Internet Scams

[jimharri]

I agree, and I'd be the same, but it was the fact they knew what the ordered items were that threw her.

Probably hacked into the selling company's server, and got details of transactions, phone numbers etc. You've got to be on your guard 24/7. Trust no one. It's sad, but that's the way it is.

 

[mackenzie]

Probably hacked into the selling company's server, and got details of transactions, phone numbers etc. You've got to be on your guard 24/7. Trust no one. It's sad, but that's the way it is.

Scummy clever gits, that's for sure

 

[Elbow beards]

I think the question is....how did they know what she had ordered? The company, regardless of what you suspect with the actual product, is "reputable"

If she got an email receipt, they may have hacked her email address and read the receipt. Was one on telly last week, he was buying a house got an email from what he thought was his solicitors telling him to transfer 30k to their account. They had all the details of the solicitor and all the details of the sale so he just thought was legit. Fraud squad said he must have been hacked and they were reading his emails. Scary.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

She is a lady of 63, who still works, and is just trying to "carry on."
I get what you are saying but it wasn't expensive (until the bank clear out anyway) and just thought it was worth a try.

She should probably limit her interactions online for a while if she is falling for these sorts of scams. Particularly as the cunts that do it will often try again or sell details onto to other criminals.

Anyone else get those dropshipping scams on Facebook, always about an engineer going against the big boys in the industry and saving you huge amounts on a camera, drone, heater, etc that's always a generic piece of crap?

Not sure why YouTube are legally allowed to take the cash from obvious scam adverts.

 

[mackenzie]

If she got an email receipt, they may have hacked her email address and read the receipt. Was one on telly last week, he was buying a house got an email from what he thought was his solicitors telling him to transfer 30k to their account. They had all the details of the solicitor and all the details of the sale so he just thought was legit. Fraud squad said he must have been hacked and they were reading his emails. Scary.

Definitely. Thanks for the feedback

 

[Tuearts right boot]

We were victims about 15yrs ago. We rented out a farm in Spain via a large internation booking agent....I knew faily precisely how many views and enquiries we needed to equate to a single booking. One day I was looking at the figures and something wasn't right and a few days later I got a phonecall from a client that had booked asking for confirmation......we didn't have the booking. I called the agent and explained. True enough both their email account and ours had been hacked, they contacted the clients, explained and refunded the money. The problem was not only the money but we could possibly have had multiple clients all turning up at the same time expecting a 2 week break in the sun.
We also used to get requests from wedding planners, porn film makers and priests.......all willing to pay over the odds and requesting the excess be paid to a car rental Co. that we found out didn't excist. I went along with one just to see how it operated and it was basically down to pressure phonecalls from them forcing us to pay from monies that didn't actually excist. Crafty bastards.....

 

[J.G.Blue.]

We were victims about 15yrs ago. We rented out a farm in Spain via a large internation booking agent....I knew faily precisely how many views and enquiries we needed to equate to a single booking. One day I was looking at the figures and something wasn't right and a few days later I got a phonecall from a client that had booked asking for confirmation......we didn't have the booking. I called the agent and explained. True enough both their email account and ours had been hacked, they contacted the clients, explained and refunded the money. The problem was not only the money but we could possibly have had multiple clients all turning up at the same time expecting a 2 week break in the sun.
We also used to get requests from wedding planners, porn film makers and priests.......all willing to pay over the odds and requesting the excess be paid to a car rental Co. that we found out didn't excist. I went along with one just to see how it operated and it was basically down to pressure phonecalls from them forcing us to pay from monies that didn't actually excist. Crafty bastards.....

Yes but did you go and watch the porn film being made?

 

[MMA]

Yes but did you go and watch the porn film being made?

He was in it...
;-)

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Anyone buying off ads on social media is asking to be defrauded.

 

[Metal Biker]

Another tip; if you ever get one of these scam emails and you're unsure, NEVER click the link in the email. Always copy the address and paste it or check it with a legit email checker.