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Post by SueA on Sept 7, 2017 14:42:04 GMT
If anyone has received a personal message from someone called Robert please just ignore it, it's spam & he has now been banned & deleted so we won't all be getting a share of the 11 million + dollars he was offering!  |
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Post by steve on Sept 7, 2017 16:58:01 GMT
He had me at hello |
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 7, 2017 17:37:52 GMT
Didn't sound very Nigerian but then he didn't have to as definitely a spammy accent |
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Post by Geumlover on Sept 7, 2017 20:11:19 GMT
Could have done with a share of that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 20:26:51 GMT
Me too! Lol I am Mr.Robert Bogbey a banker by profession, worked with First Gulf Bank in Abu Dhabi for 17 years.( United Arab Emirates ) now currently holding the post of director auditing in the account department of the bank and a part time occupational safety and health consultant with a gold mining company in United Arab Emirates.I have the opportunity in transferring the sum of ((US $ 11,480,000,00)eleven million four hundred and eighty thousand dollars) being deposited in to an escrow account by a Customer who unfortunately died on 15th July 2009 in a fatal plane crash in Northern China i assured you that there will be no risk or anything incriminating against your freedom or reputation with your involvement with me in this transaction. I am hoping in the favor of your urgent response. Best Regards Thanks Mr Robert Bogbey My Email robert1112@inbox.lv Where was he from SueA? |
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Post by grindle on Sept 8, 2017 5:19:52 GMT
darn, and I thought I was in for a payout |
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Post by SueA on Sept 8, 2017 7:53:21 GMT
Possibly Latvia @willow as his email address ends lv, there seem to be lots of Eastern European/Russian hackers & spammers around nowadays, no idea why he picked on us & not heard of them pm-ing everyone on forums like this before, seems a bit pointless as members would mention it to each other. Pity, we could buy a pretty big garden with that money! Be aware everyone that there are a lot of scams going around at the moment particularly phone calls, I have blocks on International/Withheld/Phonebox numbers on our phone so they don't get through at all & number display so I can choose whether to answer a call by checking the number but they have ways of getting round this now & showing a fake number so that it may look genuine. The last couple of weeks I've had calls saying they're from Microsoft (they would never phone anyone unless you have contacted them & they are ringing you back) & HMRC when they obviously aren't & I block their numbers. Apparently some of the HMRC ones say you owe money & ask you to pay the fine/tax in itunes vouchers - and some people actually do!  |
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Post by Rosie on Sept 8, 2017 8:07:12 GMT
I know HMRC will never contact you by any other means than a letter. Some nasty people out there.
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Post by roofgardener on Sept 8, 2017 21:15:44 GMT
What the... it's a hoax ? Damn... I got a loan on a new Polytunnel on the basis of him ?  Well done SueA |
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Post by SueA on Sept 9, 2017 7:33:35 GMT
I had my eye on a nice house in Cheshire too Roofy! I'm amazed anyone falls for those sort of scams roofgardener as they're such totally outrageous amounts, if they made them sound more plausible they might catch more people out. I once saw an exhibition in a gallery where someone had replied to some of these scam emails & scammed them back by asking them to send photos of themselves dressed certain ways, holding various items etc. to prove they were real & carried out long correspondences with them, it was quite funny reading the exchanges & looking at the photos. |
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Post by grindle on Sept 9, 2017 7:40:58 GMT
HMRC in email this morning too  |
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Post by steve on Sept 9, 2017 8:26:20 GMT
I got one this morning that can catch people out, From Nat West saying my account had been locked, I don't have a Nat West account so it was obvious and I deleted it but if they catch someone who does have an account with the bank they say they are from and they then open the email not being too computer savvy, I expect it goes to a page saying click here to reset your password enter your account number etc....then they have access to your account |
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Post by Geumlover on Sept 9, 2017 14:44:09 GMT
Had similar ones every day this week. All saying my non-existent bank accounts have been frozen or hacked or need updating.
HMRC one is regular too as is the one offering me huge amounts of money from Diplomatic unclaimed luggage.
If you get one from Ebay then you forward it to Spoof@Ebay.co.uk. From Amazon you forward it to spoof@Amazon.co.uk and Paypal it is spoof@paypal.co.uk. You may need to check those addresses as I am not absolutely sure I have got them correct, but they are close.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 15:00:28 GMT
The hardest spam emails to spot are those supposedly from PayPal.
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 10, 2017 14:22:15 GMT
I got this so made a sandwich   |
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