SCAM: But I liked this one!

But still the one flaw

Published on June 19, 2006 By Dr Guy In Internet

I really did! This one is slick! Official looking and all. My ACCOUNT is DISABLED! LOL! But they made one glaring error. The link in the message is at the bottom of the article. mouse over it, you do not have to click it. And you will see the error.

Oh, they made one other glaring error. They used my wrong email account! But it is slick! Best scam I have seen in many months!

Comments (Page 2)

starkers

on Jun 20, 2006

....and I think "Oh, my....do I have an account I never new existed....in a bank I have never been into? Gosh...I must dash off and send them my particulars....."

So I'm not the only person in OZ to get these, after all.

I started getting letters from the 'NAB' requesting bank account and financial details so my credit card could be processed...still wouldn't have fallen for it even if I had an account with them...simply don't want a CC, it's cash or nothing.

Thing is, no sooner had the bogus NAB letters ceased, I started getting some from ST George, supposedly ....same thing, seeking account details, etc. Again they were ignored and tossed, but a few weeks later I got a bogus Bendigo Bank letter requesting the same...big mistake there, the name and signature were identical to that on one of the NAB ones. Maybe now the cops have enough to go on to nab these scabs.

NightTrainthedark

on Jun 20, 2006

There were 3 of these in my mailbox this morning.

Dear PayPal Member,

During our regularly schedule account maintenance and verification we have detected a slight error in your billing information on file with PayPal.
This might be due to either following reasons:

- A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address)
- Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
- An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error within our processors.

Therefore your account has been temporarily suspended. We need you to confirm your identity in order to regain full privileges of your account.

If this is not completed by June 25, 2006, we reserve the right to terminate all privileges of your account indefinitly, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
To confirm your identity please follow the link below:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

PayPal - Customer Service

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

-scion-

on Jun 20, 2006

not to mention they used "detect" wrong. should have been "detected"

anytime you get something like this with spelling and grammatical errors...it's a scam.

Dr Guy

on Jun 20, 2006

Apparently as many as 10 people in one area fell for that one, though they've been reminded dozens of times to be careful (some people are just way too gullible!)

Same here at my work. The only virus we have gotten in the last 3 years was one Symantec was not fast enough on, and 2 users opened the attachment! (It was a zip, so it got through the filters). You can tell them until you are blue in the face, but some people just never listen.

Dr Guy

on Jun 20, 2006

Maybe now the cops have enough to go on to nab these scabs.

They are probably hiding out in Somalia, where the cops cannot touch them.

Dr Guy

on Jun 20, 2006

Reply By: Night Train Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
There were 3 of these in my mailbox this morning.

Sadly, as Terpfan said, some will answer it.

Dr Guy

on Jun 20, 2006

anytime you get something like this with spelling and grammatical errors...it's a scam.

I figure they will get smarter eventually, so anytime I get anything asking for personal information I move it to my Scam folder (unless I just delete it as spam).

NightTrainthedark

on Jun 20, 2006

Sadly, as Terpfan said, some will answer it.

My boss's wife answered something similiar. Within 1 hour they had charged over $10,000 to the credit card.

Gideon MacLeish

on Jun 20, 2006

When I get the paypal scam emails (they're getting good at it, let's face it), I put the email in a folder, and I manually head over to paypal and log into my account. Obviously, if there's a problem, they'll let me know as soon as I log in. Once I verify that there is not a problem, I pull the email from the folder and report it as spam.

Dr Guy

on Jun 20, 2006

My boss's wife answered something similiar. Within 1 hour they had charged over $10,000 to the credit card.

It does not take them long.

Dr Guy

on Jun 20, 2006

That should be posted everytime you log into paypal and you have to click ok to proceed. Some would still not follow it (or not read it), but perhaps a few would. Excellant advice.

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