Another Scam.

Sheba · Guru

Another Scam.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

hey Sheba, Mrs W got that yesterday, we posted the cheque this morning biggrin

Happywanderer · The Master

What!!! You never sent them the money Sheba?. Look at the prize you have missed out on.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

not to worry HW there was only the one prize and our cheque is in first biggrin

tonyd · Guru

My wife reckons I'm naive and hopeless with money.
Wait till I tell her about the $10 million we've won in the Nigerian lottery! And the ticket only cost $5000!

Cruising Granny · Guru

Yeah! I won that one too, but I "forgot" to send the money. Bugger!
If 1000 suckers paid the $25 the crooks would be $25000 richer and the losers would be $25 short. And that's the average these scammers count on.
I've had rich rellies die in the Netherlands, Nigeria, Malaysia, Canada and if I send the money I'll get the money. Yeah, right! NOT!!!
If you have a look at the return address on the envelope the chances are very high it comes from a Business Centre in Stawberry Hills, NSW.
If indeed it is an actual business address, why hasn't the Federal Police closed it down?
As they say, "Don't send money!"

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Gee Sheba - you can shout us both to Echuca on that, eh!

Sheba · Guru

I would if I had it Jules. CG I think they must have been sending us both the same letters. I've won all those Lotteries too.

This last scam was from Canada.

Cheers,

Sheba.

Wombat 280 · Guru

Thank some one who has you on a mailing list for selling your details on Councils are a prime suspect for selling on rating details That's how you get those reader digest lotto entries

pricey43 · Guru

A friend's father received a letter telling him he had won a substantial amount of money. He was asked to send $150. He wrote back to them and asked them to just take the $150 out of what he had won and send him the rest. Needless to say he heard no more.

Vic · Guru

I got an email saying that there is an overseas mob in one of the Slavic countries sending an email pretending to be the Tax Dept and asking you to fill in some details and click on a tab for a refund. Even their link is marked as the tax dept with a slight difference but fake. Apparently it is an identity theft and whatever scam......

Cruising Granny · Guru

We just have to be careful and scam savvy or lose your dough.
I've been doing surveys online and I think some of those contacts sell details to the scammers. If I can't unsubscribe I know there's a problem.
I was receiving emails from a regular contact, but they didn't make sense. They were about a get rich quick scheme working from home.
He knew nothing about it when I asked him. We then concluded he'd been hacked and they were using his email address to send out these crooked emails.
I have my emails on preview and I don't open the dodgy ones. I just delete them. Eventually they stop, but I do mean eventually. They can be very persistent for a long time. Mongrels!

GrumpyOne · Senior Member

Hey guys n Gals,

If only I had a dollar for every scam letter and email or phone call I have received I would be a multi-milliionaire by now.

The latest I have had is the phone call telling me I have a problem with my Microsoft PC, only problem is I don't have a Microsoft PC.... they get realy p1ssed off when ya let em go and then tell them that the pc is running non microsoft software.

Gotta love it, a mate of mine speaks fluent hindi and several other indian dialects so he just rattles off at them in their own language, really gets em going, its quite funny to listen to.

Stay safe be spam aware, as they say, if it sounds too good to be true it most likely is...

Hoo Roo Happy Days

Grumpster

Sheba · Guru

Cruising Granny wrote:
I was receiving emails from a regular contact, but they didn't make sense. They were about a get rich quick scheme working from home.
Had been getting some of them for a few months from people I didn't know before I finally got one supposedly from a friend. Immediately checked with her, and she knew nothing about it.
Needless to say I'd already been deleting them anyway.
Cheers,
Sheba.

jimricho · Guru

Don't forget to send them all your bank details so they can pay your prizes promptly!!!!!!!

jimricho · Guru

Those who forward emails without deleting all the attached addresses and those who don't use the BCC (blind carbon copy) address box when forwarding any emails to multiple addressees are playing right into the hands of these b@st@rds.

Cowboy7307 · Senior Member

GrumpyOne wrote:

The latest I have had is the phone call telling me I have a problem with my Microsoft PC, only problem is I don't have a Microsoft PC....

Hoo Roo Happy Days
Grumpster

I get phone calls like this ,i just ask them if thy like SEX ,phone usaly goes real quiet,

Also had one caller phone up saying thy had been monitoring my phone calls ,and were going to give me a better deal ,the funny thing was thy asked what was my phone number

BobnBev · Senior Member

Its getting bigger, My blocked senders list. There must be hundreds there. each morning I just drop and drag them .
Plenty of confirm sending of a Del laptop . ect .. the sh ts change the name but the rest is the same..
We are still waiting for the 100.mil we won..... big smile... its a deadly game we are winning...

Romy5152 · Guru

With emails, I just go delete, delete, delete, empty trash. As for the phone calls, if I'm not pressed for time, I sometimes like to 'play' with them and let them ramble on and on using their money making the call, then say, 'Not interested' and hang up. I figure they waste my time, I waste their money.

Just lately though, I've been getting calls that come up as 'Private Call' on the LCD of my home telelphone. Now when either my mother or mother-in-law call, that also comes up, so I have to answer the phone, but when there's dead silence on the other end, I hang up immediately. In these instances, no-one has ever rung back.

I think you just have to think: If it's an email that seems too good to be true, then it probably isn't, so ignore or delete it. If you don't know the people to whom you are talking on the phone, then really, how do they know you? It's just plain, good, old-fashioned common sense.

Rip and Rosie · Guru

I am registered on the Do Not Call Register (www.donotcall.gov.au) which keeps nuisance calls right down.

The Do Not Call Register Act generally prohibits the calling of registered numbers for marketing purposes. The Do Not Call Register Act 2006 makes it illegal for any non-exempt Australian or overseas telemarketer or fax marketer to contact a number listed on the register.

I still occasionally get a call, and then I just politely say "Did I ask you to ring me?" and when they say "No" I just say " I am on the do not call register. If you call me again you will reported, and be subject to a $120,000 fine. Have a nice day."

It's easy to register online, costs nothing, takes a minute of two, and done! I love it.

Vic · Guru

jimricho wrote:
Those who forward emails without deleting all the attached addresses and those who don't use the BCC (blind carbon copy) address box when forwarding any emails to multiple addressees are playing right into the hands of these b@st@rds.

As Jim said, don't send on jokes etc with the details of others email addresses on them and ask the receiver to delete yours before onforwarding.

This is a good bit to add to your jokes, emails etc. Remember anything you send can end up anywhere around the world as many people have friends overseas they send jokes to etc, etc. See;

jimricho · Guru

Thanks for the attachment Vic, I've downloaded it for future use.

I've mentioned before that I have a second email address for private use only and I have never been spammed on that address

Jim

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

I have a policy, I do not use the forward function, do not forward email's or jokes, (unless requested by the owner of the email address) FW email's get deleted automatically by Mailwasher Pro, I don't even see them.

As Jim said everybody should have a private email address.

My opinion is that the forward function should be removed from ALL email clients.

biggles · Senior Member

Hi Sheba - did you tell them to send the car over COD.......... You lucky, lucky person.....

Sheba · Guru

Never thought of that one. First Car I've won. Have to remember it for next time.

Thanks Biggles.

Cheers,

Sheba.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

what do you mean 'next time' why not give somebody else a chance at winning the car, oh I hate greedy people biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

goinsoon · Guru

You only won a lousy car, I just won 250000 pounds in the international mobile phone lottery and all I had to do was send a reply text - yeh right!!

Cruising Granny · Guru

I always tellt hem to deduct the fees from my winnings and send me the "change". They told me they weren't authorised to do that, so I write that, "I hereby authorise you etc....."
I'm still waiting for the change.
The ones that come in snail mail, I just write "RTS" on the envelope and post it again.
Just be careful.