Category: Phishing

October 12, 2019

Time-Wasters Update

A strange email wishes Happy Birthday to Ogenna Andrew and says “Your brothers ands sisters in Nigeria are wishing you a glorious birthday as you turn 21 today”. Is it possible the family are dumb enough to send their son’s email to a random other email? Seems extremely unlikely, whereas it’s very likely that it’s just a scammers message trying to get a reply so they can tell which email addresses are live.

Next email offers a personalised travel itinerary – everything from flights to train tickets to event tickets sim cards to yachts. Just rubbish from a Russian scammer who cannot be bothered to find something of interest to offer. Only an idiot would trust such an email to be anything other than a scam.

Everyone knows that smoke detectors in your home are a useful safety protection. They are available in DIY stores, supermarkets, online and are generally quite cheap. For some reason, scammers have caught onto smoke detectors and seem to be trying to find ways to push them using the common scammer techniques. The latest one is from painfatburn.top which is obviously nothing to do with smoke detectors – just a scammer re-using a domain name. This one claims the smoke detector is more advanced than any other but doesn’t explain how that it true. Just a simple scam.

“You are a supercomputer with old software” is a strange opening line for a scammer’s email. This one is supposedly offering a ‘miraculous’ way to make your dreams come true using science to switch the quantum particles controlling your life. It’s just an idiot scammer who has picked out scientific words intended to appeal to people with no idea of what the science means.

“Washing your body with cancer?” is the opening line of a scammer’s email trying to frighten people into watching a video that warns you which soaps etc. you must stop using. It’s all fake – just trying to get viewers for a random video.

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October 10, 2019

Means of Identity Theft

Scams reported to the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) involving identity theft or the loss of personal/banking information have cost Australians at least $16 million in 2018 year and this figure is likely to be just the tip of the iceberg.

Four in 10 Scamwatch reports to ACCC in 2019 involve attempts to gain information or the actual loss of victims’ information.

“If you think scammers might have gained access to your personal information, even in a scam completely unrelated to your finances, immediately contact your bank,” said ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard.

The most common ways scammers obtain personal or banking information are:

phishing emails and text messages which impersonate banks or utility providers seeking your login and password details
fake online quizzes and surveys
fake job advertisements
remote access scams in which the scammer has direct access to everything on your computer
sourcing information about you from social media platforms
direct requests for scans of your driver’s license or passport, often in the course of a dating and romance scam

“No one is really selling an iPhone for $1 or rewarding the completion of a survey with expensive electronic goods or large gift vouchers. They are scams to get your confidential information,” Ms Rickard said.

With the information, scammers can empty their victim’s bank accounts and take out tens of thousands of dollars in bank loans under victims’ names.

Lost personal information also leaves victims more susceptible to future scams as scammers will use the information to seem more convincing in cold calls to perpetrate further scams.

If you have any experiences with identity theft do let me know, by email.

October 5, 2019

Time-Wasters Update

Fabian who is Director of Foreign Operations Telex Section is now ready to transmit the money to my bank account. I just have to give him my bank details and wait for the money to arrive. Sounds good but I don’t know Fabian and does anyone use a Telex anymore? – I thought they were last seen in Noah’s ark.

Reverse dementia by taking this drink every morning with your breakfast. It is known as “‘Dracula’s Secret”. At least this scammer is a little inventive though the message is complete rubbish of course. It even goes on to claim the recipe was found in the Vatican in a secret manuscript. Someone has been reading too many Dan Brown novels.

“Awesome! This is by far the most useful thing on the topic I’ve ever found”. If you receive a random meaningless message from someone you don’t know then you would sensibly delete it, not click the link as only someone dumb would do that.

Many scammers offer the most ridiculous messages but even so they must get some replies, or they wouldn’t do it. ”Regrow all your hair with 2 drops of conditioner. Sit in the shower and rub your head with this silky lotion. Your hair will come back in 2 days”. That sounds like a bad fairy story, but it’s just a very obvious scam.

“Dear user. Due to recent security Upgrade, Yahoo customers will have to Verify their email within 24 hours to avoid Termination. Kindly open attachment for easy Verification of your account! Thank you for taking additional step to secure your Mailbox”. Just the normal lies of an email scammer.

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September 28, 2019

Time-Wasters Update

Yet another scammer claiming to be part of a large successful business but has a Gmail account therefore is a liar. This one is about new software that can read every Facebook advert on the Internet and let you copy the best ones. That’s a horrible thought – scammers copying genuine adverts. Hopefully the software does not exist.

Andee from Hyun Young Transportation Company in Guangzhou, China wants to know how my Chinese business is going and whether I will need to make any shipments soon. As we are a radio station, we don’t export a lot to China, so no. There wont be any shipments. Do honest people actually try to get business by sending out millions of such emails to random people? Or is it just another dumb scammer?

WOW! My true celestial identity can be revealed. I just have to click the link in an email promising this. The email very kindly me tells that I am very special; I am unique; but I was led astray by those who were lost themselves. All very religious mumbo jumbo. I think I’ll stick to just having the one identity and can do without one in the clouds.

“This is making drugs and painkillers useless!” says the email message from flowedlowesuits.xyz which is obviously a scammer address. Click to watch the video of this remarkable breakthrough that takes away arthritis pain in the knees. I think I’ll avoid such made up rubbish thank you.

Now there’s a tea available that guarantees fat loss of 23 lbs. No. The only loss would be from your wallet if you fall for this stupidity.

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September 21, 2019

Time-Wasters Update

An email from Walgreens – which I have never heard of but is apparently an American pharmacy chain. The message claims to be a response to the feedback, which I didn’t leave. The entire message is pictures which my browser blocks. So obviously a scammer’s message.

Vicky Kong has an interesting lucrative contract offer for me with huge financial benefit and low risk. If true, she wouldn’t be sending emails to people she doesn’t know and she wouldn’t use a fake gmail account.

The email account @goauswennuu43.top is obviously a scammer’s address as it is meaningless and clearly not a business address. In this case, the moron claims one simple trick can fix memory problems overnight and goes on to tell a story about the world’s most powerful microscope. It’s just rubbish to pick out the stupid people who reply to these kinds of messages.

An opportunity to invest in the future of mobile gaming with 500% returns by 2021. No legitimate investment can offer that rate of return – so it’s a scam.

Kenny Peter with an email address starting with hanzlikov seems to have trouble knowing what his name is and the email address at the end of the message is different again Kenny.cooper. The message makes even less sense than the addresses. Perhaps being a scammer has shrunk his brain.

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September 14, 2019

Time-Wasters Update

“Hot Brew is Shrinking Tummy Fat” says the message but there’s no such thing as a drink that targets stomach fat and the idea that drinking one cup of anything will instantly remove all fat from your stomach is ridiculous fiction.

Shauna tells me I have a new payment in my personal account, but I must to verify my payment details immediately or it will be deleted. I don’t have an account with the unnamed company and she doesn’t even know my name as the salutation is just “Hello”. No thanks Shauna – keep your scam to yourself.

The message claims there is a new skincare trick that women and men are using to look 10-20 years younger in just a few seconds. This secret comes straight from Beverley Hills – the world’s capital of skincare. Perhaps Beverley Hills is the capital of cosmetic surgery but it’s not where the cosmetics industry is based. Just a standard scam making a ridiculous claim.

Did you know? This potent vegetable caused Cathy to lose 56 lbs of stubborn ugly diabetic fat from her belly and hips. And reversed her type II diabetes. No. I didn’t know that, but then it’s obviously not true. There is no such thing as diabetic fat, there are no vegetables that make you lose belly fat – your body reduces the fat storage overall when you eat less calories than you burn, not just in any one area. The message also warns that you mustn’t eat this vegetable more than twice a day or you will lose fat too quickly. Utter rubbish for very very stupid people.

A standard phishing email claiming to be from our website hosting company but the scammers don’t know who that is – their emails are generic so are clearly lies. It wants me to click on a link to verify the new contract terms and conditions. No thanks scammer.

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