Spam e mails and phone calls

[Clover]

I had that old chestnut letter for G from Hong Kong saying he was the beneficiary of someone’s massive investment! So obviously a scam but someone must fall for it or else they wouldn’t do it.

[Lizzie48]

The thing is people do fall for these scams, I was reading that a local man got a message from his bank, he had to change his account as his present one had been hacked, he did, and lost €22,ooo! His son set up a crowd funding page and he got that amount donated, but, people do fall for these scams and he was lucky to get so much donated. He admits it was his own fault, knew of all these scams but at that moment really did think it was his own bank.

[Nanto2girls]

Thats the problem isn't it Lizzie,some do fall for it.

[Daisy]

I can see why people do fall for them - you're caught off guard and the scammers sound so plausible.

Lizzie - I'm glad people helped that man, but he must have been devastated.

Shem - that's really nasty, and if you were alone in the house you'd feel very vulnerable.

I just hope these evil people get their comeuppance.

[Plantaholic]

Good idea Gemini, they get lost in the general chat. I had one about Paypal account and suspicious activity.

[Daisy]

I got that, too, Gem but didn't open it. I only use my PP account very occasionally and for one purpose.

[Glammanana]

I've had a few recently and sent them on their way to that link address it must be making someone money when some poor soul is taken in by them.

[Daisy]

I've just spotted an article in a local online paper about an Amazon 'brushing' scam.

The victim is sent parcels of things they haven't ordered. I think Plant has had a recent experience of that happening, but didn't sound quite like this current scam.

If you're concerned, please read the link explaining it.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/read-th...ce=parsely-api

[Gemini]

This one seems to be doing the rounds again.

Recorded phone call yesterday to tell me there has been a suspicious transaction for £600 on my credit card. It's always £600 for some reason 

[Lizzie48]

I get so many strange mails at the moment!

[Glammanana]

I have had the Amazon call just this morning the first time for a couple of weeks my number must be near the top of the list again,I do have a number blocker on my phone but somehow they manage to get past it.

[Plantaholic]

Yes I have had the £600 one and it is always abroad.

[Lizzie48]

All my accounts have been hacked! Started with Apple ID, Netflix, Spotify and now Facebook, so, if you see any strange messages on FB, not guilty!!!!

[Mimi]

I had an email supposedly from Next , claiming that I purchased a childs car seat for £245 . ' They ' claim payment was made with my PayPal account.

I got in touch with PayPal and my account had no payment made to Next so I was told to change my password and also to forward the email to their spam/ fraudulent department for them to investigate.
The email was obviously a hoax as at the bottom of it there was a link to click on that would take me to Next to cancel the order but it takes you to PayPal to log in . If I had done that I would think 'they' would have been able to have access to my account.

Nasty little b*****s about aren't there

[Nanto2girls]

Mimi, they never give up do they.
Got to be careful these days.