Got a Text Message from "JBhifi"
Applause to our JBhifi shoppers:
1) <My Name> - <My previous street address with no suburb name>
2) David - Bundoora
3) Melanie - Delahey
I know it's a scam, but these scams are getting more and more difficult to avoid. We fill out many forms here and there with our details without knowing who is not dealing with our personal information as per privacy guidelines.
Anyways, has anyone got such messages earlier?
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I got a phishing text pretending to come from my bank saying my account has been frozen and to log in to unfreeze it. The way to deal with this has always been the same:
Find a contact for the company independent of the text/email, contact them directly to confirm.
Find a contact for the company independent of the text/email, contact them directly to confirm.
Or to read the common signs of a scam, and not get scammed?
goes to buy itunes cards to pay the ATO
Scammers get trickier and trickier though - was trying to give universally applicable, basically 'fool-proof' advice.
But yeah…
goes to buy itunes cards to pay the ATO
Not like scammers actually need to up their game much if at all…
Forward the text to 0429 999 888 but don't expect anything to happen. I'm also sick of all the millions of dollars I've won from random online casino texts that come through daily.
https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/make-a-complaint-spam-telema…
I got a scam contact by email recently. I'll quote it so people can see what's about.
I do know PWxxxxxx is your passphrases. Lets get right to point. No-one has paid me to investigate you. You do not know me and you're probably thinking why you are getting this e-mail?
Let me tell you, i setup a software on the xxx streaming (sex sites) site and you know what, you visited this web site to experience fun (you know what i mean). When you were watching video clips, your browser initiated operating as a RDP having a keylogger which provided me with accessibility to your display screen and web camera. Right after that, my software program obtained all of your contacts from your Messenger, Facebook, as well as e-mailaccount. after that i made a double video. 1st part shows the video you were viewing (you've got a fine taste omg), and next part displays the recording of your web cam, yeah it is you.
You do have only 2 possibilities. We should take a look at each of these possibilities in details:
Very first alternative is to ignore this email message. as a consequence, i am going to send out your actual video to every bit of your contacts and imagine regarding the humiliation you experience. Do not forget should you be in an affair, just how it can affect?
in the second place option will be to compensate me $966. We will refer to it as a donation. in such a case, i will instantly discard your video recording. You could go on your daily routine like this never occurred and you will not ever hear back again from me.
You'll make the payment via Bitcoin (if you do not know this, search 'how to buy bitcoin' in Google).
BTC address to send to: 14cxPepKjJ8XR5k4u7jskJiqMH2v
[case SeNSiTiVe, copy and paste it]
in case you are looking at going to the law enforcement officials, good, this email message cannot be traced back to me. I have covered my actions. i am just not attempting to ask you for money a whole lot, i simply prefer to be paid for. if i do not get the bitcoin, i will definately send out your video to all of your contacts including friends and family, colleagues, and many others. Nevertheless, if i do get paid, i will destroy the video right away. If you want evidence, reply Yea! then i will send your video recording to your 14 contacts. This is a non-negotiable offer therefore please don't waste my personal time and yours by responding to this email message.
It's a fake scam even. I haven't visited pron sites, nor am I active on FB and never on Messenger. The pass phrase he has quoted is genuine but it is one I use on sites that I don't care about. He probably bought it from one of those sites that harvest credentials. The scammer's message has a lot of unseen text in it. It is coloured white so it doesn't show to a casual inspection. I have not quoted it. The bit coin address shown here is fake. I have truncated it here for the quote.
I think we can all assume that companies dont randomly slelect people and send them free stuff or award them expensive prizes for competitions they didnt even enter. If one of these things drops in your lap it is almost certainly a scam.
Something i have noticed on most of them is that they hide their real email address. Your email says it is from 'jb hifi or Woolworths or Aldi. If you right click on the email address and have a look at the return email it will be joe.blow@something random.com it wont be anybody from the company supposedly sending you a random prize. This for me is the absolute sealer.
Total no no is dont open any attachments. Anothe No no is dont respond, reply abuse or unsubscribe from these things. I honestly think your unbsubscribe email just lets them know there is somebody monitoring that email address so they better send you more emails.
Something I've been seeing lately is fake websites normally marketed via Facebook selling fake stuff. last week it was RM Williams boots for $50, this week it is Sidi cycling shoes (normally $500 ish) for $75. They look reasonably legit but are as fake as can be. The giveaways here are that the template used for the websites is identical but the URLs change. Also, if you go to the 'About Us' etc is is identical from site to site, even sometimes having the wrong company name in it. Finally, the obvious giveaway is that in the 'Contact Us' section they never have any actual contact details. No address or telephone number, just a webform that they will presumably ignore once they have your money.
The most sinister though are some we've received at work where they've actually spoofed someelse in the office's email address. they've sent an email to accounts to the effect of 'can you please pay this' and then used a managers sig block. The attachment was of course a virus ridden document.
Other giveaways are things like them asking for completion of US tax forms etc.
ignore it and move on…