art338 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Just received a message from a pal in Canberra Australia asking for money, its supposidlly from a legitimate cycling official and relating to a stolen CC while making a visit to London. The person so named has not been here for 5 years and would have called me anyway. They made a big mistake by not using my name, just the word Hi, which they would never do. So there you go, another one at it. art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 art338 - 2011-02-02 11:46 PM Just received a message from a pal in Canberra Australia asking for money, its supposidlly from a legitimate cycling official and relating to a stolen CC while making a visit to London. The person so named has not been here for 5 years and would have called me anyway. They made a big mistake by not using my name, just the word Hi, which they would never do. So there you go, another one at it. art I got one exactly the same supposedly from a friend in America, saying that she was stranded in Plymouth England after after having her credit card stolen, this scammer was asking for $3500 to be sent by Western union, my friends comp had be hacked into, must have thought I had come in on a banana boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowtelse2do Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I got one from a friend who lives in Arizona.They were supposed to be over here and needed £1500 to get back to America because they had been robbed and lost everything whilst staying in North Wales, England. Obviously they had not seen Eddies thread about United Kingdom, the British Isles and England :-DDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicka Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Most are fairly obvious to regular users. But make sure that any e-mails that are not from your selected contacts go to your junk mail box. If in doubt place your cursor over the senders name & it should reveal the e-mail address so you can identify the sender better. The the main reason for these scams e-mails is to try loading spyware or virus's on your PC/Laptop, with the added potential of catching the occasional unaware reader. If in doubt, don't open the e-mail (although some of the contents can be a amusing) & then block the sender. Always remember that despite how good your Virus checker is, they are all always behind any New virus. The virus has to be known for them to create a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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