Just got a text............. We'll be in touch tomorrow with your 2-hour slot. Get set up at virginmedia. Com/replacebb. Not in? No worries: Yodel will leave a card explaining how to reschedule

https://bit.ly/3wECz45

https://reut.rs/3n4m3au

I frequently get emails saying i have been chosen for a prize/discount etc. these are allegedly from well known companies but i just wonder if they are all scams or am I missing out by ignoring them. ?

If you get a text saying you have a package, and the text has a package code, from Kate at http://cywpu.com/95JUC8, it's a scam, won't come up on Google and there's no phone number to report it.

*Up to date list of banks in comment below.

Stop Scams UK, supported by the Financial Conduct Authority and Ofcom, have started a telephone service, where you can check whether the call, text or email is genuine. Most of the UK's leading banks have signed up, apart from HSBC, and it works on all major mobile networks To check on a possible scam, phone 159 and choose your bank by pressing the appropriate number on the keypad, you will then be put through to someone in customer services. If the scam originates as a phone call, be sure to put the phone down and check that the caller has disconnected. Scammers even have a recorded dialing tone and the same response as dialing 159. You can check immediately that they have gone, by phoning your home number via a mobile phone, or phone 159 on your mobile.
The service will be run as a trial for 12 months.

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/scam-nhs-covid-pass

Adverts have appeared on cybercriminal forums asking for scammers to target a batch of stolen Microsoft 365 email addresses. The gangs want to recruit scammers who speak English as their first language, because they are less likely to make the grammatical errors that expose many phishing emails.

Got this by email today

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We want to urge local residents that are selling off-road motorcycles, quad-bikes and ATVs online, particularly on selling platforms such as Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree, to be vigilant following a number of reports of thefts or attempted thefts across the county.

It comes after numerous sellers have received a call, or direct message, from people pretending to be ‘buyers’ and requesting an image or a video of the vehicle engine running from the seller.

Those pretending to be ‘buyers’ have then extracted the image metadata – which allows users to see when and where the image or video was taken – allowing the bike to be pinpointed to a specific location.
The vehicles are then targeted by criminals and are often stolen or attempts made to steal the vehicles.

We know online buying and selling sites have grown in popularity in recent months, however we want to remind people to please be vigilant when selling items in this way.

Our advice would be:

• Ensure that ‘location’ settings are switched off on your mobile device / camera if you’re then sending images to prospective ‘buyers’; this would mitigate against the location metadata being extracted and the vehicle located

• If asked for additional images or videos from prospective buyers, upload them directly to your online listing; do not send them directly

• Do not provide you home or work address to buyers; arrange to meet them in a public place or neutral location

• Report any crimes or suspicious activity via our online reporting tool via the Hampshire Constabulary website - https://www.hampshire.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/

•If a crime is in progress, please dial 999 immediately

Message Sent By
Wes Hutchins (Police, Corporate Communications Officer, Hampshire)

Just a shot of my email list. It shows 2 entries for Ezee-fix.

Eezy-fix is a genuine company based in Belfast. I have never dealt with them and hadn't heard of them until checking this morning.
I do not believe they are involved in this scam.

However, as I had never heard of them, it would have been impossible for me to have placed an order with them, let alone given them payment.

I am not opening the emails as undoubtedly there will be a tracker within advising them they have a "Live" email address and I don't want that.

But be aware that this is how scammers start. I would tell them that I haven't ordered anything, then they will start a dialogue to attempt to get my bank details, either to "return money" I have paid or perhaps to make a payment that isn't due. One way or another they are touting for information.

Just make sure that you don't give them any!

We are urging those selling high value electrical items online, particularly on Facebook Marketplace, to be vigilant following a number of reports where people pretending to be ‘buyers’ have walked away with the goods after convincing the seller they have paid via bank transfer.

There have been a total of 21 incidents since August 14 across Hampshire.

Laptops, mobile phones, tablets, games consoles, a drone and a watch are amongst the items stolen, ranging in price from £370 to £3400.

Those pretending to be ‘buyers’ have answered a seller’s advert quickly and when they have turned up to collect the items, they have then convinced the buyer they have transferred the money by showing them the transfer on a banking app. When the sellers have said they can’t see the money in their account, the ‘buyers’ have convinced them it will appear soon and have left with the goods.

On some occasions, the ‘buyers’ have taken a photo of the seller on their doorstep and asked them to produce ID.

We know online buying and selling sites are really popular and are a great way to trade second hand items, however we want to remind people to please be vigilant when selling items in this way.

Our advice would be:
• Always check and be completely satisfied the money is in your bank account before you hand over the goods. Genuine buyers will accept that this is correct practice
• Have someone with you at home when prospective buyers attend, or arrange to meet them in a public place
• You do not need to show anyone ID. There should be no reason to pass over your personal details / ID to a prospective buyer
• If you believe someone has attempted to scam you in this way, please try and note down a description of the people involved or vehicle they travelled in and make a report.
• Report any suspicious activity via our online reporting tool https://www.hampshire.police.uk/ro/report/fo/v1/fraud/

Message Sent By
Marisa Charles (Police, Corporate Communications Officer, Hampshire)

Do not buy anything from this company. We bought some fruit trees and now we are getting calls every day. I don't answer but I check the numbers online.

There are loads of complaints about scam calls from them about all different things. One is about a motoring club which they sign you up to whether you want it or not

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Thames Water - Suspicious Call. Got a call from Thames Water ysterday stating that my consumption for the months April to July is way above average and they need to visit my place to check for leakages and to advice me how to save water. They said the earliest appointment available is 10-Aug. But when I asked them how much was my consumption in the same period last year and what %age has increased, they said they do not have access to old data. When I asked what %age is the increase over jan-feb-march again he said he does not have the data. I got the feeling it may be a suspicious call. Just posting it here for everyones benefit .

This post includes information about the TopCashback scam: https://bit.ly/3dQFgr5

I'm currently listening to episodes of The Missing Cryptoqueen on BBC Sounds. It is a true story about Ruja Ignatova, the founder of the fake cryptocurrency OneCoin. The scam took in millions of victims, and stole billions of pounds.

https://bbc.in/3qzVGtc

Phishing warning: fake Sainsbury’s marketing survey email

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Sainsbury’s has confirmed that an email promising £90 for taking part in a ‘marketing survey’ has nothing to do with it. Here’s what the email looks like.

We’re all used to seeing slick marketing from brands. Many feature recognisable logos and familiar brand colours to promote their offers across emails, social media, TV adverts… the list goes on.

But Sainsbury’s has confirmed that this ‘marketing survey’ email and the site it takes you through to have nothing to do with the supermarket. The survey and its offers of free ‘rewards’ are fake, and eventually encourage you to part with sensitive personal information.

Here’s what the email looks like:

Why the hassle of a fake survey?

Phishing attempts like this are becoming more sophisticated: fraudsters impersonating these companies know that posing as a well-known brand may not be enough to get someone to part with sensitive information, so are using more thorough tactics to gain your trust.

Completing the fake survey will take you through to another page dressed in Sainsbury’s branding that encourages you to ‘claim’ a reward. An ‘offer expires’ countdown is another sign that the site is attempting to rush you into making a decision.

Continuing to follow these links eventually takes you to a page encouraging you to enter sensitive information, such as your name, address and email, all of which could then be used by the people behind these fake emails.

A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said:

“Customers should always be mindful of phishing scams. This message is not from Sainsbury’s and we are advising customers to delete it”

Have you spotted fake ‘marketing’ emails?

In April, a similar ‘loyalty program’ email promising prizes and purporting to have been sent from Dyson was confirmed to be a fake. Have you noticed an increase in these types of tactics?

.ON @Test@koutou-biken.co.jp>

Tue 29/06/2021 13:40

E.ON

Our system indicates that a glitch in our billing procedures has led to an overcharge on your latesr payment to us.

Our accounting department has concluded thar you are elibgible for a refund of £79 GBP

Click here to view online.

E.ON Issuing Date: 29.06.2021

E.ON Refund Ammount: £79 GBP.

Please note: In order to claim the refund, please confirm your details by view online

Due to the way that web links are displayed on Scooploop, only one website image is displayed in a post. Here is the second part of the earlier post: https://bit.ly/3gtjJXk

Note there are two links below.
Prompted by a credit card scam posted in another loop, here is some information about avoiding credit card fraud, and protecting your credit/debit card:You should never let someone else have possession of your card, doing so is considered negligence, and you would not get your money back: https://bit.ly/3xCt7Oj

You can protect your card in various ways against theft/loss/copying: https://bit.ly/3gtjJXk

HSBC: A payment was attempted from a NEW DEVICE on 15/06 at 16:37PM. If this was NOT you, please visit: https://hsbc.co.uk.xsecurityonev.com/hsbc/

The SMS allegedly came from:
07535019945

Message forwarded to 7726 for their action.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtxiPFXpEKB_gd8VSFMdbDcIi8jF1g?e=kalQhf

https://world-of-rewards.com/united-kingdom/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw78yFBhCZARIsAOxgSx0li4dylltBzn7RsoOafVcz7_VOzYw-5eGui7-iOL7z7ktPxZb4URcaAnyVEALw_wcB

It says I have won an apple pro phone but must go to the website to pay £1 for delivery.
it came up on a weather forecast site 'Your weather'

Some good news about scammers

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57226704.amp

The CIA and Germany's secret service BND, ran a Swiss company Crypto AG, that sold encryption machines to governments around the world. These machines allowed the CIA and BND to read the user's communications! https://bbc.in/3fch2ZO

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/odd-private-message-that-i-have-reported

Here is a Bitcoin website using a scam Martin Lewis recommendation. At the end of the page you will see phoney Facebook posts: https://bit.ly/2PkyRvz

If a bank scammer tells you to check that the number displayed, is the number on the back of your card, ignore this, because scammers can display any number they wish. Hang up, check you have got a line, then call yourself to see you are engaged! If you do not have a line, use a mobile if you have one, otherwise wait until you do have a line. You can then call the number on the back of your card to see if it was a genuine call: https://bit.ly/39mYFhl

This week's BBC Click shows the Police squad that tracks and arrests the text scammers. The scammers even have phone banks, similar to the way that video pirates copied tapes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000thg3/click-taking-on-the-covid-scammers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56402378?xtor=ES-208-[42844_NEWS_NLB_ACT_WK11_Tue_16_Mar]-20210316-[bbcnews_bitcoin_newstechnology_scam]

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/another-bloody-scamcopied-from-a-fb-group.

This can even be achieved without the victim being contacted. This is possible due to bad security in part of the telephone network known as SS7: http://bit.ly/3cvNmnC

Another common sextortion campaign identified by Avast is an email in which the attackers
claim a Trojan was installed on the recipient’s machine, which has recorded their actions with a microphone and webcam, and extracted all data from their devices including chats, social media and contacts. A ransom is demanded
and often includes a note about a fake “timer” that started when the email was received in order to set a ransom deadline. This campaign is also fake and uses social engineering to coerce people into paying.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-9281605/How-highly-sophisticated-scam-cost-Catriona-241-000.html

https://conversation.which.co.uk/scams/just-eat-phishing-email-reward-scam/?utm_source=whichcouk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=scamalert200221

received this morning.

https://www.actionfraudalert.co.uk/images/site_images/41100_password_extortion_VisaV_2.png

Fraudsters are selling airline passengers fake covid negative test certificates for £100, Europol warns, as police catch crooks flogging forged documents in UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9210829/Fraudsters-selling-airline-passengers-FAKE-Covid-negative-test-certificates.html

My son just received this ... another scam.

Beware scam alert

https://conversation.which.co.uk/scams/amazon-hacked-email-gift-card-covid-scam/?utm_source=whichcouk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=scamalert210121

Easy to fall for it. Had one once from a Parish Councillor requesting money as lost wallet and was on holiday.
Turned out he had his computer hacked and his phone was jammed for a few days as we all tried to get in touch with him.

Here is an Insight in to how the type of scam below can be investigated. No problems were found after the investigation. If you are worried, just read.

He is a scam text posted by Mary: https://www.scooploop.com/thread/scam-4

The first thing to note is that it does not identify the customer, also it makes a threat which a company would not make. On receipt of such texts/emails, the first thing to think is, do they have my phone number or email address? If not, you can stop worrying.

In the above case, the link takes you to a fake website*: https://paypal-user-id2.com Accepting cookies will reveal the bottom of the page; there you will see links to Contact Us/Privacy/Legal/Worldwide, if these links are clicked, none of them work. The aim of the site is to get your email and password, and not to infect yor computer.

If you visit the real PayPal website, you will see that the appearence is identical, and the web address is an ordinary one: https://www.paypal.com/uk/signin

*If you should visit the fake website, your browser may not allow you to, and show a warning.

To check a website that you may be worried about, visit: https://www.virustotal.com , click the URL tab and paste the address in to the text box, then press enter. The site scans with 80 different scanners. The result (see screenshot) shows 8/9 spam/phishing detections.

Received this text today.

A new payee requested was created from an unrecognised device. You can authorise or cancel this request via: https://security-requests.com/hsbc/

Is this a scam

My Beloved In God.

Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ. I am Mrs Christabell Horste from Germany, a widow to late Dr. A. Horste l am 51 years old and a converted born again Christian, suffering from long time cancer of the breast, from all indication my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I might not live more than two (2) months, according to my doctor because the cancer has gotten to a very worst / dangerous stage.

My late husband and my only child died last five years ago, his death was politically motivated. My late husband was a very rich and wealthy oil business man who was running his oil,Gold/Diamond Business here in West Africa. After his death, I inherited all his business and wealth.

My doctors has advised me that I may not live for more than two (2) months, so I now decided to divide the part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of the church in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. I collected your email address during my desperate search on the internet and I prayed over it. I decided to donate the sum of $7,500,000.00 USD (Seven Million Five hundred thousand United States dollars) to the less privileged because I cannot take this money to the grave.

Please I want you to note that this fund is lodged in a private bank here in Africa(Standard Trust Bank Africa). Once I hear from you, I will forward to you all the information's you will use to get this fund released from the bank and to be transferred to your bank account. I honestly pray that this money when transferred to you will be used for the said purpose because l have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity. May the grace of our lord Jesus the love of God and the fellowship of God be with you and your family.

Reply me on my private email address christhorste66@aol.com

Thanks and God bless you.

Your beloved sister in Christ.

Mrs Christabel Horste

Twice today I have had the same email telling me i am due a refund and they have been trying to contact me.
I have never taxed a vehicle.

I don't think this one has been mentioned before.

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/revised-wording-when-a-user-creates-a-thread-in-a-group-and-then-wants-to-remove-it-what-should

I have an email supposedly from Hermes but it just doesn't seem right.
It says they have my Cub01 parcel but I don't know what that means.
I am waiting on a parcel but don't know by what method it is being sent - if it is [under dispute for non arrival and no seller response]