Scams like these

[MARTINE]

2fa protects against unauthorised withdrawals, but the Com Bank osko delay gives some protection against legitimate withdrawals... to a scammers account. Com Bank delays 1st transfers to a new payee and therefore victims can sometimes stop a transaction (perhaps Port Power friend was with comm bank?).

It would be nice if that was the default setting for all banks, perhaps which one could also opt out of though.

$5k limit... again some banks or accounts only; I've done $40k (daily limit) online inter bank transfers from nab which went through as immediate osko transfers.

You can choose the limit for daily transfer.
I keep it low and change if big cash transfer to do - from my mobile app

 

[prozac]

You can choose the limit for daily transfer.
I keep it low and change if big cash transfer to do - from my mobile app

I keep my daily transfer limit low and simply adjust it when I need to do anything larger.

 

[ellen10]

A good friend's son had been wanting to buy a new ute. So our friend was looking on the various car sale sites around and saw what he thought was a "good" deal. So contacted the seller and said yes he could buy it for $8000, but they were going on a cruise tomorrow, so if he wanted it he would have to send the money through that day and he could pick up the car in a weeks time. So he sent the money through and he got another contact from the seller who said if he sent through another $3000 they would organise the car to be delivered to him immediately.

He than had second thoughts (unfortunately the deal was too good to be true) you guessed it a scam! He also contacted his bank who said that the money had gone through. He then contacted police who didn't hold out much hope but said to string the scammer along and they would try and investigate the correspondence. Our friend who is retired is the nicest guy is so disappointed in himself for being scammed.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

$8000 is too cheap.
If I had a driving licence, and was into buying a 2nd hand ute, I would make an effort to save, and then go to a registered motor vehicle seller and buy it from them, ie, at a roadside place, where at the least, I can see the vehicle.
Think about it, $8000 for a ute.
If it was a real bona fide vehicle, something that cheap, think about it, would not be younger than 1995 at the best.
Would probablly be a lemon if he had gotten his hands on it, and it would be needing repairs.
Edit: just google searching, a small ute tray, new, is already at least $2k, and whole kit ute tray is $6499, new.

 

[Port Power]

$8000 is too cheap.
If I had a driving licence, and was into buying a 2nd hand ute, I would make an effort to save, and then go to a registered motor vehicle seller and buy it from them, ie, at a roadside place, where at the least, I can see the vehicle.
Think about it, $8000 for a ute.
If it was a real bona fide vehicle, something that cheap, think about it, would not be younger than 1995 at the best.
Would probablly be a lemon if he had gotten his hands on it, and it would be needing repairs.
Edit: just google searching, a small ute tray, new, is already at least $2k, and whole kit ute tray is $6499, new.

That’s the point of scams, catch someone at just the right time. In retrospect of course the car was too cheap. Also, as the supposed vendor was going on a cruise the next day, he wouldn’t be able to sell it while away, so no rush to buy. It’s all about timing.

 

[JohnK]

Blocking messages from a ‘phone number is easy on an iPhone, you just have to open the message & there’re some options at the top of the page, I think you have to hit an “i” (for info) icon; one of the options is to block the message. However, it’s very unlikely to have an effect, because they send from random numbers, it’s rarely the same number more than once.

Here's a start

All email addresses and phone numbers have to be registered and can only be obtained by valid ID

- when sending an email address cannot change the email address of the sender
- when sending SMS cannot change phone number of the sending number

What am I missing?

 

[RAM]

Here's a start

All email addresses and phone numbers have to be registered and can only be obtained by valid ID

- when sending an email address cannot change the email address of the sender
- when sending SMS cannot change phone number of the sending number

What am I missing?

What you see on the screen is not necessarily what is there...

One scam technique is to use a cyrillic alphabet to create the email address. Unless you have activated the cyrillic alphabet on your device - the email address appears as the nearest English equivalent. So, holding your cursor over the email address may show it as NAB.com.au or XYZ.NSW.Gov.au when in fact the real address is nothing of the sort.

Another is a tech version of 'kiting' - you use one email address to validate another to validate another to validate another and the last email address is used to validate the first one.

Valid ID - have a look at how many mailboxes do not have any type of lock attached. Then look at how many 1960s/1970s mailboxes are around and can easily have a small female hand & lower arm or teens hand & lower arm inserted to pull out letters. ID scammers typically operate in their own area & know typically when power, gas, water, council rates etc come in the mail. They go and harvest some each period.

Over 6 to 9 months they have gathered sufficient material to add a credit card or personal loan to an existing bank account (for example) to run up $12,000 on. That's just one case in our area a few years back.

Sometimes there seems to be more competent professional crooks than any other profession unfortunately.

 

[JohnK]

Sometimes there seems to be more competent professional crooks than any other profession unfortunately.

And one has to think we make it easier for them with all this "convenience" we desire.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Spoofing seems to be available to scammers.
So that phone number can be fake or belonging to someone else.
They can hide their identity.
Ie they can even show caller as ATO or AFP.
Emails can also be routed, hard to find main sender unless you know where to look in source of what looks like gibberish in raw message.

 

[MARTINE]

Out of interest - some of my friends (correct details in my contacts) will come up as someone else in contacts when they call me. How does thishappen and it is not due to mislabelling as I checked
Pardon my ignorance

 

[SYD]

Tip: ignore gibberish txt like this….

 

[prozac]

Tip: ignore gibberish txt like this….

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Got this one this morning too. Seems accounts are getting impatient.

 

[prozac]

$8000 is too cheap.
If I had a driving licence, and was into buying a 2nd hand ute, I would make an effort to save, and then go to a registered motor vehicle seller and buy it from them, ie, at a roadside place, where at the least, I can see the vehicle.
Think about it, $8000 for a ute.
If it was a real bona fide vehicle, something that cheap, think about it, would not be younger than 1995 at the best.
Would probablly be a lemon if he had gotten his hands on it, and it would be needing repairs.
Edit: just google searching, a small ute tray, new, is already at least $2k, and whole kit ute tray is $6499, new.

I recently sold a late model ute (is 2017 still regarded as late model...I guess so), and advertised it on carsales on the middle of the road exorbitant plan. The only enquiries I got were from scammers. After 6 weeks I decided to park it out the front of my home on a no-through road. Mrs Prozac commented who would see it on a side street. I suggested no-one would see it parked round the back in the hay-shed, so out the front it went. I had a few calls from passing tradies and finally one fella bought it for his company, paying my asking price. Alot to be said for buying only what you can touch.

 

[QF WP]

I've been getting the Linkt one as well and I just go into my account in a new tab to confirm that I don't have an overdue payment (as usual, in credit because of the auto top up).

 

[QF WP]

Some of my latest email attempted scams:

Dear Esteemed Customer,

I wish to keep you posted on the out come of our emergency meeting with the World Bank president, International Diplomatic Forum, international monetary fund (IMF), and United Nations (UN). I hereby inform you that your winnings/inheritance payment file have been Signed and forwarded to CIMB Bank Malaysia where you will be receiving your fund via online banking wire transfer which you will need to do by your self from any computer in your house or office .Therefore you are advised to contact Mr. Saharom Mohd Noor with the below information for your immediate payment.

Below is your paying officer from CIMB Bank Malaysia

Name: Mr. Saharom Mohd Noor ( 2022/2023 Chief Financial Officer )

Email: [redacted]

Address: CIMB Bank Bhd, Menara Southern Bank 83, Jalan Medan Setia 1, Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Noriza Arifin Binti
Group Chief Information & Foreign Operations Officer

and

HELLO.....

i'm Mr. Michael Owen Head of Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agency in Harts field-Jackson International Airport Atlanta, Georgia.

During our investigation,We discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomatic agent from International monetary fund which was transferred from JF Kennedy Airport to our facility here in Atlanta, and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in two Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 115kg each.

By assessment, each of the boxes contains $10.5M They are still left in the airport storage facility till today. The Consignments like I said are two metal trunk boxes weighing about 115kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective

Capacity: 680 L) Approximately. The details of the consignment including your name and email on the official document from International monetary fund where the shipment was tagged as personal effects/classified document is still available with us. As it stands Now, you have to reconfirm your Full name, Phone Number, Full address so I can cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one on the official documents. It is now left for you to decide if you still need the consignment or allow us to repatriate it back to the IMF as we are instructed.

i'm looking forward to hear from you soon

BEST REGARDS

I'm looking forward to not replying to either of you. At least your English was good and you can both spell - unlike your counterpart below whose grasp of the English language and numbers is tenuous at best:

Attention

I am Mr Bernard Williams the diplomatic Agent with your consignment box And i am on hold at the international airport right now i was ask to get clearance Certificate before i can be allowed. Your total amount $5.6 Million dollars in your ATM masters card here on hold, contact Manager of the courier company Benin republic Mr Howard and do let him Know the situations i am (email address)

(1) Your Full name: ........

(2your whatsapp number or direct number........

(4) Attach ID

(5your Country......your City and address

Thanks, And Best Regards.

Mr Bernard Williams diplomatic agent

 

[drron]

Apart from telling me I've got wrinkles and my wedding tackle is lacking I only won 1 iPhone 14 today but also a $400 voucher from Walhgrens for being a loyal customer.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Out of interest - some of my friends (correct details in my contacts) will come up as someone else in contacts when they call me. How does thishappen and it is not due to mislabelling as I checked
Pardon my ignorance

Not ignoring, but this one, I don't know.

 

[RAM]

Out of interest - some of my friends (correct details in my contacts) will come up as someone else in contacts when they call me. How does thishappen and it is not due to mislabelling as I checked
Pardon my ignorance

What brand phone do you have & do you regularly update it?

 

[MARTINE]

What brand phone do you have & do you regularly update it?

I phone
Yes

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

The lin(k)t ones are getting a bit tiring.
Their grammar could be improved upon/on.