JohnD Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 Got this, this morning: In an age when we order more and more online, it makes you wonder if it is genuine. It ain't! The Royal Mail itslef is warning about this scam. See https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6905/~/what-email-%2F-text-%2F-facebook-message-scams-should-i-be-aware-of%3F Be cautious, be safe. JOhn
Sidescreen Ben Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 And in a similar scam earlier this week which was particularly inventive I thought!
JohnD Posted June 2, 2021 Author Posted June 2, 2021 Here's another one, that made me begin to doubt my scepticism. I had a landline phone call, "THis is BT it's about your Internet service" I told them to go away. Before I sat down they rang again, "This really is BT, we will send you an email." Go away. And again, "Please look for the email, to prove what I say." GO AWAY! I'M BUSY! But there was an email, apparantky from "btcomms@info.bt.com" Convincing, isn't it? Was there really a problem with my Internet? I had been busily surfing when they rang, no troubles. So I used Google to find the BT webpage and their Broadband helplne, for online chat. I told "Shovon" what had happened. They said, give me a few minutes and your address. No probs, this was the BT website that I had contacted. And sure enough, a few minutes later they caame back - this is a phishing attack. Ignore it. Thank you for the details, our security team will pursue them! So, maintain your scepticism! Check with the real website of the company that someone purports to be, and in general ignore anyone who cold calls you! JOhn
Hamish Posted June 2, 2021 Posted June 2, 2021 they are bloody clever the mongrels (sorry dogs of mixed heritage )
Nick Jones Posted June 2, 2021 Posted June 2, 2021 Mongrels works for me..... I’d call them vermin though.... Good spot John, and somewhat alarming that they were able to use two forms of communication to bolster their claim!
RedRooster Posted June 2, 2021 Posted June 2, 2021 I never answer the phone, it may be someone trying to get me to go back to work. RR 1
Nick Jones Posted June 2, 2021 Posted June 2, 2021 1 hour ago, RedRooster said: it may be someone trying to get me to go back to work. Well yeah...... ......probably nice to get paid once in a while though.....
JohnD Posted August 26, 2021 Author Posted August 26, 2021 Just heard of a new scam, to me, anyway. EG: sideways-technologies.co.uk and sideшays-technologies.co.uk are not the same! Scammers can use this to send you to completely different website to the one you intended, for instance by advisng you to click on what appears to be a familiar URL. John
JohnD Posted September 9, 2021 Author Posted September 9, 2021 Gotcha! Online, I came across an American, Mark Rober, who looks like any internet influencer dude, but is an imaginative engineer, and crime fighter. Starting off because people stole parcels from his home's porch, he invented a "glitter bomb" - see the video - and then developed it, so much that he has been able to trace scammers in a big way. Worth watching if you have half an hour!
JohnD Posted September 16, 2021 Author Posted September 16, 2021 They really do look most convincing. I recived this today: The high lighting is because I sent a copy of the text to spam@lifelocknorton.com, which confirmed that it was spam. To misspell my name was a give away! Let's be careful, and suspicious, out there! John
Escadrille Ecosse Posted September 21, 2021 Posted September 21, 2021 It's relentless. The Mark Rober video is superb
PeteStupps Posted September 22, 2021 Posted September 22, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 4:27 PM, JohnD said: Worth watching if you have half an hour! John that was well worth watching! Haha excellent stuff.
JohnD Posted October 3, 2021 Author Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) Here's a new one, rather obvious, but anyway: That's it. Right click on "Show source" and it reavels that is has been sent via "GoogleAPIS", a legitimate "Application Programming Interface" provided by Google that allows two applications to communicate, but one many cyber criminals (scammers) use to promote various 'tech' (technical) support scams. Walgreens is, again, a legitimate online pharmacy, but I have no prior contact with them and never would. And I'm certainly not clicking on their "Unsubscribe" button! This ones going in the bin! Let's keep safe out there! JOhn Edited October 3, 2021 by JohnD
JohnD Posted October 4, 2021 Author Posted October 4, 2021 They are determined! Go boil your head, Walgreens!
JohnD Posted October 4, 2021 Author Posted October 4, 2021 And another: I've contacated Walgreens to ask them to terminate this pest.
Escadrille Ecosse Posted October 4, 2021 Posted October 4, 2021 With extreme prejudice one would wish...
JohnD Posted October 4, 2021 Author Posted October 4, 2021 With red hot needles under the finger nails, preferably.
sparky_spit Posted October 5, 2021 Posted October 5, 2021 Both myself and Mrs SS have had these, from both "Norton" and "McAfee", telling us that we will be "unprotected" if we don't "ACT NOW!!!" Using the Report as Spam function does not seem to work that well, presumably as the sender address is different each time, albeit containing our first and/or surname within the address.
JohnD Posted October 5, 2021 Author Posted October 5, 2021 Walgreens do seem to be respectable. They have replied to my forwarding the above emails to them, as follows: Dear John Davies, Thank you for contacting Walgreens.com customer service. This is in response to your e-mail regarding your inquiry. We apologize, what you experienced does not appears to be a valid Walgreens communication. We advise you to not act on, access, or respond to the message you received. Please be aware that Walgreens does not solicit personal information from customers via the method you encountered. Additionally, Walgreens promotions will ask you to log-in to your secure online account to receive any reward or promotional offer. · Walgreens.com sends e-mails from the below e-mail addresses. E-mails received from other e-mail addresses are most likely not associated to Walgreens.com in any way. balancerewards.community@mail.walgreens.com contactus@mail.Walgreens.com customercare@walgreens.com customerservice@mail2.walgreens.com customerservice@walgreens.com donotreply@mail.walgreens.com donotreply@photo.walgreens.com ecomsupportcco@walgreens.com reply2refill@mail.walgreens.com service@photo.walgreens.com walgreens@e.walgreens.com walgreens@ecs.walgreens.com walgreens@re.walgreens.com If you would like to know more about our Online Privacy and Security Policy, please visit: www.walgreens.com/privacy We at walgreens.com look forward to assisting you. Ashley C 877-250-5823 http://www.walgreens.com Toll-free: 877-250-5823 24 hours a day / 7 days a week For our Online Privacy & Security Policy visit: http://www.walgreens.com/topic/help/generalhelp/privacyandsecurity.jsp Can't say fairer than that! If you are ever concerned lest some email is real or not, contact the alleged sender, independently. Find their 'Contact' email address, or their website using Google or your favourite web browser, forward them the email in question or otherwise ask, is this from you? John
Escadrille Ecosse Posted October 5, 2021 Posted October 5, 2021 Yep. Got two texts yesterday purporting to be from Hermes saying I had missed a delivery and to go to a link. I was expecting stuff from Hermes and link address looked like it could be real but go to my search engine du jour and sure enough none of the Hermes sites have that address format. Persistent blastards. Decent response from Walgreens but having said that they seem to have an excessive number of addresses so going to be hard to identify a dodgy one up front.
JohnD Posted December 11, 2021 Author Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) Have we had this one before? A Facebook Messenger Trojan! You get a message from a friend, someone you know and trust. I've had them that look like a still from a video with a "YouTube video" mark, and the heading "Look what I found" . OR, saying "I think you are in this video" with a hyperlink. DO NOT CLICK ON EITHER! I've just had the latter from two different friends, so it's out there, watch for it. If you do click, the malware downloads into your device, steals the addresses of your friends and sends all of them the same message, with its poisonous payload. Trojans can carry other malware with them, some quite dangerous, that can look for your bank details, for instance. Phones and PCs are vulnerable. The malware persists and goes on sending itself to any new address on your list, and of course anything else it is programmed to do. Just delete, and warn your trusted friend that they may need to scrub their hard disk, hard, to remove it. My Norton couldn't get it out, I had to use Cr*pCleaner. And of course change all your passwords. It's a wicked world out there! John Edited December 11, 2021 by JohnD
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