Scam Alert - When will Technology Police catch up and shut these A.holes down!
I get a number of this sort of thing in my emails each week.
Besides my Avast scanner flagging it as "Phishing", I do not have an account with ANZ, the from emails are suspect (.ru really!!!) it is easily recognisable as an email that should be deleted immediately. NEVER EVER CLICK ON ANY LINK WITHIN THE EMAIL.
I am mystified as to where such people get my email addresses and why they cannot be tracked down and duly prosecuted given today's technology.
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It's a dark art for sure and I am not certain of how or indeed if, criminal proceedings would be possible, due to the number of IP links these scams go through from source.
Golden rule: DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!
Terry
That is a great point Jeff. You would think that the technology is in place to do just that.
I received a scam email from MSC cruise this very minute offering me a free cabin upgrade if I book today. I can smell a rat a mile off its too good to be true
Some poor unsuspecting sucker will fall for the scam and hand over his credit details.When are these scam artist going to be prosecuted for the misery they cause ?
Don't give them an excuse to con you - be on your guard
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for sharing.
This example is one of the worst types of phishing emails because most of it looks genuine. NEVER click on links in emails. Go to your browser and type in the address you know to be safe and always look for httpS:// and the padlock in the address bar.
Hi Geoff, Its a pain in the backside. According to an email I received a couple of minutes ago, I won an Oz Lottery draw that gives me free tickets for the next 2 weeks in all lotteries, INCLUDING the winning numbers.
How lucky am I ! ?
Problem with finding the people sending the messages is that they use relayed email addresses that they steal and forward through multiple servers. Police would never find them.
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I get emails like this every day, your email address is in there data base because someone sold it to them