Scams like these

[drron]

Is there a scam email using Globalcars?Today received an email from them the heading of which is click on the link to confirm...
I haven't opened it as I have not used Globalcars for about 4 years.

 

[drross]

Is there a scam email using Globalcars?Today received an email from them the heading of which is click on the link to confirm...
I haven't opened it as I have not used Globalcars for about 4 years.

who or what r globalcars?

 

[drron]

who or what r globalcars?

Car rental consolidators.Good rates on European car hires.

 

[whatmeworry]

Is there a scam email using Globalcars?Today received an email from them the heading of which is click on the link to confirm...
I haven't opened it as I have not used Globalcars for about 4 years.

Generally you just need to google parts of the email and you generally can see if it is a scam.

 

[whatmeworry]

OT but on the diet topic I try not to drink alcohol during the week but prefer to drink light ice tea which has about zero calories.
I even quite like the taste of it. I just need to become a bit more physically active.
My single biggest enemy is cheese.

A friend reckons he has lost 20kgs by not drinking beer for the last year.

 

[drross]

A friend reckons he has lost 20kgs by not drinking beer for the last year.

Poor bloke..a year without beer

 

[RAM]

A friend reckons he has lost 20kgs by not drinking beer for the last year.

Is that out of his bar fridge?

 

[JohnK]

Weight Watchers is really good. The meals are amazing. They use a point system so you can eat appropriate for your size. You can eat as much fruit and vegetable as you want, except potato, as they have zero points. Personally, some of the meals you've listed here, it does not surprise me that your hungry.

Whatever I am doing is obviously wrong. I have put on ~10kgs in the past 12-18 months.

The thing with beer is a funny one. Around 12 years ago I was sick and stopped fried/fatty foods and beer. I lost 6kgs in around 6 weeks and was the last time I was under 100kg. Felt fantastic. Put 7kgs back on in the next few weeks to get back over 100kg. Giving up cigarettes not long after added another 15kgs and I have struggled ever since.

A couple of years ago I did not drink alcohol for 2 months. I did not lose any weight. In fact I put on a few kgs. I am not going to sacrifice something that gives me enjoyment if I am not going to get the weight loss results.

Insulin resistance is another issue. Maybe I need to get onto Weight Watchers.

 

[Foreigner]

Whatever I am doing is obviously wrong. I have put on ~10kgs in the past 12-18 months.

The thing with beer is a funny one. Around 12 years ago I was sick and stopped fried/fatty foods and beer. I lost 6kgs in around 6 weeks and was the last time I was under 100kg. Felt fantastic. Put 7kgs back on in the next few weeks to get back over 100kg. Giving up cigarettes not long after added another 15kgs and I have struggled ever since.

A couple of years ago I did not drink alcohol for 2 months. I did not lose any weight. In fact I put on a few kgs. I am not going to sacrifice something that gives me enjoyment if I am not going to get the weight loss results.

Insulin resistance is another issue. Maybe I need to get onto Weight Watchers.

You need to seek help. Google provides lots of guidance and tips.


Sent from AFF Mobile Edition

 

[medhead]

Whatever I am doing is obviously wrong. I have put on ~10kgs in the past 12-18 months.

The thing with beer is a funny one. Around 12 years ago I was sick and stopped fried/fatty foods and beer. I lost 6kgs in around 6 weeks and was the last time I was under 100kg. Felt fantastic. Put 7kgs back on in the next few weeks to get back over 100kg. Giving up cigarettes not long after added another 15kgs and I have struggled ever since.

A couple of years ago I did not drink alcohol for 2 months. I did not lose any weight. In fact I put on a few kgs. I am not going to sacrifice something that gives me enjoyment if I am not going to get the weight loss results.

Insulin resistance is another issue. Maybe I need to get onto Weight Watchers.

It might be worthwhile checking out some of the weight watchers cook books that are in supermarkets, I think. Then you can see if the meals are of interest and if you'd be bothered to prepare them.

In terms of weight control it's either exercise or control diet or both. I was eating 3 hot meals a day, chips/bacon/steaks/etc., when I was most fit. But then I was doing significant exercise as well.

 

[RAM]

Whatever I am doing is obviously wrong. I have put on ~10kgs in the past 12-18 months.

The thing with beer is a funny one. Around 12 years ago I was sick and stopped fried/fatty foods and beer. I lost 6kgs in around 6 weeks and was the last time I was under 100kg. Felt fantastic. Put 7kgs back on in the next few weeks to get back over 100kg. Giving up cigarettes not long after added another 15kgs and I have struggled ever since.

A couple of years ago I did not drink alcohol for 2 months. I did not lose any weight. In fact I put on a few kgs. I am not going to sacrifice something that gives me enjoyment if I am not going to get the weight loss results.

Insulin resistance is another issue. Maybe I need to get onto Weight Watchers.

Food and the brain are troubling companions. So called 'comfort food' even more so.

These days (curiously enough rate of obesity etc skyrocketing) many people have become seduced into 'instant gratification' - on just about any aspect of life.

Whether buying a new 'trophy' or 'status' item (excluding status runs of course) - the attitude that prevailed into the late 70s and early 80s of buying it when you can afford it (not go into debt for a holiday for example) has disappeared.

Similarly so much research (mostly Govt funded) has shown that peoples' attention spans have shortened, comprehension skills fallen to the levels of 11yr olds in the 1960s, similarly with general English skills.

OK, excessively long winded beating around the bush....

There really is no QUICK FIX (safe or legal) to losing weight.

There is a relatively easy and painless slow way though - and by slow think 6 months to 2 years or more. The time taken depends on the proportion of excess weight you want to lose.

The stomach is an interesting organ. It adapts - meaning it gradually enlarges (stretches say) if you consistently eat more than you have been. Equally it shrinks if you consistently eat a lower volume at each meal.

Think of losing weight the same way as gaining Lifetime Gold status, for example. It does not happen with one flight, 6 flights but takes a concerted effort. Taking a couple of J flights a month, every month (domestic) will achieve the result over a number of years (less if Perth is in the mix).

An interesting example: say you usually have two biscuits with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, say 2 shortbread biscuits. If you make no other change to what you eat but CUT down to one shortbread biscuit instead of two (for a male) you will lose close to 5kg in weight over one year and then your weight will stabilise. You do not need to do anything else, change anything else - just cut back one biscuit a day (in this example).

The point is a small and prolonged cut in eating (intake) loses the weight. Cutting back drastically only makes most crave it more.

Back to the stomach - if you suddenly cut the volume you eat by 10 or 20% (or more as some 'trendy' diets will have you do) then you will feel hunger pains. Your stomach is used to being a certain size and the 'balloon-like' object it is will want to compress down.

Yes, we want it to do that but not in such a way that it is unpleasant and saps your will-power (I always have thought it should be called won't power btw).

So back to real life. If you eat 5 weetbix for breakfast and xx_ and yyy. Try cutting back to 4.5 weetbix and xx_ and yyy for a period of two months and see what happens. Do not (sub)consciously add just a little bit more of xx_ or yyy to replace it though. The first day or two you may notice a difference late morning (or whenever you normally snack if you do) but resist the temptation to have a slightly larger snack than normal.

One recent Uni graduate gained 14 kg in his first 3 months working with me (no I did not feed him). He complained one day that he was nearly broke as he had to keep buying new suits as the ones he'd bought before he started work were too small, and a couple of their replacements were already too tight. I gave him the above info and he laughed at me, saying $#d$ &^$&. So I pulled up an article from Ironman Triathlon site. He apologised and cut his morning weetbix back from 8 to 7.5 and only 2 pieces of toast. This went for 2 weeks, then he went to 7, 2 weeks more, to 6 then over a month he dropped to 5.5. By the end of the year he had lost all his gained weight plus an additional 9kg.

Then he complained to me again about how broke he was - he had to buy more suits. I suggested getting some of his other ones taken in - response "You're just a dinosaur!"

THINGS TAKE TIME - no matter what the advertising spin doctors say.

Quick fixes are like AJ and Q - do more harm than good!

 

[MAX_1]

Now I have the blessing of Allah.
The below email received today.

"Assallam Alahekum Waramotullahi Wabarakatu.

Dearest One in Islam,

I am Mrs Mrs Rakiat Islam, a French national born July 19, 1949 and I am under medical supervision for over (3) months since I have a brain tumour. My doctor just informed me that my days are numbered because of my health will increasingly degrading. I have a large sum of money that I want to make available to you; so you can use it for good will to help the Muslims organizations, and Muslim orphanages including the widows and widowers and all the building of Arabic Islamic Schools.

If I chose to contact you is because, I wish that this operation is done in utmost discretion without too much publicity because of my previous activities. I wish that you agree to serve legal administrator (beneficiary) and perform an action program by creating a foundation or an NGO as I have stated above to help the elderly and children in difficult circumstances with good intention of bringing people together to serve Allah.

My marital status is such that I'm single because I lost my husband for over 10 years now and unfortunately we did not have a child together, I have no one to whom to leave my legacy to, this is the reason while I wanted to donation this money to you and your organization. I will be so graceful in order to help the poor; I am donating this sum of TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($2.000, 000) to help you establish a charitable foundation in my memory so that the grace of Allah is with me to my final resting place for me to receive an honourable place (Al Jannoh) with the Allah.

Have no fear, I am contacting you because I prayed for several nights for Allah to put me into guardians, give me the contact of a trusted person to whom I could entrust this matter. When I was still working, I was a woman of Business and it allowed me to touch many areas of business, some of which have not been legal. Know that you can keep half this money to yourself and the rest half will be used to create a charitable foundation in my memory and a federation of fight against cancer and also for abandoned children and the poor ones in our communities.

I will like to have confirmation of your details such as: (Name, address, telephone, Occupation, marital status, age) and know what project you intend to achieve with these funds? I count on your goodwill and especially the proper use of these funds and I am waiting for your urgent respond, to enable me to put you in contact with my bank manager for immediately transfer of this money into your nominated account.

Pending the confirmation message of your approval and your ability to receive these funds I wish the blessing and protect of Almighty (Allah Subuanahu Watahallah). Wasallam

Yours Sister in Islam
Mrs Rakiat Islam."

 

[medhead]

What type of brain turmour? Perhaps it contributed to her losing the husband for ten years. Wouldn't she be better off using the money to hire a detective to find her husband?

 

[SamR]

Agreed. One year is excusable; ten years is just carelessness.

 

[joyvee]

Apparently there is a new TELSTRA scam where you are contacted by phone and your account details revealed, usually on a Friday. Told that all is well but you must update your microsoft system which will only cost $5 which is cheap because otherwise you will be without internet and wifi until Monday. Of course you must pay for the MS program by credit card!

 

[jetlagger]

Apparently there is a new TELSTRA scam where you are contacted by phone and your account details revealed, usually on a Friday. Told that all is well but you must update your microsoft system which will only cost $5 which is cheap because otherwise you will be without internet and wifi until Monday. Of course you must pay for the MS program by credit card!

I prefer to discuss the proposed seasonal cricket scoring with the charming callers.. Apparently the betting scandals are often more financially opportunistic than a 12 hour shift in a call centre in Bangalore.. :mrgreen:

 

[Buzzard]

Apparently there is a new TELSTRA scam where you are contacted by phone and your account details revealed, usually on a Friday. Told that all is well but you must update your microsoft system which will only cost $5 which is cheap because otherwise you will be without internet and wifi until Monday. Of course you must pay for the MS program by credit card!

Just tell them you will be away for the weekend so it's OK.

 

[drross]

Just tell them you will be away for the weekend so it's OK.

excellent idea

 

[straitman]

Just tell them you will be away for the weekend so it's OK.

Then they can visit instead :!:

 

[whatmeworry]

Institute where some of scammers go to learn Australian.

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