Scams like these

[ayebee]

This email had 300+ addresses plainly visible (no point sending them even more widely)
I found it amazing that all of us had the exact same reference code for our "proof of payment deduction processed successfully" !

 

[VPS]

Honestly would anyone respond to this? It's not like a mygov or bank where you might be confused

 

[Dmac59]

Honestly would anyone respond to this? It's not like a mygov or bank where you might be confused



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Unfortunately, some curious/gullible people will reply.

 

[wandering_fred]

Notifications in an attempt to compromise your 2FA setup

METAMASK

Your wallet was used at Tron at the amount of $854.30.
Click to STOP if this wasn't you.

STOP

which was a link yo something netify dot app

I will stop clicking on these but
Hopefully I will not need to stop wandering
Fred

 

[Dmac59]

 

[VPS]

I'm even getting them on my UK sim now

 

[Forg]

Average speed cameras to be trialled for cars in regional NSW

Point-to-point speed cameras, which calculate a driver's average speed between two points, will be switched on for all vehicles travelling on the Pacific Highway between Kew and Lake Innes and the Hume Highway between Coolac and Gundagai.

www.abc.net.au

in an attempt to curb the state's rising road toll

 

[mel-world]

And that's a scam? Why? Sounds sensible to me. Just stop for a coffee en route to pass the time test.

 

[VPS]

And that's a scam? Why? Sounds sensible to me. Just stop for a coffee en route to pass the time test.

or maybe don't speed

 

[lovestotravel]

Honestly would anyone respond to this? It's not like a mygov or bank where you might be confused



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Sadly, a few will and that's all that matters

 

[VPS]

My gov again - don't even have my gov in the email address

 

[VPS]

and another mygov this morning

 

[Forg]

And that's a scam? Why?

Because for purely political reasons we're lied-to about anyone expecting a safety increase by installing/activating such devices, whereas they know that by taking focus off the actual causes of road trauma (a combination of drivers not paying attention & the state of the rural roads where the vast majority of trauma occurs) they're making road safety worse.

It's only a scam because the above is known, yet we're still continually sold the same same old lies. Too hard to fix the actual problems, so look over there at this distraction!! (and the fact it's revenue-positive as a side-effect helps get it repeated)

 

[Happy Dude]

Imma guess y'all got a speeding ticket recently @Forg?

 

[Forg]

Not recently … but I have recently managed to survive road usage despite the road-safety authorities’ direction of focus away from the problem, too.

 

[p--and--t]

Because for purely political reasons we're lied-to about anyone expecting a safety increase by installing/activating such devices, whereas they know that by taking focus off the actual causes of road trauma (a combination of drivers not paying attention & the state of the rural roads where the vast majority of trauma occurs) they're making road safety worse.

It's only a scam because the above is known, yet we're still continually sold the same same old lies. Too hard to fix the actual problems, so look over there at this distraction!! (and the fact it's revenue-positive as a side-effect helps get it repeated)

Are you asserting that only careless people and not people who break the road rules (speeders amongst them) are solely responsible for the road toll?

 

[Forg]

Are you asserting that only careless people and not people who break the road rules (speeders amongst them) are solely responsible for the road toll?

Depends on your meaning with “and not”, is this an exclusive and?

Exceeding the randomly-chosen limit is only a problem if it’s done at the wrong time; in fact, driving on the wrong side of the road through a red light is only a problem if done at the wrong time (although it’s somewhat less likely you can know with the same level of certainty when that “wrong time” is ).

There’re be a very very small percentage of cases where something happened on the road which would’ve been a surprise to someone being sensible. I guess a kangaroo could be an example. But the vast majority of road trauma is just people not paying attention or simply being downright stupid (and most fatal crashes occur at under the speed limit).

At least the ‘phone-usage enforcement is a step in the right direction, if a tad heavy-handed.

 

[VPS]

I was a bit confused by this one and then realised it was noreplay@xx_x

 

[p--and--t]

I was a bit confused by this one and then realised it was noreplay@xx_xView attachment 408060View attachment 408061

Who is NRWA? That was the first red flag

 

[VPS]

Who is NRWA? That was the first red flag

I thought it might be the WA version of NRMA but it was in my spam folder and just checking it out. I'm getting so much spam at the moment