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anti fraud ....im gettin annoyed now
Red Defender:
i average one spoof email a week - the adviice i get from ebay/paypal is that they never ask you to click on a link in one of their emails instead they ask you to log on via the main website and follow the instructions in the email ?
gords:
--- Quote from: "Red Defender" ---the adviice i get from ebay/paypal is that they never ask you to click on a link in one of their emails
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As do all the banks!
Some of these scammers have managed to get domain names that are very similar to that of the actual bank (or organisation) they are pretending to be.
Just about every organisation - bank, paypal, etc - will either have some form of online user area or telephone support. You will always be directed to those. But, as I said before - if in doubt, phone them!
A while ago (and probably still) there was a spate of emails from Nigerian "whatevers" telling you a sob story and asking for your help to extract xxx dollars from somewhere, for which you would be rewarded. Yeah right! but people do believe these things. I remember hearing about a school teacher who lost all her savings and her friends (I think) too ... [Edited] :roll:
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "trustyrusty" ---some scum bag on e-bay won the auction for my landy ,saying that his mate owned him £3000. if he sent me the cheque for £3000 i took out the price for the landy and send him the difference back would i do it. he try'ed this 4 time, now kicked of of e-bay. :evil: :evil:
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Yep, this is one of the standard scams. My colleague had this happen with a racing kart he was selling. Of course, the original cheque will bounce. They just rely on you sending the balance before you find out.
There must be some daft people out there taking these things seriously. Otherwise they wouldn't happen. It is a wonder that anyone can be quite so naive.
the loon:
--- Quote from: "V8MoneyPit" ---
--- Quote from: "trustyrusty" ---some scum bag on e-bay won the auction for my landy ,saying that his mate owned him £3000. if he sent me the cheque for £3000 i took out the price for the landy and send him the difference back would i do it. he try'ed this 4 time, now kicked of of e-bay. :evil: :evil:
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Yep, this is one of the standard scams. My colleague had this happen with a racing kart he was selling. Of course, the original cheque will bounce. They just rely on you sending the balance before you find out.
There must be some daft people out there taking these things seriously. Otherwise they wouldn't happen. It is a wonder that anyone can be quite so naive.
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its either that old chesnut or the nigerian scam
"Ahhh yes intrested I am in your item and like to buy on behalf of my client"
No joke thats really how I had one worded - alarm bells started to ring as soon as I noticed similarity's between there mail and how Yoda would talk
:lol:
muky-kid.:
--- Quote from: "gords" ---As a cover-all-situations-rule ... assume any email that asks you to confirm your details by going to a web site is fake :wink:
If you're ever not sure, them them an independent email or phone them. Just do not click that link :wink: :lol:
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:D Yep i agree, i had a couple of these. So i phoned them but one of them was genuine after i spoke to the woman on the phone. Still didnt give her any details though. They had to write to me in the end to show me they were who they were meant to be. Even after that ive still not given or sent my bank details. Proberbly why now ive not got a paypal account anymore. I just dont trust anyone when it comes to wanting my bank details.
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