Forum: Spam, Scam & Phishing

Beware the tax man is back, received today from HMRC that I am due for refund, did not open but forwarded to email@actionfraud.org.uk Betty

I have been waiting for weeks for the technician to phone and tell me there are problems with my computer. Well, it happened yesterday evening BUT my wife had just put dinner out so I had to hang up. I was so looking forward to leading them on a wild goose chase. I suppose I could have left the...

Be wary of phone calls about this Register. It is a legitimate register and is part of the Financial Services Authority. The requirements for inclusion on the Register are clearly set out on the FSA site and should be consulted if you are told by unsolicited callers that your name is included...

I have just received the following email from the Federation of Family History Societies: Subject: FFHS-NEWS Beware of email "Population Census: a message to everyone - act now" Thanks to Else Churchill of the Society of Genealogists for bringing this to people's attention. There is a scam...

I'm not sure if this is global or just NZ but here goes: About 15 months ago I set up a PayPal account to pay for some research at National Archives. No problems and I haven't used the service since. Please note the emails I mention were opened on the ISP's Server not my PC Two days ago I...

A plausible sounding person will ring you and tell you that you owe your telephone company additional money. He will request your credit card details and the 3 digit security number. If you don't believe him he will tell you that he will cut off your phone. If you doubt him he will tell you to make...

Just a heads up to hopefully avoid members circulating this fake warning which is doing the rounds again. The basics of the message are - Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas is fast approaching - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are making...

There is currently an email doing the rounds (I have received one myself) which notifies people of a security feature now built into ATM machines. It claims that if you are taken by force to a cashpoint machine and ordered to withdraw money from your account you should enter your PIN number in...

Hiya, If you ever click on a site and while it is trying to load a popup errupts,,starts scanning then begins listing the most horrible Trojan viruses by the hundreds and then asks if you want to DELETE the Trojans....DO NOT CLICK YES!!! It is not a Microsoft Security Warning,,,,it is a...

I just had a phone call (5.00pm on a Tuesday) from an Indian-sounding gentleman who asked for me by name. There were a lot of other Indian-sounding gentlemen talking away in the background, too. I asked who it was who wanted to speak to him and he reeled off a name which I didn't catch (haven't got...

Such a fun phone call yesterday- overseas call (immediate suspicions): "Hello - I am ?? from Windows Securities - we are ringing you today because it appears you have a problem with your computer Really? Yes, did you know you have malicious software that has been downloaded onto your computer?...

A warning to all forum members, I received this email just now, supposedly from one of the forum members , it has to be bogus but I'm wondering if it was sent to others, I have helped her out in the past with a few things and the email address is hers so maybe identity theft?, anyway here's the...

This could well be a well-known swindle in other countries, but it's a new one over here. A courier calls at a shop with a package and demands a small payment to cover the cost of delivery. The victim pays with their Eftpos card using a portable terminal which is in fact a 'skimming' device...

Having had it drilled into me not to do anything unless I'm being supervised (I am a dimbo with regards to knowing how computers work), and therefore being cautious to the extent that I won't even do what I know are secure updates unless my son's there, I was slightly suspicious when someone from...

I use Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail. Normally between the three of them I used to receive a minimum of 80 bits of junk every day Over the past seven days, I have not received one single piece of junk mail Cannot believe my eyes. Is it the same with you ?

Wow, lucky me ............... I've just won 350,000 euros and a Toshiba laptop in their 2nd category ............... yeah right!!!! Needless to say the email went straight to the Trash can

Keep an eye on your bank account transactions for this name to pop up. I had never joined this NamesDatabase.com site but about 5years ago had joined a lost Friends site in Australia . (You know the ones where you put in your details, schools you attended and you could find old friends from...

I am almost 99% certain that this is a scam. I have just received an e-mail purporting to be from PayPal reporting 'a possible unauthorized attempt to access my account' and asking for verification of my bank details. I have not responded, but can anyone tell me - does PayPal do this ? I think...

Just received an e-mail from someone calling themselves Paul Davey and titled Sad News. Apparently he hadn't told me that he was going to London, but he had gone, been robbed, had no money, no 'phone, hotel had no 'phone, so would I mind sending him £1000 to help out, he'd repay me on his return. ...

Today I checked an email account I had not used for several months. There were a couple of messages in the inbox including this one: Sent from: 1901OfficialCensus.co.uk Header: Sir/Madam, Can 1901 Census online help you? The address and header wording looked dodgy so I deleted the message...