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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 14:17:26 GMT
I have just received a phone call purporting to come from Amazon. I was told that I had just purchased an item for over £1000, of course I didn't listen to the rest of the call and put down the phone in a panic. I immediately had Amazon phone me and I explained to them what had happened. You guessed it . The call was a scam. I was informed by Amazon to contact reporting.actionfraud.police.uk/login and to change my password in Amazon. So look out folk.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 16:04:47 GMT
I'm reading this and I can't tell if you mean you called the real Amazon first and they then called you back or if the phone rang immediately after the scam with someone saying they were the real Amazon?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 4:29:42 GMT
I'm reading this and I can't tell if you mean you called the real Amazon first and they then called you back or if the phone rang immediately after the scam with someone saying they were the real Amazon? on Amazon UK you can go to the site and under Contact there is an option for Amazon to call you. You write down your number. Within a few seconds they phone. I use that method of contacting Amazon whenever I have a problem.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 13:01:23 GMT
I didn't know you could get Amazon to phone you back like that, a good tip to remember. The larcenous element in me can envisage a scheme whereby Scammer 2 phones up a few minutes later purporting to be from the real Amazon saying they've noticed someone had just tried to use your account illegally but they stopped it and have locked the account. You just have to visit a convincing sounding and looking Amazon web page to log in to unlock your account. Of course it's all fake and you've just given your details away. The REAL larcenous in me would try the old fake-dialling tone trick. Fake Caller 1 tells you your account has been compromised and gives you the real Amazon phone number and asks that you check it while you're speaking against the one on the real website "for your security" and to immediately call it to confirm everything so no money is taken. Caller 1 hangs up...but doesn't really, they just play a fake dial tone down the line to you and stay silently on the line. In a panic you now "dial" the real Amazon number and Fake Caller 2 switches the dial tone sound effect to a fake ring tone instead for a few seconds before answering..."Hello Amazon UK, how may I help you today?"...from there anything can happen. Just saying
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 14:39:03 GMT
I didn't know you could get Amazon to phone you back like that, a good tip to remember. The larcenous element in me can envisage a scheme whereby Scammer 2 phones up a few minutes later purporting to be from the real Amazon saying they've noticed someone had just tried to use your account illegally but they stopped it and have locked the account. You just have to visit a convincing sounding and looking Amazon web page to log in to unlock your account. Of course it's all fake and you've just given your details away. The REAL larcenous in me would try the old fake-dialling tone trick. Fake Caller 1 tells you your account has been compromised and gives you the real Amazon phone number and asks that you check it while you're speaking against the one on the real website "for your security" and to immediately call it to confirm everything so no money is taken. Caller 1 hangs up...but doesn't really, they just play a fake dial tone down the line to you and stay silently on the line. In a panic you now "dial" the real Amazon number and Fake Caller 2 switches the dial tone sound effect to a fake ring tone instead for a few seconds before answering..."Hello Amazon UK, how may I help you today?"...from there anything can happen. Just saying You're suspicious, bizzley.😊 PayPal keeps sending messages that my account has been suspended and so does iTunes. I delete. In fact, I do not even read the email. They send images and can track you and view if you have read the message. Don't know the details of how it works exactly but something along those lines.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 15:57:36 GMT
You're suspicious, bizzley.😊 PayPal keeps sending messages that my account has been suspended and so does iTunes. I delete. In fact, I do not even read the email. They send images and can track you and view if you have read the message. Don't know the details of how it works exactly but something along those lines. Aware, not suspicious Tracking pixels\images work by including a link to a unique small image file on another computer. When you open your email online your mail reader pulls the image down from that computer which logs the fact that it has been accessed. So they know the email has been opened. This also works for some web pages as well though this is quite an old technology and better ways of tracking people are now being used. I have a program that sits between my emails and my email reader. This lists all the emails currently waiting to be downloaded from the server at the ISP I use. This is text based and I can delete any messages I don't want before even opening them. My email reader defaults to text so any that do get downloaded don't show images or run any dodgy files unless I choose to switch them on. Aware, not suspicious.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 16:24:54 GMT
You're suspicious, bizzley.😊 PayPal keeps sending messages that my account has been suspended and so does iTunes. I delete. In fact, I do not even read the email. They send images and can track you and view if you have read the message. Don't know the details of how it works exactly but something along those lines. Aware, not suspicious Tracking pixels\images work by including a link to a unique small image file on another computer. When you open your email online your mail reader pulls the image down from that computer which logs the fact that it has been accessed. So they know the email has been opened. This also works for some web pages as well though this is quite an old technology and better ways of tracking people are now being used. I have a program that sits between my emails and my email reader. This lists all the emails currently waiting to be downloaded from the server at the ISP I use. This is text based and I can delete any messages I don't want before even opening them. My email reader defaults to text so any that do get downloaded don't show images or run any dodgy files unless I choose to switch them on. Aware, not suspicious. Aware is good. I'm suspicious. 😁
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 16:26:19 GMT
You're suspicious, bizzley.😊 PayPal keeps sending messages that my account has been suspended and so does iTunes. I delete. In fact, I do not even read the email. They send images and can track you and view if you have read the message. Don't know the details of how it works exactly but something along those lines. Aware, not suspicious Tracking pixels\images work by including a link to a unique small image file on another computer. When you open your email online your mail reader pulls the image down from that computer which logs the fact that it has been accessed. So they know the email has been opened. This also works for some web pages as well though this is quite an old technology and better ways of tracking people are now being used. I have a program that sits between my emails and my email reader. This lists all the emails currently waiting to be downloaded from the server at the ISP I use. This is text based and I can delete any messages I don't want before even opening them. My email reader defaults to text so any that do get downloaded don't show images or run any dodgy files unless I choose to switch them on. Aware, not suspicious. I like your avatar. It's a GIF?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 16:59:27 GMT
I like your avatar. It's a GIF? Yes it's an animated GIF though not originally mine. I came across a larger version online and worked on it to reduce the size it so it would be suitable for this board. I find it quite soothing.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Dec 22, 2020 17:16:20 GMT
I enjoyed the extortion email I received a few weeks ago, especially since I don't have a webcam, porn accounts, or any money.
If I had to pay US$6,000 or die tomorrow I'd be dead and stinking pretty quick.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 19:21:12 GMT
I like your avatar. It's a GIF? Yes it's an animated GIF though not originally mine. I came across a larger version online and worked on it to reduce the size it so it would be suitable for this board. I find it quite soothing. It is soothing. I'm jealous. I want one where my hair is growing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 15:42:03 GMT
It is soothing. I'm jealous. I want one where my hair is growing. I'll probably need one of those as well come April.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 16:13:45 GMT
It is soothing. I'm jealous. I want one where my hair is growing. I'll probably need one of those as well come April. Really? 🙂 Well, I feel better.
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