S calls but could not take them further as it was a series of ‘computer says no’ and I left it.
I sent the email to Telstra cybersecurity team who responded this morning within an hour.
They said it is definitely legitimate and not a scam.
Computer said ‘yes’!!
Later that day we also got a cheque for $80 from Telstra (no explanation).
It did not bounce….
Surprisingly one day later the amount hits the credit card….But — there is always a but—my $500 credit is yet to land. Having spent an hour of my life that I won’t get back using the chat function on MyTelstraApp they send me a ‘bill’ saying congratulations your account is in credit!
Great - except that account is not in use
Why not credit my actual current account by putting credit on the card that does the payments
I have to contact them again to get the refund. I sent it to their internal complaints department