Scams like these

[QF WP]

One of the journalists from ABC 612 Brisbane got it left on his answering machine and played it over the air (with the telephone number redacted). Very intriguing.

MOST alarming scam call ever - sufficient to get me to stop what I was doing.

Maybe not having had the breakfast cup of caffeine was an influence but this is a call that I suspect could catch better than 1 in 2.

So off to number lookup to see if it is legitimate...

https://www.numberlookup.com.au/number/0283107290

Stern male computer generated voice (like CentreLink Robocalls played on the radio recently) stating the ATO has commenced court action against you and is in the process of issuing a criminal arrest warrant.

Would it have got your attention yet? All with perfect grammar/language.
It gets more intimidating as it goes. No name of who the call is for suggests it is a scam but for many - hearing of court action and arrest warrant can make you not think as clearly as you should.

 

[QF WP]

To my personal email address, now getting a bunch of ladies from (apparently) Eastern European countries who tell me their life story in grammatically-poor English and of course, there are attachments to view their picture. Ah no thanks...but it's nice to be popular that I have so many interested in little 'ol me

 

[straitman]

To my personal email address, now getting a bunch of ladies from (apparently) Eastern European countries who tell me their life story in grammatically-poor English and of course, there are attachments to view their picture. Ah no thanks...but it's nice to be popular that I have so many interested in little 'ol me

I get them too QF WP. I thought you might need the attention so I referred them on to you. No need to thank me.

 

[cove]

Svetlana promised me......so hands off straitman.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Svetlana promised me......so hands off straitman.

cove, I thought you were sharing Svetlana with drron !

 

[cove]

Well ok if you insist mrs.dr.ron!
After all we are nobodies together on SQ Suites.

 

[straitman]

Svetlana promised me......so hands off straitman.

 

[straitman]

Dear ,

I would first like to apologize for sending the same email twice.

My colleague Jenni Rinkmann recently told you that she would go on holiday and that I will continue the conversation. As you know, it's a circus at the moment at the office..
To come to business, I would like to point an interesting opportunity to you.

Jenni has tried to contact you several times but unfortunately she did not succeed. That's why I try it one more time.

When you have time view this presentation, fill in your number on the form and I will call you directly for this unique opportunity.

What we offer:

- Flexible working hours
- Average monthly salary of 4800 net
- Personalized bonus system
- Work from home

You are still our primary candidate for this amazing job. We will contact you as soon as possible to review and explain the details.

I would like to refer you to the registration page with this link, where you will also see the entire story and the vacancy.

View your function online here.

Regards,

John libermann
Human Resources


**** They haven't sent the same email twice they have sent it about 20 times from a variety of addresses.

 

[straitman]

You have been registered with a speed violation:Reason: negligent driving
Case No: 882258188 0570565286
Date of detection: 18/4/2017
Amount due: 31.00 AUD

This documentation will be forwarded by mail to your address. However you can visualize it now, please press here (Link removed)

 

[prozac]

...
This documentation will be forwarded by mail to your address. However you can visualize it now, please press here (Link removed)

No need to press the link at all straitman...if you intend to visualise it.

 

[VPS]

One of the journalists from ABC 612 Brisbane got it left on his answering machine and played it over the air (with the telephone number redacted). Very intriguing.

I've had several of these - one of my colleagues rang them back and they asked him for his name and he said Jay Weatherall and they had no idea who he was and asked for his phone number and Tax file number and email address - after he led them on for a few minutes they hung up on him

 

[rogerkambah]

You have been registered with a speed violation:Reason: negligent driving
Case No: 882258188 0570565286
Date of detection: 18/4/2017
Amount due: 31.00 AUD

This documentation will be forwarded by mail to your address. However you can visualize it now, please press here (Link removed)

I think they don't realise the cost of a speeding fine in Oz. Or that demerit points are involved.

 

[QF WP]

I've had a folder appear in my personal email folder called "Yammer Loop". I didn't put it there and the only other person who had acces is my IT guy. Seems that there is some basis in fact about it, according to Google search: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...e.1.69i57j0.4015j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Very wary about opening the folder, lest I get a trojan. Can anyone cast more light on it?

Edit: After shutting down and re-booting, it's now disappeared....weird

 

[RAM]

I've had a folder appear in my personal email folder called "Yammer Loop". I didn't put it there and the only other person who had access is my IT guy. Seems that there is some basis in fact about it, according to Google search: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...e.1.69i57j0.4015j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Very wary about opening the folder, lest I get a trojan. Can anyone cast more light on it?

Edit: After shutting down and re-booting, it's now disappeared....weird

Report it asap (ask IT guy - whatever mechanism you have) just in case it has become a 'hidden folder' due to reboot allowing changes to be enacted (similar to Windows Updates sometimes requiring re-boot to take effect).

 

[moa999]

Yammer is an enterprise social networking platform, now owned by Microsoft

 

[donovan301]

I've had a folder appear in my personal email folder called "Yammer Loop". I didn't put it there and the only other person who had acces is my IT guy. Seems that there is some basis in fact about it, according to Google search: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...e.1.69i57j0.4015j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Very wary about opening the folder, lest I get a trojan. Can anyone cast more light on it?

Edit: After shutting down and re-booting, it's now disappeared....weird

Heya QF Whip...I mean Wp

Next time your in Q club or Biz in Bne ask around for Tegan, and see what she can tell you.

I know Q staff use it as their social business media comms platform.
She's fairly savvy and may or may not have an answer for you.

It's basically a failed social media platform that Q subscribed to for internal staff sharing...
Myspace type of success...
.But Qantas seem to stand strong with it, contractual I guess?

 

[FlyboyAl]

Just got this email - [FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal]Customer Satisfaction Survey, Earn up to 95 AUD Plus 1,000 bonus Qantas Points*.
When you read the text, you know it ain't real![/FONT]

 

[RAM]

Just got this email - [FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal]Customer Satisfaction Survey, Earn up to 95 AUD Plus 1,000 bonus Qantas Points*.
When you read the text, you know it ain't real![/FONT]

But what if they'd added "to help us with an enhancement to our offering"?

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Life was so easy up to a few years ago, when all we got was snail mail, when we found out that one of our unknown relos had passed away, and that a Barrister was trying to contact us to "dutifully" for a fee hand out his/her (deceased relos)'s funds.
I saw one of those, the addressed person's data was straight copied from the then White Pages.
Those were the good old days when we didn't have to worry about scams, now its on the phone, on the net, on the email, on all devices we need to use to help us run our daily lives.
Tis a pity.
These computers that they say would make life easier, bah humbug. All they do is to help the spammer/scammers.
I have had many missed calls from 0870706176 in Adelaide/Perth, the car accident mob, just to see what would happen.
I rang back the number, no answer, but ever since then, no more calls from that number!
Have put many spam/scam emails into blocked mail, but still they keep coming.

 

[prozac]

I had a call the other day that somehow got past my 3 second delay technique. They of-course got hold of the local police, Inspector George Gently. They must have heard about Inspector George already because the hang up smartly.