Bank Email Scams

[Char]

I dont know about all of you, but i keep on receiving these bank emails saying 'log in or we will close ur account.' etc

i've so far received about 8 of these from different banks, Commonwealth, ANZ, etc etc

they are a scam! dont follow their links!

also in the news now they are saying people are receiving them through SMS and telephone!!

http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/commb...90605-bxwr.html

sort or reminds me of the simpsons "if u accept my apology please send $1 to sorry dude"

Edited June 5, 2009 by Char

[gersfan]

I've had a tonne of these recently too. Just delete the second I see 'em.

I can understand some people who arn't very 'computery' could fall for them.

[Daniel R32]

been getting them for a few weeks too. . dont delete them . . mark/report them as phishing scams so something can be done bout it. .

I think it deletes it once you mark/report it. . .

Edited June 5, 2009 by Daniel R32

[SeanO]

i simply open them and put bogus info in then watch as it "confirms" all the bogus info

im sure thats got to tick the scammer off......

[Daniel R32]

^^^ hahahahahahaha

[BROCKDOE]

anyone been copping a shit load of phone calls from an eastern states number and they hang up immediately?

when they do actually answer its some rookie salesman from telstra tryna sell you shit?

always get called, rings once and hangs up so they expect you to call back so it increases ya bill.

[Ehgriez]

Umm if you were getting a call from Telstra it would be a private number. Unless you used to live over east and its a store you went into or something.

The best ones are where you win the zambian lottery. Makes me lawl

[R DIRTY 3]

I love these scams, some are quite good for a laugh.

Apparently im the next in line to the throne or something somewhere in Africa. Everyone died or went to jail and they have tracked the history of the family line and im now 'The Man"!!!

All i have to do is pay US$20,000 to cover the legal fees to claim my Kingdom.

I just cant believe that there is no Black Native African inline before me!

[Jess33]

anyone been copping a shit load of phone calls from an eastern states number and they hang up immediately?

when they do actually answer its some rookie salesman from telstra tryna sell you shit?

always get called, rings once and hangs up so they expect you to call back so it increases ya bill.

we get them all the time at work. we answer theres no one there. when there is someone there we tell them our boss just died and pretend to start crying or make up other excuses. was funny one time with the death my boss hung up we were all laughing then the guy rang back on another phone and asked why we were laughing about our dead boss.

and i keep getting emails from comm bank in my junk email section. its annoying

[madbung]

Got these 2 in the last week..

STOP EMAIL SPAM (VERIFY YOUR WEBMAIL ACCOUNT)

Dear Iprimus Webmail Account Owner,

We the IPRIMUS INTERNET ADMINISTRATOR hereby bring to your notice about the on going email upgrading exercise in the Iprimusd Webmail data base to help stop the on going email spam, this is to inform you that your email account need to be upgraded.

In order for your account not to be considered in active, you are to fill out your email account information in the space provided below and send it to the IPRIMUS INTERNET ADMINISTRATOR for verification and upgrading.

Full Name:

Full Email Id:

Password:

From the Overseas Subscribers Agents (OSA), in assistance with the International Lottery Board of Commissions, We happily announce to you that you have won an award of $370,000 at the Asia Payment Center!!!

SERIAL NUMBERS: 266-194-19

your e-mail address above is attached to ticket number: 23-04-31-77-GH which drew the lucky numbers: 65 32 09 12 00 36 43, which subsequently won you the lottery in Category 2D. Please contact the Claiming Agent with all the following information.

Name:

Home phone:

Mobile Phone:

Age:

Occupation:

Current Address:

Ticket Number:

SAM PERRY

TEL: + 44-20-331-81304

FAX: +44-20-307-00066

Email: [email protected]

He will need to confirm everything we have on file to ensure that, there will be no set backs upon the release of these funds to you. I want you to know that verification and confirmation of all of your payment documents have been sent to our affiliate company, (The International Lottery Board of Commissions) from our processing office. Also note that our processing coordinator who has been evaluated by our legal department will verify your winning information. This will leave you the true beneficiary of the won award under the Overseas Subscribers Agents (OSA), and zoned under the China Tax Revenue office.

Due to a mix up of some email addresses, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been fully processed, as this is a part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by participants.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program!!! Note: Do not reply to this email! Contact your claiming agent above.

Note: You Should Not Pay Any Money From Your Pocket To Claim This Winning, Any Tax That Needs To Be Paid Should Be Send To You From Your Winning In Advance To Enable You Clear Your Tax.

Sincerely,

MRS PATRICIA NELSON

Correspondent Agent

Overseas Subscribers Agents.

UNITED KINGDOM, ASIA, AND USA

Don't any of you bishes try and claim my prize!!

Slight variations of the same theme.

[Public Enemy]

I also received a email the other day claiming to be from Pay Pal.

[ossie_21]

I'm getting messages from commonwealth bank about confirming details & shit at the moment, but you can tell from the sending address it's bs (hopefully not many people believe it), and the link to click just looks made up. But they go straight into the junk folder so I don't worry about it

When I log onto netbank it comes up with a message regarding all the scam emails as well, so people must be trying pretty damn hard.

I also received a email the other day claiming to be from Pay Pal.

I got one from them that I thought was a scam, but it was actually real. Said my account has been limited as they had reason to believe a third party had tried to access it. I thought it was going to be a scam until I went onto paypal & seen it actually was limited. Had to reset passwords etc but it's back to being all good now. Only have it for ebay stuff really & I have like $2 in there, but weird to think someone somewhere has tried to get in to try & get some of my details.

[tigeryas]

I also received a email the other day claiming to be from Pay Pal.

same. until I checked the email address and it was "laypal"

lol laypal

[BROCKDOE]

Umm if you were getting a call from Telstra it would be a private number. Unless you used to live over east and its a store you went into or something.

The best ones are where you win the zambian lottery. Makes me lawl

naaa ive been called by someone who was legitimately from telstra because they knew all my details and phone plan details and there number was displayed. and they were trying to get me to increase my plan/cap and i declined. since then ive been gettin random calls from the exact same number minus 1 number being different. anytime they call they either hang up, have a "bad" connection or leave a blank voicemail.

i googled it and people been gettin the same thing and the conclusion was its telstra trying to make you either call the number back (and incurr STD rate) or check voicemail which instantly costs ya.

[Ehgriez]

Nah thats not why they call you.

They are in call centres that just call everyone as they are coming out of contract to see if they will upgrade their contract. They also aren't corporately run I don't think so they would get nothing out of you calling them back/checking voicemail.

Does anyone think a corporation like telstra is gonna be trying to get you for 50c in voicemail charges? I mean really. It's like the water corp guy coming round your house and running the tap a bit before he leaves.