OT - scams you've received and not fallen for.

[Andy_Faber]

Subpoena received from "Interpol" today. Sender's email address is Europol <[email protected]> I don't believe Europol would use a Mexican email address so I'll ignore it.

Facebook phantom sellers (hundreds)
Hello mum texts (which I enjoy playing along with)
Utility provider texts (lots)
Bank urgent action texts

I’m the resident killjoy in our family WhatsApp group who kills discussion on bargains/ offers/ urgent actions etc with my one word contribution: ‘SCAM’.

Not been contacted by interpol yet though

Try reading ‘yes man’ by Danny Wallace, he deliberately ‘falls for’ a scam then manages to make contact with, and meet, the scammer…

[MadAmster]

1.Facebook phantom sellers (hundreds)
2.Hello mum texts (which I enjoy playing along with)
3.Utility provider texts (lots)
4.Bank urgent action texts

I?’m the resident killjoy in our family WhatsApp group who kills discussion on bargains/ offers/ urgent actions etc with my one word contribution: ?‘SCAM?’.

Not been contacted by interpol yet though

Try reading ?‘yes man?’ by Danny Wallace, he deliberately ?‘falls for?’ a scam then manages to make contact with, and meet, the scammer?…

1. Snap
2. ... and hallo Pops or Pa. My two call me Dad
3. not had one of those yet (presuming you mean gas, leccy and water)
4. bank urgent action texts, not had one yet

I have had, and still get, a lot of...

5. You have been named as beneficiary, God knows how many millions... all from solicitors and the UN and all sorts of impressive sounding organisations. Sender is then a hotmail account and the reply to button at the bottom is a gmail account. 3 different names quite often too. In the sender box it will say one name, the first sentence will be hello, I am "another name" bla bla bla and at the bottom, the reply to name will be "yet another different name"

6. Countless reminders that my McAfee licence is about to expire... I don't have one (just deleted yet another from my spam box)

7. regular bouts of ***tortion mails. They've hacked my account and have video of me knocking one off while watching extreme ****. The amounts started off at something like $200 in ******* paid into a particular wallet. Most recent one was $1500 and the amount has steadily risen through the years. I ignore them

8. Microsoft has discovered a virus on my PC. A variant on the annoying telephone calls from someone called Fred who has an Indian accent.

9. Package deliveries via UPS, Fedex, DPD, GLS and God knows how many more courier firms that I have to pay €2.99 to in order to release the package they are holding...

10.... and the list goes on.