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Another email scam

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2022, 12:02 pm

The email will tell you your car is untaxed because your debit card refused payment due to lack of funds. It then asks you to pay with a credit card to a link. Do not open the link. Its an easy scam to spot anyway as the scammers name is on the email. I sent it on to actionfraud.

Re: Another email scam

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2022, 12:30 pm, in reply to "Another email scam"

Might seem cynical but for eyvery one that gets reported there are probably hundreds that the fraudsters get away with.

According to the Radio 4 news last week internet fraud is booming, and only getting worse.

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: Another email scam

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2022, 12:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Another email scam"

I keep getting ones saying my parcel was delivered but I wasn't there please contact this number..
I don't ever order Maz does or my Daughter ..

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Another email scam

Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2022, 2:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Another email scam"

Judging by how close my mom and her generation came to being scammed a couple times, I've always thought that it's the older generation that grew up in a "high trust" society (which we gave up and no longer have) that get caught by these things.

A friend in her 80s fell for "your grandson is in jail, please send his bail money" and lost $2500. She was still driving then, so there was no one to stop her from going to the bank and mailing off the money.

My mom was a Navy wife, and always worked on a Navy base or for the county government. As a result, for the rest of her life, any time she got a letter or phone call or Email purporting to be from:

The Government
A Bank
An Insurance Company
The IRS
A Utility Company

that is, any "authority" figure, she ALWAYS assumed that it was serious, and that what they said was true, and she'd snap to attention and Follow Orders. Luckily, we had joint access to her bank account at that time and would get notified if she tried to send money away.

That's understandable for people who grew up 80 years ago (although OUR guys here seem pretty sharp!) But how on God's Green Earth are they fooling people who grew up with the Internet? Even I, who didn't even see the Internet until I was 40, know that it's all a pack of lies and deceit, and if I got a notice saying that the Sky is Blue, I'd be pretty sure that it had turned green overnight ....?

Lannis

At no time in history have the people forcing other people into compliance been the good guys.

Re: Another email scam

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2022, 3:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Another email scam"

The held up parcel scam usually ask for 1 pound 99 and then they have your bank details. Some of these scams are looking genuine enough to the point, i no longer respond to any incoming email from utilities etc. I did get a reply from actionfraud acknowledging my forwarding the phishing scam so its in their court now.

Re: Another email scam

Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2022, 4:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Another email scam"

You've hit it on the nail there Geoff. It's such a small amount that is asked for many people don't give it a second thought . As you say the amount isn't what they're after, it's the card details with which the can swiftly spend a fortune on goods on-line and pick up from local stores. Bas*****s but clever ones unfortunately.
Den

Re: Another email scam

It's interesting; a lot of folks here (including me) are going back to cash for most transactions.

With inflation eating away at the price of everything, many stores, restaurants, etc, are charging a 4% premium for using a card for fuel, dinner, or merchandise. So I've starting getting all of my pension in cash, and just leaving my Social Security check in the bank to use for card transactions, about 1/3 of what I spend overall.

I know, I hear people say that the World Economic Forum will have all the money digitized in a few years, and They (whoever They are) will monitor and if necessary control what you spend, but that won't happen in my neck of the woods. Norway or Denmark, maybe, but not here. A bridge too far.

Lannis

At no time in history have the people forcing other people into compliance been the good guys.

Re: Another email scam

Posted by pete__s <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=pete__s' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 17, 2022, 6:30 pm, in reply to "Another email scam"

I saw an ad for RAB kit very cheap and I knew their outlet near Derby had been selling lots recently. I dutifully ordered, then got a bit wary(yes I know,wrong way round) found all the warning reviews and tried to cancel the card transaction. The bank couldn't cancel but 1 month later refunded it (£50).

Basically, if it looks to good to be true, it probably not true.

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