SCAM - Talktalk.
Received email from supposedly Talktalk that our latest bill payment had failed. I clicked on the link in the message. Anew tab opened and I was greeted with the warning that I was about to enter an unsafe site. Realising that it now seemed like a scam, I went back to talktalk tab and viewed my account. The latest bill had been paid. So beware any members who are with Talktalk.
I recently received an email from what appeared to be from the Royal Mail. It stated that they'd tried to deliver a large envelope from the Inland revenue and there was no answer.This got me suspicious as I was not expecting anything from them.
I did a bit of digging on the net and it turns out that if you open the link it will ask you for your name and also to confirm your address before it will state that there's an extra delivery charge and direct you to input bank details of the charge.
Many have fallen for it apparently as it looks genuine.
I did a bit of digging on the net and it turns out that if you open the link it will ask you for your name and also to confirm your address before it will state that there's an extra delivery charge and direct you to input bank details of the charge.
Many have fallen for it apparently as it looks genuine.
Quote:l and Sue wanted s*x with me this week. Blimey!
SlowSong it might have been a "boy named Sue."
As regards my scam it certainly looked 100% from Talktalk. Same layout, colours, and no spelling mistakes. I have also had warning about 'my' norton security which I do not have. I have tried to forward the scam to TT (via email) but the message could not be delivered to TT ?
LOL - 'HMRC' phoned me this week and said press 1 to pay the outstanding amount under my name. Hung up I did.
There are so many world wide scams on the back of the fact that anyone anywhere can call/email you pretending to be anyone. International organised crime but what seems like so little protection is in place apart from us trusting less and less people.
There are so many world wide scams on the back of the fact that anyone anywhere can call/email you pretending to be anyone. International organised crime but what seems like so little protection is in place apart from us trusting less and less people.
I've had so many scams recently, they are at least a quarter of my inbox. Mostly the antivirus renewal ones but also telephone scams like "your router is faulty". I had an old email address which I can't get rid of because it was with an old ISP account and I can't remember the password for the account so the company won't let remove it and it seems to have been hacked. It's forwarded to my new email address so I'm getting inundated with spam. I probably don't need it anymore so I'm just going to remove the link and it can float around the "ether"of the internet.
Quote:I've had so many scams recently, they are at least a quarter of my inbox. Mostly the antivirus renewal ones but also telephone scams like "your router is faulty". I had an old email address which I can't get rid of because it was with an old ISP account and I can't remember the password for the account so the company won't let remove it and it seems to have been hacked. It's forwarded to my new email address so I'm getting inundated with spam. I probably don't need it anymore so I'm just going to remove the link and it can float around the "ether"of the internet.
Or, just make a rule in Mail to automatically delete anything sent from your old mail account,
My latest one is a recorded male voice saying that my National Insurance Number is wrong and would I please press 1 to correct it. Oh yes I'm stupid enough to do that!! Not.
There's a very plauisible looking one from TV licensing saying that I'm overdue for my license payment. Fortunately I know the date of my renewal as it happens to be memorable for other reasons but the email ;looks almost identical to the real thing.
Anything with a link for payment gets deleted. Fortunately Outlooks shows the real address rather than the faked one so that makes life easier.
Anything with a link for payment gets deleted. Fortunately Outlooks shows the real address rather than the faked one so that makes life easier.
Would it cost us money to press "1" during a scam call? Sometimes, I'm tempted to play with the caller.
I found this information on 'Google':-
Quote: POLICE in North Yorkshire are warning residents about "press one" phone scams.
This is where fraudsters may call a person, out of the blue, then tell them something like "there is a warrant for your arrest/your internet is going to be cut off/there is a problem with your computer/you have a refund waiting/money is being withdrawn from your bank."
The fraudster will then tell them to "press one."
At this point, they will be transferred to another person and there may be a large connection fee for this, sometimes upwards of £5.
The call will then cost the recipient, and their aim is to keep that person talking for as long as possible, as the call may be costing them upwards of £3.60 per minute.
Should they then abstract personal information about the call recipient, there are further opportunities for them to defraud that person using a different method.
North Yorkshire Police said people should hang up the phone if they are told to "press one" and then don't try to ring the caller back.
So, in the end it's up to you!
Quote: POLICE in North Yorkshire are warning residents about "press one" phone scams.
This is where fraudsters may call a person, out of the blue, then tell them something like "there is a warrant for your arrest/your internet is going to be cut off/there is a problem with your computer/you have a refund waiting/money is being withdrawn from your bank."
The fraudster will then tell them to "press one."
At this point, they will be transferred to another person and there may be a large connection fee for this, sometimes upwards of £5.
The call will then cost the recipient, and their aim is to keep that person talking for as long as possible, as the call may be costing them upwards of £3.60 per minute.
Should they then abstract personal information about the call recipient, there are further opportunities for them to defraud that person using a different method.
North Yorkshire Police said people should hang up the phone if they are told to "press one" and then don't try to ring the caller back.
So, in the end it's up to you!
It's so true about the rise and rise of scammers - on just about every comms platform there is. I don't answer any call (landline or mobile) that doesn't show one of my contacts - they can leave a message but rarely do. Texts are more difficult and I nearly fell for one which just happened to arrive when I was expecting the topic to pop up. I have received a text with the message about pressing one and I couldn't clear it so I switched the phone off as a last resort which worked. Like everyone - 'keep blocking' but what a pain.
