some fairly sophisticated scams around --beware

I have had quite a few quite good attempts to lure me into a scam. The latest one was about a tollway fee payment needing urgent payment.I have not been on a tollway for over 6 months.Another one is from Banks which I don,t use..If in doubt don,t respond

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/05/australians-warned-of-dodgy-christmas-deals-as-2bn-worth-of-scams-expected-to-double

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  • if you've clicked on this blog, it means you've already been scammed 😁

    • That brain of yourself scams you every day chief

      • The brain is a very powerful weapon 

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      • nice one Brad. You have to be selective about where you source your brain food.

  • This is what happens when you have a million ad companies,  spam mail and don't delete the bullshit or stop coming on the site. 

  • Let me tell you how I got scammed on the weekend at the shops.
    Two very good-looking 20-21 year-old girls of eastern European origin came over to my car as i was packing my shopping into the boot. Then they both started cleaning my windscreen, their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T- shirts. I thanked them and offered them a tip, they said 'No' and instead they asked for a lift to another supermarket. I agreed and they both get in the back seat.

    On the way there, they started undressing, until both are completely naked. Then I pulled over to complain because I am married and didn’t want to get in trouble with the wife. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and starts crawling all over my lap, kissing me, touching me intimately and thrusting herself against me while the other one steals your wallet!
    This happened to me on Friday, Saturday and twice yesterday. I plan to meet up with them again today
    So please warn other men you know to be on the lookout for this scam.

  • I have Norton security protection on my laptop. You would think they are in the business of protecting you. My renewal is due soon and they have been harassing me for months to try a sign me up for so many add-on protections and use of other services. I get these offers coming at me 4 or 5 times a day. They also deceptively get your payment details and automatically sign you up for renewals at a higher price than what is available through other cheaper ways of engaging the same services.

    Lots of ways respectable companies are doing things these days designed to hook you into their business financial web which borders on scamming practices.

    • Tad I also use Norton, and hate their marketing tactics. They try to lure you in to auto-renewal of the product, which is literally twice the price you can pay at Officeworks or Harvey Norman. They are simply preying on consumer apathy.

  • The scammers are definitely getting better.  Can't remember which company may have been PayPal.  The email linked to a website to log in that looked exactly the same but web address didn't match.  Even the links on the website worked but it was a scam page made to obtain people's PayPal login.

    Only way to avoid it is always get out of email and open websites through the Http: website address.

     

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