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#1141 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun May 09, 2021 6:58 am

4ma, congrats, first of the year. How much did they want? Last year it was around £5,000. Setup a fake account and ask for time to pay.

Curiously since I was in Lagos last year and arranged for the scammer to book me an hotel in Accra and meet me at the airport I have not heard from anyone.

Have you reported them to Report Phishing. Gov?

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#1142 Post by johngreen » Sun May 09, 2021 8:06 am

That probably depends on how much you want to see the pictures, or conversely, how desperately you don't want to see them
Some many, many years ago on an early morning commuter train bound for New York, I found myself in the presence of a pan-handler brandishing a trumpet that he admitted he had zero ability to play but was going to start practicing right there and then if he didn't receive what he considered to be a generous donation from those within the carriage...
He quickly got his money albeit somewhat begrudgingly...

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#1143 Post by 4mastacker » Sun May 09, 2021 8:19 am

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Sun May 09, 2021 6:58 am
4ma, congrats, first of the year. How much did they want? Last year it was around £5,000. Setup a fake account and ask for time to pay.

Curiously since I was in Lagos last year and arranged for the scammer to book me an hotel in Accra and meet me at the airport I have not heard from anyone.

Have you reported them to Report Phishing. Gov?
This kind of crap from these idiots goes straight to the report phishing site. This time my character and integrity could be redeemed for the prompt payment of USD1650 (or bitcoin equivalent) or whatever that's worth in pounds shillings and pence.

Forgot to add, they'd have one helluva job to take any photos through the camera on me i-Mac.
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#1144 Post by Hydromet » Sun May 09, 2021 8:53 am

Forgot to add, they'd have one helluva job to take any photos through the camera on me i-Mac.
...or through the gaffer tape over the camera on mine. o:-)

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#1145 Post by llondel » Sun May 09, 2021 5:40 pm

The frequency of the Bitcoin extortion scam emails has dropped off here, but my system has rejected tens of thousands of them.

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#1146 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun May 09, 2021 5:56 pm

Ilondel, either one team who have brought it back into play or another team has bought the kit.

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#1148 Post by Boac » Tue May 11, 2021 7:31 am

Gulp! Hadn't thought of that loophole!

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#1149 Post by G-CPTN » Tue May 11, 2021 12:07 pm

Recently, telecom calls from 00 numbers - silent when answered.

What do they seek to achieve?

Just learned that 0013 (the latest) is not a genuine number.

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#1150 Post by k3k3 » Tue May 11, 2021 4:07 pm

001340 is the US Virgin Islands and 001345 is the Cayman Islands.

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#1151 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Sun May 23, 2021 4:21 am

Rich at last ! I've just received an e-mail advising me that I've won $12 billion Canadian in a Coca Cola sweepstake, but the CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada has asked the writer of the e-mail to ask me to sign away my rights to it, and the writer has personally appealed to Justin Trudeau to allow me to receive this prize on humanitarian grounds, and he has apparently agreed.

Now all I have to do is transfer $100 US from my bank account to receive an ATM card to allow me to withdraw the money at my leisure. Can't believe my luck. This had been automatically filed in my iPad junk mail folder. How can Apple get it so wrong ? I had nearly erased the whole folder without looking !

Should I admit that it must be five or six years since I last drank a coke, and that a sugar free version, so maybe they've got the wrong winner ?

Don't all write asking for a handout, I'm a tight-fisted Yorkshireman.

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#1152 Post by Woody » Mon May 24, 2021 2:36 pm

Well hopefully there’s one less doing the rounds now :-bd

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#1153 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon May 24, 2021 7:44 pm

I had a Hermes delivery text this morning. They tried to deliver on Saturday but needed me. - you know the rest.

Also just started to get the Gmail Phishing again. Two this week after a gap of a month. One was a Dyson free trial ending and the other a financial offer.

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#1154 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu May 27, 2021 9:45 am

They don't give up do they? The week after 4 arrests for the Royal Mail scam, I got another Royal Mail Scam. I am expecting a package from RM this lunchtime and had an earlier text to give the delivery time. The only problem is the scammer used the date of the 25th and I only ordered my Covid Test kit yesterday.

The other clue is the message itself:

Royal Mail: Your parcel has been returned to our local depot 25/05/21. Follow steps online for delivery via royalmail.co.ukposted.com.

number was 07726 301803

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#1155 Post by OFSO » Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:46 pm

Both the OFSO phones, his and hers, today received a recorded message directed at Mr OFSOs real name, indicating fraud was being performed on Mr OFSOs NatWest Bank account and inviting a "tap here to contact the fraud department". Phone apps and internet banking reveal nothing untoward, nor has the NatWest sent me a message to say transactions happening. Google search of the phone number revealed it was a mobile phone in Manchester.

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#1156 Post by ian16th » Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:49 pm

Anyone any experience of using the app 'Truecaller'?
Cynicism improves with age

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#1157 Post by Hydromet » Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:48 pm

ian16th wrote:
Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:49 pm
Anyone any experience of using the app 'Truecaller'?
No, personally I use An0m

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#1158 Post by PHXPhlyer » Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:58 pm

Hydromet wrote:
Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:48 pm
ian16th wrote:
Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:49 pm
Anyone any experience of using the app 'Truecaller'?
No, personally I use An0m
+1 :ymdevil:

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#1159 Post by ian16th » Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:53 pm

Hydromet wrote:
Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:48 pm
ian16th wrote:
Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:49 pm
Anyone any experience of using the app 'Truecaller'?
No, personally I use An0m
Different functionality!
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#1160 Post by Pontius Navigator » Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:39 pm

I'm in the money:
BANK OF GHANA
International Transfer
Processing Department
(Head Office Annex)
One Thorpe Road,
P. O. Box GP 2674
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233-502292985


Dear Fund Beneficiary,

I am Dr.Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison,Governor,Bank Of Ghana.I am writing to inform you about your over-due funds that was brought here in my office to arrange and facilitate the immediate release of the amount of $1.500.000.00 ( One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only ) being your Part-Payment into your bank account as stated which you know that this transaction has taken longer than you expected.

It was revealed in your payment file as your name was penciled as the unpaid bonafide beneficiary to receive your over-due funds which was brought to our bank from the Economic Community of west African States (ECOWAS) as the World Bank,International Monetary Fund (IMF)and United Nation(UN)finally resolved this issue after one week meeting and they decided to pay all out-standing Part-payment sum of US$1,500,000.00(One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) as we are indebted to pay all long OVER-DUE funds without any further delay.

Kindly comply with the essential remittance requirements to ensure the swift release of these funds into your account. Example, your international passport or your drivers license, your telephone and fax number for easy communication with your designated bank details for onward transfer of these funds.

Please send me your payment particulars.

I look forward to your response.

Yours in Service,

Dr.Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison
Executive Governor
Bank Of Ghana.

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