New Scam? (Fake Council Infringement Notice)

L[Deactivated] on 31/05/2018 - 15:40
Last edited 31/05/2018 - 16:12 by 1 other user

My partner received this by email yesterday Has to make you laugh.

On 30 May 2018 at 10:08:14, Mason Jenkins ([email protected]) wrote:
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INFRINGEMENT NOTICE

Infringements Act 2006
Infringements(Reporting and Prescribed Details and Forms) Regulations 2006
Notice to the Owner This is an 'Infringement Notice' in relation to the Road safety Road Rules 2009

Ticket No.466697
Date May 30 2018
Council - City Council
Officer ID 52312
Officer Name Mason Jenkins

Parking - LONGER THAN INDICATED
Penalty $50.88
Due Date 05/06/2018

View Infringement Notice.

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  Brucet on 31/05/2018 - 15:45

  +1

  hahahaaaa .

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  Cluster on 31/05/2018 - 15:55

  You would be surprised how many people merrily click on the attachment and boom, ransomeware all over your PC and network. The one that caught a colleague's workplace out was a fake Australia Post email saying 'click attachment otherwise your package is being diverted'. People panic and click. Took them weeks to sort out the mess on the network. Backups? What backups?

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    D C on 31/05/2018 - 17:17

    Has anyone tried the reverse yet?

    "Hi there, I'm the parking fairy! Don't worry, I've paid your fine, click here to…"

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  Caped Baldy on 31/05/2018 - 16:10

  Definitely, unless your partner leaves their email address on the car.

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    Blitzfx on 31/05/2018 - 16:27

    I was going to say this. How do they even have your email address?

    If it was the council, they STILL don't have your details unless they take you to court, then the police will provide them that information.

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      [Deactivated] on 31/05/2018 - 17:03

      How did Canadian Pharmacy get my email address flogging Viagra.

      How do any scammers get your email address?

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        Blitzfx on 31/05/2018 - 17:33

        Spam emails regarding viagra are very generic.

        Your scam email describes the rules as 'Act' which is very specific to few countries. Followed by describing the governing body as a council, which further restricts applicable countries.

        Good job.

        Why don't you go ahead and pay the obviously legit fine.

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        retiredfeline on 31/05/2018 - 18:15

        Any time your email address is published on the Web, spammers are likely to harvest it. Also there have been massive leaks of customer addresses by various companies, e.g. Yahoo. Finally if any of your correspondents caught a virus, it could have stolen their address book.

        Ironically it's because spammers use any address they can grab that adds to evidence that it's fake for me. Because the address they used is not one I use for serious email.

        But panicky people click before examining and get caught.

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        BuyoTheCat on 31/05/2018 - 21:59

        when you purchased viagra from their website

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  hogwarts on 31/05/2018 - 16:15

  I wouldn't think the officer would personally email it. It'd be from a noreply or even just a different person that processes these.

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  bobbified on 31/05/2018 - 16:15

  +2

  Does it not even give instructions on how to pay? lol

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  Zedsdeadbabyzedsdead on 31/05/2018 - 16:21

  +7

  Most councils are scam artists anyway….

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  Almost Banned on 31/05/2018 - 16:28

  I got one of these too.
  Straight to the spam folder…

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  steven6 on 31/05/2018 - 16:38

  +3

  How do they ask for payment?
  I would string them along (scambait them).
  Ask for photos and maybe tell them your flux capacitor was broken and any other funny stuff you can think of.

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    Sage on 31/05/2018 - 21:52

    it downloads a zip file when you hit the link

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  [Deactivated] on 31/05/2018 - 17:05

  Not asking for payment would be the way to get the gullible to click the View Infringement Notice link.

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    D C on 31/05/2018 - 17:19

    View Infringement Notice link

    Well, where else would it be? Done properly even the non-gullible would fall for that.

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  [Deactivated] on 31/05/2018 - 17:59

  Check the address ([email protected]

  Check the date of offence and date and time email was sent.

  No rego number.

  It has an officer number instead name of officer.

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  c64 on 31/05/2018 - 18:00

  if scammers went around physically leaving fake infringement notices on windscreens with a fake site to make payments to i thinks they would make a bit of $$$

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  Sage on 31/05/2018 - 21:52

  I received it too, pretty amusing.