Internet criminals
We all get our daily eMail from what's-her-name about her daddy being murdered causing you and me to become instant millionaires. After a few hundred of them they stop being amusing, BUT
Somehow the below eMail seems different to me. I get these from time to time from various financial institutions. It almost looks real enough for a reasonable person to fall for it. Shouldn't somebody be following up on this stuff and putting somebody in jail?
Somehow the below eMail seems different to me. I get these from time to time from various financial institutions. It almost looks real enough for a reasonable person to fall for it. Shouldn't somebody be following up on this stuff and putting somebody in jail?
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Hadn't you better call your related bank at a number you are familiar with and check this out before you go to any page? 0 -
It's pretty simple:
Never reply to any solicitation for information over the internet.
If it looks legit, then call the institution you're dealing with at a number that you know is legit. You will probably find that the internet solicitation was not legit.
Anybody giving their info away on the internet is (hell I hate to say this) dumb enough to do that.
Don't we all know all of this already? Does it matter if it comes from madame Mugabe from Liberia or from Ms. Jamison from E-Bay or from USBank customer service? They are ALL scams if they're asking you for information. I'd like to see these low-life's shot in the balls, too. Try to find them to do that...it's not so easy.
Just be smart, already. Don't give your information up until you KNOW you have the right person on the other end of the line. That's as easy as 1)never doing it over the internet and 2) being sure you made the phone call to a number you know is legitimate.
Call them back if you need to.0 -
It's a scam!!![:0] 0 -
I try to get as many people as possible to steal my identity.
Should I feel bad that no one wants it??
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quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
I try to get as many people as possible to steal my identity.
Should I feel bad that no one wants it??
D.
Sorry Doug, but yes, you should feel bad about that.
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I get 'em all the time, too.
Reason I know they're scams is I don't have accounts with them.0 -
I have got emails supposedly from US bank (they are a real bank right), problem is I don't have an account with US bank, I wouldn't touch the link if I were you. 0 -
I've gotten a couple from Pepsi-Co in the UK telling me I'm their grand prize winner in their giveaway. At least they look really official with the Pepsi logo and all. 0 -
how did you get the white-out on the screen?! 0 -
If it were me, I'd contact US Bancorp and inform them of what's going on. US Bancorp is one of the nation's largest banks (which is probably why they were chosen), and they'll gleefully go after whoever is doing this.
I'm sure you could find a Contact Us link on their website.0 -
Here's the one I got this morning. 0 -
We are too busy creating and making new laws to bother with enforcing the laws we already have.
Our lawmakers will want to outlaw private bank and checking accounts before they try to prosecute the criminal.0 -
quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
how did you get the white-out on the screen?!
Microsoft paint.0 -
According to www.Conspiracies_R_Us.com, it is Conspiracy # 2614F. The plot by the RNC, the Trilateral Commission, George the Elder, and Taco BellT to tie up communication to the Patriots guarding the Mexican and Canadian border.
The major financing for the operation is hidden inside the Yo Quiro Taco Bell dog dolls coming from China via a French exporting company in Quebec. [;)]
If only people would open their eyes![:p]0 -
usually they do have somewhere to send it, they'll ask you to forward it to
s p o o f [at] usbank dot com
for example. call them up, tell them what you got, and ask them where to send it to. that's what they'd want you to do.0 -
quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
usually they do have somewhere to send it, they'll ask you to forward it to
s p o o f [at] usbank dot com
for example. call them up, tell them what you got, and ask them where to send it to. that's what they'd want you to do.
Yeah, but ...
It would just be one more on the stack that they get thousands of each day. If it were some jerk using a homemade credit card the Secret Service would be all over him. I'm wondering why nobody, Secret Service, FBI, or some other agency, or the banks themselves seem to give a $#!+.
Not to mention it slows me down getting to the eMail that tells me how I can make my pee pee bigger for 99?.
quote:Originally posted by gearheaddad
We are too busy creating and making new laws to bother with enforcing the laws we already have.
Our lawmakers will want to outlaw private bank and checking accounts before they try to prosecute the criminal.
Amen !0 -
quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
I try to get as many people as possible to steal my identity.
Should I feel bad that no one wants it??
D.
I might take it if you pay me enough...[}:)]
You have to wonder about people who respond to requests for information regarding their account from banks they have never heard of. Seems like kind of a no brainer to me.
I do not subscribe to the theory that those who fall for con games deserve what they get because they are greedy slugs. Perhaps some are, but many or most are either befuddled elderly folks, or truy desperate people.0 -
He Dog, it's kind of like the old derelict selling pencils on the street. A gentleman on his way to work saw the old man selling pencils. He thought he could help the old guy out, and besides he could use a pencil. He went over and asked him how much he wanted for a pencil. The old guy said "$100,000.00". The gentleman said "You won't sell many pencils at that price". The old guy said "at that price I only need to sell one".
For simplicity, I'll use small numbers. They send out 10,000 eMails. Of that 10,000, maybe 500 actually have an account at that bank. Of the 500, maybe 5 have had a problem of some sort at the bank within the past 30 days. Of that 5, maybe 1 hasn't had his first cup of coffee yet. By the time he gets back from the coffee pot, it's too late. His account is already empty.0 -
Here's what I do with all of these "phishing" emails in Outlook.
1) Click to open the email on the screen so it's readable. Do NOT open up any attachments.
2) Click VIEW in the toolbar, then OPTIONS. I highlight the message's header in the pop-up box and COPY it. Close that pop-up.
3) Click FORWARD and then paste the header into the very beginning of the email. This is what gives needed information to track where the message is originating from.
4) SEND the message to the security department of my ISP
Been doing it for years.0 -
didn't nunn mention something about software he uses that makes your email appear like a bad email address whne someone sends spam? (like error 404, email not found) I think he said something about that a while ago... that sounds useful. 0 -
ALL genuine statements DO NOT, have a link to....... whatever.
also any mail to you anyone else, look closely at the print on the mail...does it look fuzzy, pasted, copied [;)]
There's nowt for free !! even innocent looking mail can slowly, scam you out of your details ,step by step.[:0]..be careful James..
regards [:)]0 -
Always look for the broken english ie. "U.S. Bank Protection Department requests you to start the client details confirmation procedure". 0 -
Actually the fact that it even has a link is a dead giveaway that it's a phony. But there are still people who don't know that, or don't think. 0
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