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Posted: 10:17 - 01 Apr 2024 Post subject: Scambusters - what's doing the rounds today? |
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Having just read 'Facebook scammer tricked his way into our home' I was thinking it might be better to collect reports of contemporary scams in one thread rather than being lost in "grinds my gears"
From my recent experience if you're selling a vehicle via Facebook Marketplace you'll get around 10 scammers contacting you for every 1 genuine buyer. Mostly this will be "need the reg for the insurance" as an opener and then the reg + vehicle model gets bundled up and sold to plate cloners.
With regards to phone scams, is there any point in having a landline these days? If it's not a number I recognise the ratio is 100:1 scams vs genuine. Ignore all tape recordings, computer generated voices and Indian accents and you'll mostly be fine ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 15:49 - 01 Apr 2024 Post subject: |
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The nastiest one I've seen recently is where people steal your house by altering the land registry. No comeback either! Not an issue if you have a mortgage but if you've paid it off, it's worth filling in a form that makes land registry changes impossible without directly confirming it with the owner and a solicitor. That means there will be a very small additional expense when you come to sell the house.
The other one there is a lot of is people registering limited companies to your address to set up shell companies for money laundering/scams or borrowing money/taking out credit cards. There are whole streets where this has happened. Until recently it was very difficult to have your details removed from the register at companies house. It required a court order but they have changed the law recently to make it incumbent of companies house to maintain the accuracy of its register and to make it harder to register a limited company without proof of address. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Posted: 16:56 - 02 Apr 2024 Post subject: |
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Posted: 05:43 - 17 May 2024 Post subject: |
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/\ This.
Also there are a lot of girls liking my comments in Facebook threads.
They all look very attractive too.
But when I try to contact them, I find that they have a Pay-Wall.
____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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Posted: 17:01 - 17 May 2024 Post subject: |
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Show them the whois for the domain so they know how long that investment company has been running as their .co domain was only registered on the 29th of March this year and the .com is September last year. |
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Posted: 17:12 - 17 May 2024 Post subject: |
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My wife got a call concerning her entry into the Lidl prize draw. My wife's well trained at this point, "oh really? I don't remember entering... tell me more!" Cue long spiel about potential prizes and, what this? a bonus entry to the Euro lottery totally free! "Wow! Oh my gosh! Sign me up!!!"
"So we just need your bank account and sort-code."
I assume the tactic is to bludgeon the target with so much information they'll blurt out anything asked of them. Anyhoo, my wife makes sport of such requests. I think she even managed to get transferred to the so-called supervisor.
Be nice if a bank could set up alternative honey-pot account for customers for such a situation. The digital equivalent of marked bank notes ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 22:27 - 22 May 2024 Post subject: |
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Classic: genuine email notification from Evri in the morning "we have your parcel." Then a few hours later a text from Evri: "Unfortunately the address is illegible, please click here to update..." Oh really? Obviously not a link to evri.com but very lucky with the timing.
Tools of the trade I fired up an isolated browser. What you'll get is an almost exact clone of the Evri website. A form to fill in your address details... strangely no reference or tracking number for the parcel Click continue and...
Very sorry, you must pay for the "re -direct" the amount of 0.23£ (What countries put the currency symbol after the numbers?!) As far as I can tell the form rejects all cards but I dare say makes a note of the details somehow.
Again, it'd be nice to have a "honey pot" card that links straight to Interpol ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 13:10 - 23 May 2024 Post subject: |
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*scribbles Note to Self* : MCN maintains his wee triangle.
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