Common Scams Section

[mickthemaverick]

I've just had a good chat with ebay customers services who knew nothing about this scam. I have passed on the text and mobile numbers and they will take it from there. I doubt the numbers will help as they are almost certainly 'burners' and only used for a day or so before being dumped but you never know!

[Gibbo2286]

I got two phone calls yesterday from "The bank security department saying there were large unexpected payments made from my account and to 'press one'.
All on a pre-recorded message with my name obviously added into spaces.

[mickthemaverick]

I'm only posting this because it made me laugh so much!! How dumb do they think people are?

From The Desk of: Dr. Peter Bartek.

Bank of America.
Branch Offices New York
1680 Broadway, New York.
NY 10019, USA.

Vice Chairman on Investment Banking
Director, Credit Control Dept.

TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE.

We are hereby to notify you concerning your fund Transfer through our bank, Bank of America, New York, to your bank account, which has been officially approved by the management of World Bank Swiss (WBS) to credit the sum of US$18.5 Million into your bank account.

Note that the bank have started processing your bill of payment and everything concerning the immediate remittance of your funds will be carried out within the time we received your banking information? Meanwhile your Email contact details and name were received from our research manager, Barr.Paul Peterson on your behalf to FRB for immediate release of your fund

This fund was part of United Nations compensation commission payment reconciliation program of 2020 year, which the UN/Swiss Bank has decided to distribute it generously to help few lucky individuals, the America Government in agreement with the Swiss Bank to distribute the fund to 700 people in America, Europe & Asia in other to help improve their businesses & COVID-19 Response Fund, The world is coming together to combat the COVID-19 pandemic bringing governments, organizations from across industries and sectors and individuals together

Therefore, reconfirm the aforesaid information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liable of any fund credited into an unknown account.

These are the information we needed to be reconfirmed by you.

1.Your Full Bank Account Details

2.Your Direct Cell or office phone to reach you

3.Your address of locations

4.Your full name

Finally, you are required to reconfirm directly to us the above information to enable the bank use it to process your bill of payment.
Your quick response shall be mostly appreciated for immediate attention of the credit control department.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Peter Bartek.
Vice Chairman, Director, Credit /Telex Department.

[myglaren]

I seem to be quite free of this sort of nonsense. Only got the heating refund one a couple of months back.
The stuff that lands in my spam folder, and there isn't much, is clearly spam that any self respecting spammer, it there is such a thing, would cringe at the sight of it.

[myglaren]

[CitroJim]

^^^ I love his approach! If you don't ask you won't get... Good try

[Armidillo]

Hmmm - "under the rest"... Is he threatening to miniaturise the non-compliant and stick them on sheet music?

[mickthemaverick]

Here's a new twist on the classic email scammers. It amazes me to think that anybody could possibly fall for this so how dumb can people be?

Mrs. Barbara Clark <[email protected]>
Attention:


I am Mrs. Barbara Clark; I am a US citizen, 47 years Old. I reside here in Florida USA. My residential address is as follows, 7022 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs Florida 34488 United States, i'm thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the compensation in West Africa many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $85,000 while trying to get my payment all to no avail.


So I decided to travel to Washington D.C with all my compensation documents, And I was directed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Director to contact Mr. Patrick Moore, who is a representative of the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) and a member of the Compensation Award Committee, currently in Washington D.C (USA) and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.


He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my compensation payment. Right now I am the happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $2.8 Million US Dollars. Moreover, Mr. Patrick Moore showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email as one of the beneficiaries on the list he showed me, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Mr. Patrick Moore. Kindly send your personal details to him to prove your identification.


Full Name:
Home Address:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Age:
Gender:
Country:


You have to contact him directly on this information below.

Compensation Award Office.
Name: Mr. Richard Howard
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (419) 458-7303


You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing. The only money I paid after I met Mr. Patrick Moore was just $750 USD for the paper works, take note of that.


Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Mr. Patrick Moore so that he can help you to deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.


Thank you and be blessed.

Mrs. Barbara Clark
7022 E Hwy 326 Silver
Springs Florida
34488 United States

[Michel]

This is hilarious..

[MattBLancs]

If they ever read back through what they'd written they'd likely fool a few more folks. The one above makes me laugh that "Mr Patrick Moore" is who to contact five times but apparently you've to send all your details to Mr Richard Howard !

They're getting better at making up names though, used to be easy to spot scams just from the "clearly nobody is really called that!" Nature of the invented names

Kind regards,
Isambard Smith

[CitroJim]

It's a good job this section of the forum exists... I hardly ever see this kind of nonsense in my mailboxes or on my phone (text or WhatsApp) so miss all the fun...

I don't know how I avoid it all. Care with who I divulge my email addresses and mobile phone numbers to, care in my use of the Internet and the use of Gmail may help or perhaps I'm just lucky...

In truth I do very little on the winder Internet but I do make heavy use of Facebook, Strava and a little on Instagram. I only subscribe to three forums, this one, Club-XM and a Vintage Radio Forum. I never 'browse' for the sake of it or open links in social media posts or emails unless I implicitly trust the sender/poster.

[mickthemaverick]

I take very similar precautions Jim + no activity whatsoever on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or any other SM site. I only belong to this forum but I suspect my leaky points are my use of ebay and youtube (my one concession to google). However I have 3 email addresses and I only ever get spam on one of them which I have had since 1996 so I suspect longevity of existence has something to do with that.

The fact is when you use your email for a legitimate purpose, contacting DVLA for example, you never know if the recipient employees are making money out of selling the details to marketing companies. Sadly there are a lot of potentially corrupt people who will succumb to the temptation when they are desperate for funds. You only have to look at the current rise in Met Police officers under investigation for various misdemeanours to realise that.

So while it is sensible to take every precaution you can, absolute security is a non existent fulfillable desire when you connect to the internet!!

[CitroJim]

So while it is sensible to take every precaution you can, absolute security is a non existent desire when you connect to the internet!!

Absolutely so Always bear that in mind whatever you are doing and whenever you are on the Internet...

[myglaren]

Much the same as Jim and Mick but not as stringent. On a few forums and use YouTube excessively. Rarely use my phone and only for texts.
Hardly any spam even on the primary and secondary emails, none on the next three but plenty on the sixth, hotmail
and my original and unused account.
Daughter signed up for hotmail and dumped it a couple of hours later. Spam spam, spam, spam and spam.

[CitroJim]

Daughter signed up for hotmail and dumped it a couple of hours later. Spam spam, spam, spam and spam.

Indeed. My Hotmail (legacy use only now and looked at only once in a blue moon) receives, by my standards, a significant amount of rubbish on regular occasions... Seems the Hotmail spam filters, unlike Gmail's, are totally ineffective...

Your daughter did a wise thing Steve...