The relevance is in my post #1104 - where someone is apparently perpetuating a SMS scam in the of Jebus.I thought this was supposed to be a thread about scam e-mails and phone calls?
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The relevance is in my post #1104 - where someone is apparently perpetuating a SMS scam in the of Jebus.I thought this was supposed to be a thread about scam e-mails and phone calls?
Anybody here getting texts from, allegedly, Hermes, about a package they have tried to deliver, even when they aren’t expecting one. I have just deleted them without even opening them, so I don’t know what it says. Apologies if already covered, it’s rather a big thread!
What have the Norwegians done to deserve that?That one has definitely popped up on here a few times. It is a rather long thread though now that’s for sure!
If it ever becomes possible to catch those behind all of these scams then I think it would be good if they could be shipped off to a remote island somewhere with no means of escape and no access to the internet.
Somewhere off the coast of Norway possibly?
What have the Norwegians done to deserve that?
If it is quite old, there must be something wrong with it (even if it just a dent in the metal/ chipped plastic/ distorted powder tray anything). If she calls again, ask her why they haven't fixed the damage, and when are they going to sort it. You won't renew until they do. I doubt you'll hear from them again.This morning I had one of those scam telephone I receive occasionally from a home appliance insurance company informing me that the insurance my washing machine is due to expire shortly.
The lady with an Indian accent began the call quite politely even when I explained to her that my washing machine was quite old and I had never had any insurance for it. She insisted that I had and it was due to expire soon and needed to renew it. Next I asked her if she could confirm what the brand make of my washing machine was. She then replied by saying if I tell you will you renew the cover. When I answered no she very abruptly shouted ‘Then why are you wasting my time’ and immediately hung up. Why was I wasting her time!!!
I asked the Indian lady why, when they keep calling me, they always say 'Ama-ZON' when we say 'AM-azon' and she just hung up on me. Very rude.In the Amazon recorded voice £399.00 scam, have the criminals re-recorded the female American voice to be (a) much louder and (b) much of a harsh and harder tonal type?
When I had one I asked her what the machine brand was. She went quiet for a moment, and said 'Hotpoint'. I made her wait while I pretended to go and look, and I came back and said, "Er, it says 'Zanussi' on the front'. She said a very bad word and hung up.This morning I had one of those scam telephone I receive occasionally from a home appliance insurance company informing me that the insurance my washing machine is due to expire shortly.
I just tell them there’s no point in insuring something so cheap. I’ve 40 years experience of buying them without insurance and only just on my 4th machine last year. I wonder how much I could have wasted on washing machine insurance over that time…When I had one I asked her what the machine brand was. She went quiet for a moment, and said 'Hotpoint'. I made her wait while I pretended to go and look, and I came back and said, "Er, it says 'Zanussi' on the front'. She said a very bad word and hung up.
Eigg, Rum and Muck are what the composer Sir Arnold Bax said were the ingredients of a Scottish cocktail.Ok fair point. Eigg it is then.
No, the emails are not delivered at all.You should be able to find a message like this in the Junk/Spam mail folder I your Email service, and can generally mark an email address or domain as safe to avoid any further Emails from them being marked as spam.
I've just discovered an Email purporting to be from the council elections department that's in my Junk, it looks genuine (the Email sent address is correct and it's sent to the Email address I put on the registration form) but I'm still slightly wary of opening the attachment as it's been flagged by Outlook - anyone got any advice?
I've done some digging about now that I'm home and official Paypal say it's a scam with the near enough same wording as my text.Yep, that's a scam, PayPal texts say 'PayPal' as Naja and that is a premium rate number, I believe.
More likely the anti-spam software has caught up. Give it a week or two and the spammers will crack the algorithm.Has the deluge of anti virus emails finally ended or are the scammers simply taking a break? I haven't had a fake anti virus email since Sunday.
The mail servers be catching it before it even reaches my mailbox because nothing has landed in my spam folder.More likely the anti-spam software has caught up. Give it a week or two and the spammers will crack the algorithm.
I had a few days without but they’re back again… BT the ISP here.Has the deluge of anti virus emails finally ended or are the scammers simply taking a break? I haven't had a fake anti virus email since Sunday.
I'm about 99% sure that BT have changed the system so that either party can end the call, certainly this was in play while I worked there. Previously, only the calling party could clear the line.Just one point though, I have been advised to always phone back on a different phone in case they have locked their call onto my receiving phone.
This was also posted over in the Why Amex? thread. It's apparently a real thing, Amazon are claiming that the fees are too high. I really would be surprised if it actually happens though, 95% of something is more than 100% of nothing.So will I have to get a Mastercard or will this all blow over?
Authentication-Results: spf=pass (sender IP is 54.240.0.34)
smtp.mailfrom=bounces.amazon.co.uk; dkim=pass (signature was verified)
header.d=amazon.co.uk;dmarc=pass action=none
header.from=amazon.co.uk;compauth=pass reason=100
Received-SPF: Pass (protection.outlook.com: domain of bounces.amazon.co.uk
designates 54.240.0.34 as permitted sender)
Or, for a less technical check: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59306200I had this email too. I had a look at the mail header and it passed the anti-spoofing checks (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC) so would appear to be genuine
If the domain owner has correctly configured their DMARC record (I've lost track of how many malformed/incorrect records I've seen) and the recipient server correctly applies the SPF and DKIM checks.For the benefit of less technical readers, DMARC stops scammers from using an official email address...