Scams like these

[love_the_life]

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Reverse phone directories used to be available.

Yes you can sign up for a reverse number account. It costs money (not much as I can't remember what I paid) which is used as 'credits' to show details of a number. The one I have does a free search first to see if they have any details on the number; if they do you can then use credits to get the info.
I'd be annoyed if I kept getting calls and certainly would use the reverse look up to see if I could find out anything.

 

[JohnK]

Yes you can sign up for a reverse number account. It costs money (not much as I can't remember what I paid) which is used as 'credits' to show details of a number. The one I have does a free search first to see if they have any details on the number; if they do you can then use credits to get the info.
I'd be annoyed if I kept getting calls and certainly would use the reverse look up to see if I could find out anything.

Wasn't being able to call the number that called you a free service?

Seems everything we do today is to make the life of the criminal element simpler. And yes the internet and smartphones are the biggest culprits.

 

[medhead]

Wasn't being able to call the number that called you a free service?

Seems everything we do today is to make the life of the criminal element simpler. And yes the internet and smartphones are the biggest culprits.

But that doesn't tell you about the other person and they then know you've called. I reverse directory searches by phone number then tells you who the owner of the number.

 

[QF WP]

medhead, that's assuming that the reverse directory search has the correct listing for the number. I have been having a 4 month "fight" with them and others that are still showing the previous owner of my new work numbers - even though I have sent through proof that the companies no longer exist (previous company FB page + web page which has been closed).

The spammers have gone quiet on me lately. Mustn't be as much fun as the rest of you.

 

[coco50]

I figure I am much smarter than they are (some may disagree ) and enjoy the social interaction of toying with them.

How can you toy with 3-5 seconds of dead silence on the line?

 

[RAM]

Tried a different line after 3rd scam phone call in 30 minutes.

Indian sounding gent, "We are calling you as a courtesy before your penalty charge will be doubled for incomplete response on your recent car accident within the last two years."

Ok, I know this is a scam call. If you like I'll pretend to believe your script and then I'll give you fake information to frustrate you or you can say good bye now."

Indian sounding gent, "Good bye."

 

[prozac]

Straight into it. Where's the foreplay RAM?
I suppose for me it may be the only person I have had social contact with all day so I drag it out a bit.

 

[RAM]

Straight into it. Where's the foreplay RAM?
I suppose for me it may be the only person I have had social contact with all day so I drag it out a bit.

You know those days when the pile of 'must be done now' is at risk of creating an eclipse?

It was one of those. Dashing to the phone for the 3rd time in just under 30 minutes for a scam call broke the camel's back.

I was polite though...

 

[medhead]

How can you toy with 3-5 seconds of dead silence on the line?

You don't, just hang up. The whistle will do nothing as there is no one on the other end. If the scammers aren't talking to you, then they talking to someone else.

The other option is that someone is harassing you by dialling your number from a pay phone. They are not putting money into the phone, just dialing, meaning the call never connects. We had a little cherub (student at dad's school) who used to harasses us like that all the time. One night we just jumped into the car and caught this fella at the local phone box. The phone calls stopped...

 

[Bolthead]

A couple of years ago I put our old Commodore on Gumtree for sale. Almost immediately I received an email from a gentlemen who was looking for this exact car. However he was working on an oil rig north of the North Island in New Zealand. He said he was returning to Australia and this car was ideal for him. He offered $500 more than I was asking so he could secure such a good buy. Thinking it was legitimate I sent him back an email and said surely you want to inspect the car first. He replied saying he couldn't wait and he trusted my description of the vehicle. It was then I got suspicious and realised after reading FAQ's on Gumtree that it was indeed a scam.

Forward the clock to Fri 22/04/16. My 2001 Subaru is now listed on Gumtree and and first sms message I get is this:



Sorry Susan, you don't fool me this time...

 

[straitman]

Just ask them to keep talking for a few more seconds as the line is being monitored by the police and the call is being traced.

 

[cove]

Two phoney Telstra emails this afternoon trying to get our credit card info.

 

[JessicaTam]

A couple of years ago I put our old Commodore on Gumtree for sale. Almost immediately I received an email from a gentlemen who was looking for this exact car. However he was working on an oil rig north of the North Island in New Zealand. He said he was returning to Australia and this car was ideal for him. He offered $500 more than I was asking so he could secure such a good buy. Thinking it was legitimate I sent him back an email and said surely you want to inspect the car first. He replied saying he couldn't wait and he trusted my description of the vehicle. It was then I got suspicious and realised after reading FAQ's on Gumtree that it was indeed a scam.

Forward the clock to Fri 22/04/16. My 2001 Subaru is now listed on Gumtree and and first sms message I get is this:

View attachment 68482

Sorry Susan, you don't fool me this time...

Every few years I sell my car, and every few years someone from an 'oil rig'/'cruise'/'overseas holiday' wants to buy it. *sigh*

 

[get me outta here]

Has eBay been hacked. They just said I have won an iphone: http://ebay-prizes.com/ebay-visitor-302/winner516.php

 

[prozac]

Has eBay been hacked. They just said I have won an iphone: http://ebay-prizes.com/ebay-visitor-302/winner516.php

Of-course you have gmoh. Rule no.1 - If it seems to god to be true, it probably is.

 

[get me outta here]

Yes, but I am not as gullible as I look. But when doing a search for ebay and clicking on the top site, it comes up with this comp. Have a look yourself and see if it's just me please.

Of-course you have gmoh. Rule no.1 - If it seems to god to be true, it probably is.

 

[prozac]

I mentioned in an earlier email reporting dodgy emails. I received this today and post it to show how easy it is to deliver a trojan onto your system. It took me around 2 minutes to track the sender IP address and find a host address to report the sender. This network owner (Virginia Tech in the US) has a good IT backroom and I received an Incident Response immediately. Satisfying I will help catch the culprit or make him/her a better programmer.

The suspect IP address is highlighted in red bold.
I have edited the header to reduce size and take out identifying info. Read from Top down, the email is right at the bottom and the link has been replaced with a dummy.
Use a site like this one (Registration Services - Whois) to locate your sender network and an email address to report abuse.

Incident INC0116245 has been opened on your behalf.
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04-24-2016 09:25:49 PM EDT - Guest

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Please find below Abuse email sent via your network (*128.173.172.170*).
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[JohnK]

Have scammers got smarter or was this an accident.

Received 3 emails yesterday from myself. :shock: 2 of these were detected as spam but the other came to my inbox. Moved to Junk folder and tried to block email address and was advised cannot block myself. :shock: But I didn't send the emails. Think this feature has outlasted it's usefulness.

Now what? If I happen to open email accidentally with smartphone there is a high risk I will click link to download virus/trojan as the screen jumps around with smartphone and I don't click what I think I clicked.

 

[TheRealTMA]

I mentioned in an earlier email reporting dodgy emails. I received this today and post it to show how easy it is to deliver a trojan onto your system. It took me around 2 minutes to track the sender IP address and find a host address to report the sender. This network owner (Virginia Tech in the US) has a good IT backroom and I received an Incident Response immediately. Satisfying I will help catch the culprit or make him/her a better programmer.

The suspect IP address is highlighted in red bold.
I have edited the header to reduce size and take out identifying info. Read from Top down, the email is right at the bottom and the link has been replaced with a dummy.
Use a site like this one (Registration Services - Whois) to locate your sender network and an email address to report abuse.

...
BarclaysCloud-It.

A good encouraging effort but unfortunately completely wasted. Any spammer worth their IT credentials uses anonymous senders, bits or relays so what you see is not the true sender. It's trivial to do this. Plus see JohnK's issues of receiving spam from himself, a very common procedure.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Have scammers got smarter or was this an accident.

Received 3 emails yesterday from myself. :shock: 2 of these were detected as spam but the other came to my inbox. Moved to Junk folder and tried to block email address and was advised cannot block myself. :shock: But I didn't send the emails. Think this feature has outlasted it's usefulness.

Now what? If I happen to open email accidentally with smartphone there is a high risk I will click link to download virus/trojan as the screen jumps around with smartphone and I don't click what I think I clicked.

Never open emails from yourself. Pretty obvious it's spam?
Never click links on anything you are unsure of and never open attachments unless 100% sure of source.

ps: MrsTMA says I'm missing the irony in your post? Which is it?