Hi, Tim,
Thanks for your comment. I don’t really receive many junk letters, at most 2 or
3 per month (usually less). I prefer to scan the senders and message lines
while they are still on the server, and delete the suspicious ones there. Maybe
I am paranoid, but I have never felt that sending
Don’t open any letters from ‘Mrs Julie van der Stel’. This is listed on the
Scamwarner’s website. There was a letter from ‘her' to my address, so I googled
it.
Pat
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Hi Pat,
Mail.app learns to look after these.
You can make sure you have turned ON Junk Mail Filtering in Mail Preferences
Junk Mail and go through the preferences there. When you get anything that
looks odd, click on the downwards thumb in the top menu bar across the top of
the Mail screen.
Hi, yet another bad email arrived. This one said it was a receipt for a
purchase from the iTunes store with a convenient link to click, which I didn’t.
It had a much cruder appearance and was probably from a different source. I
asked Mail to show the long header, which contained a URL for a
Thank you Pat.
It is always good to be aware of these scams !
On 3 Jun 2015, at 6:07 pm, clamsh...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi, yet another bad email arrived. This one said it was a receipt for a
purchase from the iTunes store with a convenient link to click, which I
didn’t. It had a much
Check it out here:-
http://www.yourlifechoices.com.au/news/14112/20150528/new-email-scam?utm_medium=emailutm_campaign=Volume+15+Issue+109+Daily+eNews+Tuesdayutm_content=Volume+15+Issue+109+Daily+eNews+Tuesday+Version+A+CID_e829981ad92de75e68fe60a7ab46cb48utm_source=campaign%20monitorutm_term=new
Got a very good one today
It is a phishing? attempt
The link goes to a fake site asking for your apple id details
Your Apple ID ………...) was used to sign in to FaceTime and iMessage on an iPhone
4 named Ali iPhone 4.
Date and Time: 01 June, 2015, 4:38 AM AEDT
Operating System: iPhone
Hi Blitto,
This Phishing email has been doing the rounds for years, I've had a few lately
as well.
It is a phishing attempt. Do not respond.
Do not divulge any personal or financial information.
You can use the address below to report the phishing attempt to Apple.
mailto:
Got a very good one today
It is a phishing? attempt
The link goes to a fake site asking for your apple id details
Your Apple ID ………...) was used to sign in to FaceTime and iMessage on an iPhone
4 named Ali iPhone 4.
Date and Time: 01 June, 2015, 4:38 AM AEDT
Operating System: iPhone
name
Regards,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 19 Jun 2014, at 5:35 pm, Jennifer Lefroy lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Woe is me having fallen for a scam and answered an email purporting to
come from Paypal and logging in to what must have been a false website.
When i
Hello Everyone,
Woe is me having fallen for a scam and answered an email purporting to come
from Paypal and logging in to what must have been a false website.
When i submitted information this message came up
*Warning*: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by
(output started
- Passwords
- Your full name
Regards,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 19 Jun 2014, at 5:35 pm, Jennifer Lefroy lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Woe is me having fallen for a scam and answered an email purporting to
come from Paypal and logging in to what must have been
account numbers
Driver's Licence numbers
Email addresses
Passwords
Your full name
Regards,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 19 Jun 2014, at 5:35 pm, Jennifer Lefroy lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Woe is me having fallen for a scam and answered an email purporting
I received an email with subject Earth Update purporting to be new features for
Google Earth.
Is it genuine?
Severin Crisp
Sent from Sev's iPad
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Hi Severin,
What version of Google Earth do you have installed?
7.1.2.2041 is the latest version of Google Earth.
Google Earth
7.1.2.2041
Build Date
10/7/2013
Build Time
12:32:28 pm
Renderer
OpenGL
Operating System
Mac OS X (10.9.2)
Video Driver
AMD Radeon HD 6750M OpenGL Engine (2.1
That is the version I have Ronni. Yes, that confirms it is not kosher
Severin
On 10 May 2014, at 6:20 pm, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hi Severin,
What version of Google Earth do you have installed?
7.1.2.2041 is the latest version of Google Earth.
Google Earth
7.1.2.2041
Build
Hi Severin,
Without seeing the actual email you received or what it contains it is
difficult to know what it is.
If you want to see the URL it goes to, just hover your cursor over the link in
the message... DON'T click on the link!
You have to let the cursor hover over the link for a bit
I got this one today.Check out the spelling of Apple and of Support.Do not respond to this !
Regards,Stephen Chape
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Hi Ken,
I have received some other ones which I reported to PayPal and they have
responded to me saying yes it is a scam and they are looking into it, but this
look legit but may not have been (I perhaps shouldn't have clicked on the link
inviting disaster) Check all the links and see
it is a scam and they are looking into it, but
this look legit but may not have been (I perhaps shouldn't have clicked on
the link inviting disaster) Check all the links and see if they are active,
PayPal say always log on to your PayPal independently of the email if you are
not sure
On 04/01/2013, at 10:00 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
Hi all,
Another scam?
I received an email from:
servi...@intpaypal.com.au
The intpaypal - looked dodgy, I have forwarded it to PayPal.
It informed me some details had changed and that I should update any
errors.
May need
1577
Mbl: 0417 053 266
Please consider the environment before printing this email
On 04/01/2013, at 10:00 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
Hi all,
Another scam?
I received an email from:
servi...@intpaypal.com.au
The intpaypal - looked dodgy, I have forwarded it to PayPal
into the junk folder.
Any other way of stopping or filtering them?
Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
Kalamunda WA 6926
Ph: (08) 9257 1577
Mbl: 0417 053 266
Please consider the environment before printing this email
On 04/01/2013, at 10:00 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
Hi all,
Another scam?
I received
6926
Ph: (08) 9257 1577
Mbl: 0417 053 266
Please consider the environment before printing this email
On 04/01/2013, at 10:00 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
Hi all,
Another scam?
I received an email from:
servi...@intpaypal.com.au
The intpaypal - looked dodgy, I have forwarded
Hi all,
Another scam?
I received an email from:
servi...@intpaypal.com.au
The intpaypal - looked dodgy, I have forwarded it to PayPal.
It informed me some details had changed and that I should update any errors.
May need to watch your emails.
Brian
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Hi all,
Another scam?
I received an email from:
servi...@intpaypal.com.au
The intpaypal - looked dodgy, I have forwarded it to PayPal.
It informed me some details had changed and that I should update any errors.
May need to watch your emails.
Brian
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Thank you Brian !
On 04/01/2013, at 10:00 PM, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote:
Hi all,
Another scam?
I received an email from:
servi...@intpaypal.com.au
The intpaypal - looked dodgy, I have forwarded it to PayPal.
It informed me some details had changed and that I should
The message below received this morning and deleted.
Appears to be another scam.
Merv
SSuubbjjeecctt:: First NetBank Third Party Payment.
FFrroom:: Commonwealth Bank netl...@cs2vacxzcuha.netbank.pcba.com
Dear Customer,
Your first transfer to the following third party account(s) has been
I received this email SCAM on Thursday Merv, it was a bit slow getting to you
:-))
http://internetemailscams.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/first-netbank-third-party-payment.html
Cheers,
Ronni
On 14/10/2012, at 9:49 AM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote:
The message below received this morning
Quite often you can hover the cursor over the false URL and see that these
things are spam.
Bill
On 14/10/2012, at 9:49 AM, Merv Bond wrote:
The message below received this morning and deleted.
Appears to be another scam.
Merv
SSuubbjjeecctt:: First NetBank Third Party Payment.
FFrroom
Hi WAMUG Skype users,
The Skype 'Password Successfully Changed' email SCAM is making the rounds
again, so be careful.
The Password Successfully Changed email that claims to be coming from Skype.
Needless to say that it looks slightly authentic but there is one thing that
makes everything so
Thanks Ronni
Received your advice after making a posting on this issue.
Will delete the email. Haven't opened any links.
Cheers
Merv
On 3/10/12 9:49 AM, Ronni Brown wrote:
Hi WAMUG Skype users,
The Skype 'Password Successfully Changed' email SCAM is making the rounds
again, so be careful
Hi people,
Microsoft scam – take two
The phone rings and at the other end of the line is a scammer claiming to be
from Microsoft, wanting to gain access to your computer and personal details,
and worse still charge your credit card for the privilege.
Now to add insult to injury, victims
. Is this a scam?
David Noel
2012 Apr 22
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for the password to my gmail account. Alarm bells sounded, and I
pulled out. Is this a scam?
David Noel
2012 Apr 22
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, stage, the quiz asked
for the password to my gmail account. Alarm bells sounded, and I
pulled out. Is this a scam?
David Noel
2012 Apr 22
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Hi All --
-- The following is, I suspect, a scam (eg first sentence has 2
'detected's, no 'google' in address. Has anyone else had one?
Cheers --
David Noel
2011 Oct 24
==
-- Forwarded message --
From: Gmail Team google-upd...@donotreply.com
Date: 24 October 2011 04:28
...@aoi.com.au wrote:
Hi All --
-- The following is, I suspect, a scam (eg first sentence has 2
'detected's, no 'google' in address. Has anyone else had one?
Cheers --
David Noel
2011 Oct 24
==
-- Forwarded message --
From: Gmail Team google-upd...@donotreply.com
Hello WAMUG Firefox users,
There is an email doing the rounds ‘again’ (as I just received 2), that says it
is From: Mozilla Firefox no-re...@updating.net
This is NOT from Mozilla Firefox! Mozilla would definitely not send an email
prompting you to upgrade.
If anything, a notification would
Morning,
Yep, definitely are.
As are the ATO SPAM for businesses appearing quite frequently at moment.
Being very hard to initiate SPAMD to clean up as I get regular updates from ATO
for own informational purposes.
Cheers!
`RobD…
On 17Sep2011, at 8:06 am, Adrian Skehan wrote:
Good morning
Also the Apple iTunes Store Receipt Scam that went around Oct. 2010 is doing
the rounds again, I received one the other day.
This one is much easier to pick up as ‘Fake’ as it contains an attachment, the
true Apple iTunes Store receipt is in the body of the email (No Attachment).
Also the Long
Hi Everyone
I think the .exe file 50.5 KB might be a problem for we Mac users too!
.exe ?...
Brian
This has an attachment titled - iTunesStore_Receipt.zip which contains a .exe
file 50.5 KB
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On 17/09/2011, at 8:06 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote:
Good morning all,
I didn't have to think about this much as I haven't made any such
transactions in a very long time.
Regards,
Adrian
adrianske...@me.com
This one has been doing the rounds for weeks. To be treated with the
Good morning all,
I didn't have to think about this much as I haven't made any such transactions
in a very long time.
Regards,
Adrian
adrianske...@me.com
Begin forwarded message:
The ACH transaction (ID: 22989216), recently sent from your bank account (by
you or any other person),
? ( nearly new 15 Macbook - Snow
Leopard)
Bill
On 27/08/2011, at 10:15 AM, cm wrote:
This group is probably too tech savvy to have to worry, but I though just
in case I would forward on this AppleInsider article warning about a scam
that asks for credit card information to upgrade
This group is probably too tech savvy to have to worry, but I though just in
case I would forward on this AppleInsider article warning about a scam that
asks for credit card information to upgrade from MobileMe to the new iCloud
service. As the article points out, the upgrade will be free when
on this AppleInsider article warning about a scam that
asks for credit card information to upgrade from MobileMe to the new iCloud
service. As the article points out, the upgrade will be free when iCloud is
rolled out this northern hemisphere fall.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/26
:15 AM, cm wrote:
This group is probably too tech savvy to have to worry, but I though just
in case I would forward on this AppleInsider article warning about a scam
that asks for credit card information to upgrade from MobileMe to the new
iCloud service. As the article points out
-- In case WAMUG members haven't come across this scam, today I
received some false invoices for purported hotel bookings in Morocco,
which I hadn't ordered. I googled Booking.com and scam, apparently
they are pretty active. Here's one reference which has a list of their
nefarious activities
to remove.
Adrian Stevens
On 26/04/2011, at 10:39 AM, David Noel wrote:
Hi All, the attached (one of several) looks like a scam, though I haven't
opened it. Any advice?
Cheers --
David Noel
2011 Apr 26
==
-- Forwarded message --
From: Hinz, Caroline SktnHR
This one has been around in various guises for some time
Severin Crisp
On 26/04/2011, at 10:39 AM, David Noel wrote:
Hi All, the attached (one of several) looks like a scam, though I
haven't opened it. Any advice?
Cheers --
David Noel
2011 Apr 26
==
-- Forwarded message
Hi All, the attached (one of several) looks like a scam, though I haven't
opened it. Any advice?
Cheers --
David Noel
2011 Apr 26
==
-- Forwarded message --
From: Hinz, Caroline SktnHR caroline.h...@saskatoonhealthregion.ca
Date: 26 April 2011 10:19
Subject: MAIL ABUSE
On 26/04/2011, at 10:39 AM, David Noel wrote:
Hi All, the attached (one of several) looks like a scam, though I haven't
opened it. Any advice?
Cheers --
David Noel
2011 Apr 26
==
-- Forwarded message --
From: Hinz, Caroline SktnHR caroline.h
I have had a couple of these calls, the first I managed to convince
these people that I couldn't possibly have a problem as all my e-mails
came through the Mac server, which would mean that had the Mac server
had a problem they would have resolved their problem and mine in the
process, I
-- One of our friends was recently taken in by a telephone scam, and
handed over her credit card details.
-- Now just this afternoon I received two calls from the same scammer.
The first was from a foreign-accent woman saying she was calling from
the Computer Maintaining Department of Windows
-- The message to wascamnet had this automatic response of relevance
David / Mar 25
-- Forwarded message --
From: WA Scamnet wascam...@commerce.wa.gov.au
Date: 25 March 2011 16:11
Subject: Thank you for contacting WA Scam Net - October - December 2010
To: David Noel
-- Forwarded message --
From: WA Scamnet wascam...@commerce.wa.gov.au
Date: 25 March 2011 16:11
Subject: Thank you for contacting WA Scam Net - October - December 2010
To: David Noel lis...@aoi.com.au
Scam Query Auto Response
Subject: Thank you for contacting WA ScamNet October - December 2010
Scam Net - October - December
2010
To: David Noel lis...@aoi.com.au
Scam Query Auto Response
Subject: Thank you for contacting WA ScamNet October - December 2010
Thank you for contacting Scam Query. Due to the large amount of
information we receive from the public it may be a few days before
I have not had any of these calls. I read somewhere of an amusing response to
take if you so wish. Allow the caller to rabbit on till they reach the point of
asking you which Windows version you have. Then answer 'WIN 95'. This
apparently is not included in the caller's written script and
I got lots of these calls and I got to the point at each call where I
told them that I don't want what they are selling. That caused
dozens of nuisance calls both on landline and VOiP phones for about a
week.
Seems to have stopped now.
Kev
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in the same confusion and you can't use that, it's not on my list!! Much
enjoyment for me during this windup.
Regards
Peter.
On 26/03/2011, at 5:43 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:
I have not had any of these calls. I
Subject: Re: new scam - failed goods delivery - and Re: strange
phone call
Hi, Mark
As your parents are getting hit by the same scam phone calls once or
twice a week I recommend they contact the relevant department And
they make a complaint
Unfortunately I forget which is the relevant
/
Regards
Peter.
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Kyle Kreusch
Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2010 1:37 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: new scam - failed goods delivery - and Re: strange
phone call
SAD Technic
Video Productions, Electronic repairs
While I was at my parents just the other day I got this exact same phone
call about an my computer being infected when I picked up their phone,
apparently they are getting it about once a week.
Not half an hour later I answered their phone again and got a different
scam call. A woman purporting
Hi, Mark
As your parents are getting hit by the same scam phone calls once or twice a
week I recommend they contact the relevant department And they make a
complaint
Unfortunately I forget which is the relevant department here in WA. Does
someone else on this list know the answer?
--
Regards
, at 1:36 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote:
Hi, Mark
As your parents are getting hit by the same scam phone calls once or twice a
week I recommend they contact the relevant department And they make a
complaint
Unfortunately I forget which is the relevant department here in WA. Does
someone else
Consumer protection
www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumerprotection/scamnet
On 14/12/2010, at 1:36 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote:
Hi, Mark
As your parents are getting hit by the same scam phone calls once or twice a
week I recommend they contact the relevant department And they make a
complaint
Mailing List
Subject: Re: new scam - failed goods delivery - and Re: strange phone
call
Hi, Mark
As your parents are getting hit by the same scam phone calls once or
twice a week I recommend they contact the relevant department And they
make a complaint
Unfortunately I forget which
it is worth-while for them!
Thought you might like to do the same?
www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2
UNQUOTE
I have an aversion to clicking on anything foreign but I am
interested to know if it is a scam and if not how it works.
Best wishes from Diana
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read the many adverts on the page.which
is why it is worth-while for them!
Thought you might like to do the same?
www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2
UNQUOTE
I have an aversion to clicking on anything foreign but I am
interested to know if it is a scam
No it isn't a scam - sort of.
This link may give you some more information.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/breast-cancer-email.html
Regards,
Eugene
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to do the same?
www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2
UNQUOTE
I have an aversion to clicking on anything foreign but I am
interested to know if it is a scam and if not how it works.
Best wishes from Diana
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of clicking on a link as a simple way to direct money to
charity is not, in itself, a scam. Basically online advertisers tend to pay
on a basis of the number of times their advert is viewed' and the idea is
to then direct this revenue to a good cause.
Where you have to be careful, however, is whether
Thanks for the link Eugene. I am still not too keen but apparently it
is harmless.
I guess we ladies in Oz are lucky to get free mammograms, though I
gather they are cutting back on funds and I am now to old to qualify.
Diana
No it isn't a scam - sort of.
This link may give you some
Hi, yes, my bad. Have heard of this before and was told it was a scam.
However, I read the info on the link. Regards, Susan
---
Susan Hastings
Mobile: 0409688004
On 10/02/2010, at 12:40 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote:
Hi Diana Susan,
Susan, I think you are being a bit
Looks like a major Apple reseller group were scamming the system.
http://channelnews.com.au/Hardware/Mobility/M9Q4F7K5?page=1
Anyone know who it was?
- Matt
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Sorry all but I've just got to pass this URL on for a laugh. Try
( http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm ). . Check out Red
Breast correspondance. I like the Goodbye cruel world I've got to
join the circus
bit gimmick. Time waster but Hey we all need a laugh some times
revenge
Subject: Scam on Visa Mastercards - beware!
Hi Everyone
We have received the following from Belinda at
Whitford City - you may need to read and take note.
This could be relevant to all of us..
Barb Downey
State Assistant
Harvey World Travel Franchises WA
Hi All,
You may have received an email claiming to be from BMW's Lottery
Department stating that you have won a prize. I got one today, but
it's a Scam ... check BMW site for more info http://www.bmw.co.uk/
bmwuk/copyright/
Cheers,
Peder
And yet ANOTHER SCAM
EMPLOYMENT FOR FOREIGN COMPANY
Dear Sir/Madam,
Girtex inc. is a German company looking for people who will help us to
establish a new distribution network in Australia to sell electronic
goods. We have reached big sales volume of goods in US and now are
trying
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItemcategory=4607item=5156861236rd=1
Bob
Robert Howells wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=4607item=5156861236rd=1
I cant see anything glaringly wrong with it.
Someone on this list once said 'dont spend on ebay what you cannot
afford to loose'
Good luck
Paul
On 15/01/2005, at 4:13 PM, Paul Kitchener wrote:
Robert Howells wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItemcategory=4607item=5156861236rd=1
I cant see anything glaringly wrong with it.
Really ! Mac mini that has only just been announced being sold
as a demo unit one month
on 15/1/05 7:18 PM, Robert Howells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 15/01/2005, at 4:13 PM, Paul Kitchener wrote:
Robert Howells wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItemcategory=4607item=5156861236rd=1
I cant see anything glaringly wrong with it.
Really ! Mac mini
I just received the following email from the email address
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have never heard of them, have certainly never
ordered anything from them, let alone opened an account with them, and
can't imagine dealing online with this sort of money. I have just
bounced the email back to the
I had a few of my users get sent this yesterday
1. The real URL http://ps4consult.dk/ contains no encoding to link
your email address to their spam list.
2. I've heard (but can't confirm) that if you're using Windoze + IE +
Outlook Express this page downloads a Trojan virus
My advice would
I got it this morning too, exactly the same purchase. I alerted
Graham who checks the credit card accounts.
I wondered if it was a scam or maybe be had a virus attached to the URL?
Diana
On 04/06/2004, at 6:49 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote:
I got it this morning too, exactly the same purchase. I alerted Graham
who checks the credit card accounts.
I wondered if it was a scam or maybe be had a virus attached to the
URL?
The bounced reply contains an attachment which
Title: nigerian scam Re: Any one received this
kind of Spam?
LOL yes - the Nigerian scam - it's been around
for a while... a long while in Internet terms and people have fallen
for it. Ther is even a group in the UK that runs a counter scam on the
scammers involving inviting them in to countries
Today I had spam email looking like Westpac, National Bank, Netbank and
ANZ each notifying me of transfers of large amounts out of my account.
A URL was given to respond if I wished.
I guess they were trading on shock response so that I would login
with my details.
Needless to say I did
On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 17:45, John Taylor wrote:
Incidentally, if I am curious enough to want to see it, I only
openspan mail after disconnecting from the server. I vaguely remember
amessage on this list saying that just opening a message can send
areturn message to the sender confirming the
errors made in
making a hasty don't do it Jude! post)
This one is a long running Scam (well as long as the G5's have been
out and probably well longer than this). A friend who fell for a
similar sort of auction said what happened was that you had to
register to bid (auction is open
Hi All!
I am sorry for those who think this is spam, but you may
remember the ATM scam that has been doing the rounds.
Some guy in England managed to find out what the scam was
(after getting done over himself), and found the equipment
that is used:
http://atm.ev6.net/
(hopefully
if it is annoying to receive them, it's probably best to just set
up your filtering rules and ignore them!
Good luck,
Mark Scholmann
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From: Peter Sealy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Sent: Saturday, 17 January 2004 6:50
Subject: Westpac spam scam
I received of those scam Westpac spam emails asking for my account
details which I guess many of you also have received. I am not a
Westpac customer so I don't know how the scammers got to me, but it
doesn't matter. Just wondered whether anyone thought it might be a good
thing for the world
St George latest fake site target
AUGUST 21, 2003 ST GEORGE Bank said police were investigating a hoax
website that asked the bank's customers to submit confidential
information over the internet.
The website, which St George said was run by fraudulent operators, was
the latest in a string of
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 01:51, Denise Williams wrote:
why is it best to not use HTML email?? I don't quite understand what happens
when I click to have HTML on or off. TIA
There is nothing inherently bad about HTML email per se, but the problem
is that once you start with it, all manner of other
... included /index which is not in the normal
logon URL. A check with Wespac revealed that this is indeed a scam
email BE WARNED
A login to that URL in fact takes you to an exact copy of the Wespac
welcome page but once your login details are entered your money has
gone!!
All take note, my
Sorry, my Freudian(?) slip, drawn to my attention by Westnet. In
fact the URL in the email was wespac.com./index which is a
non-Australian address
Severin Crisp
Hi Severin,
Thanks
I don't use Westpac except on very odd occasions
but I thought I might just look at your SCAM page
Sorry, my Freudian(?) slip, drawn to my attention by Westnet. In
fact the URL in the email was wespac.com./index which is a
non-Australian address
Severin Crisp
Are you sure you didn't mean westpac.com? Note the t in Westpac.
Strangely it looks like a legitimate business site, it's
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