Tony B Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 An e mail claiming Fed Ex tried to make a delivery , and it has been left at post office. Open to get a recipt. The e mail is a scam with a Trojan attached. Fortunatley AVG caught it for me. Fed Ex are aware and you can forwrd any to them for action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I get dozens of them every week claiming to be from all sorts of couriers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 I must be relativly lucky. It's the first of this type I've had. Will be much more careful in future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I must be relativly lucky. It's the first of this type I've had. Will be much more careful in future! There are so many -Bank confirmation scams -E-card delivered (scam?) -Offcourse the "you won a gazillion $$$$" scam). -Paypal scams -UPS/FEDEX/Carrierpigeon scams... A mild form of paranoia is advised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 What amazes me is that people still fall for them, at least one story a week of someone getting conned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yeah, but this time year, I was expecting a delivery. Fortunatley the web page was 'Not found' so I used AVG to scan it, and all the lights and bells went off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 With most email programs, if you hover the mouse over the link before clicking it, you will see what that link is. If it isn't what you're expecting and/or not the same as what the email suggests, don't click it! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Not aimed at you tony, what I meant was stories in the paper of people falling for it. Read a story a few months back of some middle aged woman falling for one and ended up sending some african fraudster about £50000!!!!:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Biggest clue that it's a scam is that it won't have your name in the email... it will say "Dear Sir" "Dear Customer" etc... if genuine the company sending the email will know your details & they will be in the email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Biggest clue that it's a scam is that it won't have your name in the email... it will say "Dear Sir" "Dear Customer" etc... if genuine the company sending the email will know your details & they will be in the email and poor spelling and grammar... I got a very convincing one today about our company email account. It all looked legit until the last comment where it said "please do the needful" As for the emails from Saddam Hussein, Gahdaffi, and all the other deposed leader's family members asking to stash their cash in my bank account, I keep them as proof I'm popular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Not aimed at you tony, what I meant was stories in the paper of people falling for it.Read a story a few months back of some middle aged woman falling for one and ended up sending some african fraudster about £50000!!!!:shocked: No offence taken. The e-mail was technically very good. Though I wish someone would offer me free money. All I seem to get is adverts for little blue pills. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 'Scamming the Scammers' is now an accepted pastime and very amusing too .. when you've got the time , have a look at this website.. there are some hilarious tales on here of how folk have 'reversed' a scam back onto the person from whence it came.. http://www.419eater.com/ Of particular excellence is the one in the 'history' section from a fella that managed somehow to get some chap in Africa to read the entire 'A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' book onto cassette tapes for him ... ...I'm telling you ....it's awesome stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I just email back my ex girlfriends bank details...............................:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 I just email back my ex girlfriends bank details...............................:shocked: but if she knows yours... :cool2: A 30,000 volt return signal would do me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Well, at this time of year, you should all be Charitable. If any members would be gracious enough to forward UK Bank Cheques, or UK Postal Orders to me. You would be supporting a VERY worthwhile Cause. It is the 'Swell Mike's Vehicle Collection' Cause. This would enable me to expand my collection & storage facilites, & also benifit members of the public & other Exhibitors at Vehicle shows. They would thus be enabled to wonder & Marvel at the amount of Lovely Green Machines I would be able to show & educate them all with. I can assure you, that this is a VERY Worthwhile cause! (Well, I thinks it is very worthy, anyway!....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Well, at this time of year, you should all be Charitable. If any members would be gracious enough to forward UK Bank Cheques, or UK Postal Orders to me.You would be supporting a VERY worthwhile Cause. It is the 'Swell Mike's Vehicle Collection' Cause. This would enable me to expand my collection & storage facilites, & also benifit members of the public & other Exhibitors at Vehicle shows. They would thus be enabled to wonder & Marvel at the amount of Lovely Green Machines I would be able to show & educate them all with. I can assure you, that this is a VERY Worthwhile cause! (Well, I thinks it is very worthy, anyway!....) I'll send a 2000 Euro check to you. Its a bit to much, I only have cheques for that amount. However if you send a envelope with 500 Euroto my postbox we'll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 I'm am so touched by your appeal. I'll send 2x £3 and a £4 notes to your collection! :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I'm am so touched by your appeal. I'll send 2x £3 and a £4 notes to your collection! :cry: Cool, I'll frame them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 The one that really wound me up was the alleged phone call from Microsoft.. You pick up the phone and a voice with an Indian accent you could cut with a knife says "Hello my name is < something like Micheal or John> and I am calling from Microsoft technical support department. We have detected a virus on your PC and need to connect to your PC to fix it for you" Having had 3 or 4 in one day I got well and truly steamed so rather than just hanging up mid-way through "microsoft" I let the idiot the other end continue. No mention of a a charge was mad at this point so I assumed the intent was to upload a chink of mal-ware to the PC so they could use it to spam other users of the net. So I asked if he really were from Microsoft - he said yes I asked if here were based in Seattle or London - he said Seattle I asked what the virus was and he read out a nice script about something that captures passwords - no doubt exactly what they planned on uploading So I closed with "Thanks for the time taken to answer my questions - you've set my mind at rest. Whilst you were blathering away I had an IP trace running - didn't you know that when you dial a VOIP phone you might hide the number but you can't hide the IP address from the router logs? I now know you are calling from India - I know who the address is registered to and I've just emailed this to the local police anti-fraud unit and the Indian Embassy here in London. Have a nice day when your police come knocking." Never had a call like that since :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 The one that really wound me up was the alleged phone call from Microsoft..You pick up the phone and a voice with an Indian accent you could cut with a knife says "Hello my name is < something like Micheal or John> and I am calling from Microsoft technical support department. We have detected a virus on your PC and need to connect to your PC to fix it for you" Having had 3 or 4 in one day I got well and truly steamed so rather than just hanging up mid-way through "microsoft" I let the idiot the other end continue. No mention of a a charge was mad at this point so I assumed the intent was to upload a chink of mal-ware to the PC so they could use it to spam other users of the net. So I asked if he really were from Microsoft - he said yes I asked if here were based in Seattle or London - he said Seattle I asked what the virus was and he read out a nice script about something that captures passwords - no doubt exactly what they planned on uploading So I closed with "Thanks for the time taken to answer my questions - you've set my mind at rest. Whilst you were blathering away I had an IP trace running - didn't you know that when you dial a VOIP phone you might hide the number but you can't hide the IP address from the router logs? I now know you are calling from India - I know who the address is registered to and I've just emailed this to the local police anti-fraud unit and the Indian Embassy here in London. Have a nice day when your police come knocking." Never had a call like that since :-) Mother in law had that one, the bloke was very insisteny that she had one and that she needed to allow him access to sort it out. Even though she insisted she had no problems which she could definitely guarantee as she has no PC. Get stuff like this at work all the time, ever since my email got atted to a clients intranet site. I now get new friends on Facebook - which is amazing as I am not on there. I have more parcels being delivered than Santa at Christmas. Have booked more hotel rooms and flights that I can physically take. Also get ones saying somebody has sent me a fax/image from a mobile phone. I use my favourite DELETE key, might need a new on soon Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Even the good guys can't be trusted these days.. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bbc-rogue-traders-presenter-dan-penteado-jailed-for-24000-benefit-fraud-7952899.html Notice Matt Allwright didn't report this one on his program :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Even the good guys can't be trusted these days.. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bbc-rogue-traders-presenter-dan-penteado-jailed-for-24000-benefit-fraud-7952899.html Notice Matt Allwright didn't report this one on his program :shocked: Just goes to show how stoooopid some people are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 i was called yet again today by the Indian accented guy claiming to be a Microsoft technician. Following Neil's advice I questioned him and under pressure he said he didn't actually work for Microsoft but avoided answering exactly which company employed him but claimed he was based in Norwich. When we got to the bit about having traced his IP address and informing the police he appeared to think that was quite funny and invited me to inform anyone who I cared to. This was the fifth time I've been called by him, it now remains to be seen if he will try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 i was called yet again today by the Indian accented guy claiming to be a Microsoft technician. Following Neil's advice I questioned him and under pressure he said he didn't actually work for Microsoft but avoided answering exactly which company employed him but claimed he was based in Norwich. When we got to the bit about having traced his IP address and informing the police he appeared to think that was quite funny and invited me to inform anyone who I cared to.This was the fifth time I've been called by him, it now remains to be seen if he will try again. Why not just hang up? If you are not expecting a call why entertain them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Why not just hang up? If you are not expecting a call why entertain them? As long as I've got the time I like winding 'em up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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