Scams like these

[Boca68]

Hilton Tokyo is Hilton Tokyo. It's not Hilton Narita, it's not Conrad Tokyo. It's not Odaiba or Tokyo Bay... If you look in here or FT only one place is referred to as Hilton Tokyo.

Up thread (I almost guarantee within 10 pages, but won't put money on it) I have posted about my ID theft occurring when I was in Japan. Originally I thought it was Dad's computer but this is probably wrong.

TBH I don't give a damn if you don't believe me, think it's a "rumour" or whatever.

Ok, Cynicor. just cool ya heels.

To me, it was a totally random comment, to which you admit yourself, was quite sometime ago.




To appear more pleasant. Please make your comments in a context, thanks. Not a reference to something mentioned more than a month ago, in a very long thread.

And yes, I guess there is only one Hilton Tokyo, but again, with no context, it becomes a little (nay difficult) to follow your post.

Thanks. And I do give damn.

 

[JessicaTam]

To paraphrase my mother -

"If you can't post something nice ..."

 

[straitman]

Seems I have some overdue incoices!
Dear bill,
Please find attached copy updated statement as your account has 3 overdue incoices.
Is there any reasons why they haven’t yet been paid?
Best Wishes,
Courtney Russo
Head of Non-Processing Infrastructure

 

[love_the_life]

Seems I have some overdue incoices!
Dear bill,
Please find attached copy updated statement as your account has 3 overdue incoices.
Is there any reasons why they haven’t yet been paid?
Best Wishes,
Courtney Russo
Head of Non-Processing Infrastructure

And doesn't that sound familiar to Coco in post #1014.

The response there was priceless.

 

[drross]

been getting all the usual email scams but have started receiving SMS scams. 2 different ones yesterday - 2 from QANTAS saying my flight had been cancelled and to call 1300 number.. the calls were both from a +33(french) number and apparently the 1300 number is just an automated reply where you enter your mobile number and they call you back. The other is from an Indonesian number (+62) about your upcoming Hotel stay....not planning on going to indonesia any time soon

 

[marki]

been getting all the usual email scams but have started receiving SMS scams. 2 different ones yesterday - 2 from QANTAS saying my flight had been cancelled and to call 1300 number.. the calls were both from a +33(french) number and apparently the 1300 number is just an automated reply where you enter your mobile number and they call you back. The other is from an Indonesian number (+62) about your upcoming Hotel stay....not planning on going to indonesia any time soon

This would confuse me a little thanks for posting it!

 

[Milefest]

Here's a tip for those who receive a large amount of spam mail and want to know who's giving your personal address to third parties.

Gmail has a feature that allows you to add an alias to the end of your email address. E.g. Milefest+notes@gmail.com

The email will still be sent to your email account and will ignore the +... up to the @ symbol.

Say I sign up for facebook, I would use the email address [email protected]. If I start receiving emails with +facebook at the end of the email address, I'll know who gave away my details.

Using this method also allows you to filter anything that's sent to the alias address.

 

[love_the_life]

This one sounded pretty elaborate and it cleaned the people out over $100,000.

Don't fall for fraud this April Fool's Day

 

[DC3]

Why would anyone actually open these attachments? Maybe curiosity gets the better of them?

 

[QF WP]

Ok, Cynicor. just cool ya heels.

To me, it was a totally random comment, to which you admit yourself, was quite sometime ago.

To appear more pleasant. Please make your comments in a context, thanks. Not a reference to something mentioned more than a month ago, in a very long thread.

And yes, I guess there is only one Hilton Tokyo, but again, with no context, it becomes a little (nay difficult) to follow your post.

Thanks. And I do give damn.

These are the posts that Cynicor is referring to but hadn't posted the links:

Identity thief has got my family, lost everything in savings account (90% of my net worth, basically). Rest of family lost money in some other accounts but a lot less. Am overseas with no phone but the number does not seem to have been ported so not sure how they did it. They ported the parents numbers.

Father seems to have malware on his computer, this is likely the root cause. Not sure though, until I figure out more about what they have and don't have. Still away for a while so will have to just monitor what I can and hope!

Have enough cash and b/u cc to keep me going though.

Not sure, it's hard to do anything from here except freeze things.

So it seems a new sim was activated on my phone account. I didn't think anything of it when I lost service because I was with Optus and it had dodgy roaming before.

Lesson learned- if you suddenly get no service, even if roaming, call your carrier and check. If their tech support is useless (Optus definitely is) then have them check the sim number specifically, and lock everything down.

Dad got the malware from somewhere. I believe it is less likely in email than dodgy software etc, as he is relatively email saavy but had gotten malware before. All very annoying.

 

[medhead]

This one sounded pretty elaborate and it cleaned the people out over $100,000.

Don't fall for fraud this April Fool's Day

I was wondering how the 000 phone call to the scammer worked in that story. Now I know.

Read this story if you want to know how old people get scammed.

Another phone scam from the same teller. People are called by 'centrelink' and they are told they should immediately hang up and call the police as their bank account details had been compromised. The person hangs up, but the original caller keeps the line open. So the people call 'the police' - the caller can hear the clicks, and 'answers' as the Police, obtains all the details then has the info to wipe their account.

 

[RAM]

Mea culpa from 'Julie Brill, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission who really wants you to know about the time she fell for an email phishing scam.'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...alls-for-an-email-scam/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_tech

Phishing scams can affect anyone — even, as it turns out, high-ranking federal officials whose whole jobs revolve around regulating corporate data security practices. The irony isn't lost on Brill, who is trying to turn her personal story into an object lesson for consumers like you and me.

As Brill tells it, the saga began earlier this year. A business contact of hers — Gene Kimmelman, president of the consumer group Public Knowledge — sent her an email with an innocuous-looking Google Drive attachment. But after clicking on the link and entering in some of her personal information on the resulting page, she soon realized the truth: This was not a Google site at all.
Instead, online criminals had muscled their way into Kimmelman's email account and begun sending fake emails in his name to everyone in the account's address book. (I, too, got a fraudulent email from Kimmelman's attackers.)

 

[coco50]

Here is another one just received:

Dear xx_xx_,

Please see attached file regarding clients recent bill. Should you need further assistances lease feel free to email me.

Best regards
Bianca Alvarez
Chief Executive Officer

You would think if they were trying to perpetrate a scam that they could at least put the apostrophe in "client's" and make "assistances" singular and put the "p" in "lease"

And of what mighty enterprise is Bianca Alvarez the CEO? Fawlty Towers?

 

[OATEK]

Here is another one just received:

Dear xx_xx_,

Please see attached file regarding clients recent bill. Should you need further assistances lease feel free to email me.

Best regards
Bianca Alvarez
Chief Executive Officer

You would think if they were trying to perpetrate a scam that they could at least put the apostrophe in "client's" and make "assistances" singular and put the "p" in "lease"

And of what mighty enterprise is Bianca Alvarez the CEO? Fawlty Towers?

Some are slightly better constructed, fewer mistakes - and when they are all of a higher standard the problem will get bigger. Today's example:

Dear xx_x,

Many thanks for your card payment. Please find payment confirmation attached below.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Credit Control Team.

Best regards
Garth Vinson
Financial Director - Multinational Group

 

[coco50]

Some are slightly better constructed, fewer mistakes - and when they are all of a higher standard the problem will get bigger. Today's example:

Dear xx_x,

Many thanks for your card payment. Please find payment confirmation attached below.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Credit Control Team.

Best regards
Garth Vinson
Financial Director - Multinational Group

And WTF is "Multinational Group"?

 

[medhead]

I thought the point of bad spelling and grammar was for plausible deniability - "I didn't think they'd think it was real"

Anyway, I was recently warned that my "iTunes ID will be unsettled". I decided I'd just comfort and reassure it, if that happened.

 

[TheRealTMA]

And WTF is "Multinational Group"?

Thanks! I didn't know WTF was a "Multinational Group" Thought is was local.

 

[coco50]

Thanks! I didn't know WTF was a "Multinational Group" Thought is was local.

No! It's universal in most English speaking countries and also in many non-English speaking nations.

 

[Jurahn]

Some are slightly better constructed, fewer mistakes - and when they are all of a higher standard the problem will get bigger.

+ 1 to this. I've received several similar emails, all with supposed "receipts" or "invoices" attached and spelling and grammar have been quite good - doing a bit of Googling, I found the companies they've supposedly been sent from are legitimate businesses located in WA and the Eastern States, the physical addresses used are correct and the names on the email signatures have all been managers etc of various departments within those companies - so if someone (especially in a hectic/extremely busy work environment) was in a hurry or didn't read the email carefully, it's possible they could fall for one of these scams.

 

[JessicaTam]

I thought the point of bad spelling and grammar was for plausible deniability - "I didn't think they'd think it was real"

Anyway, I was recently warned that my "iTunes ID will be unsettled". I decided I'd just comfort and reassure it, if that happened.

The last thing I need is an iTunes ID I need to settle.

Do you play it a song, by chance?