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As You probably know i sell a few things on ebay a few weeks ago i got a very official letter from Pay pall saying my account had been compromised [ it looked a standard paypall spread sheet] The only thing different was they spelt account akount they wanted me to login and reconfirm my password ect
I emailed paypall and they said that scam has been around for a while
thats not all i decided to advertise our caravan on trading post i have got 2 sms saying they wanted to buy it they wanted to pay paypall also they wanted to send me money to send via western union to the carrier they were going to send me the same kind of paypal letter to say the money was there and quote when you get the paypal information send the money to the carrier with the pickup address
Bloody scammers i emailed back and said i have handed the paper work over to federal police guess what haven't herd a thing since

I recently advertised my Motor bike on gumtree and got an sms from "Summy" in Malaysia saying he wanted to buy my bike immediately , sight unseen and the asking price ($17500) was fine.

He would organise a shipping agent to pick up the bike no problem . He really needed the bike urgently and would like to conclude the transaction asap.

Unfortunately he works offshore and would not be able to get to his bank to send me a wire transfer so we would have to use Paypal . All I had to do was click on the "Paypal" link he sent me and it would all be done ............. Yeh right

Anyway I emailed him back saying that I had no knowledge of Paypal but guess what , great news Summy , my company is sending me to Malaysia on business so we could meet up and conclude our transaction in person

Guess what , Summy did not get back to me .

You have described in perfect detail

When you log in to Craigslist I think for cars for sale there is a huge warning that says never ever to use Western Union because that is how scammers steal your money. They also say something about never doing wire transfers for the same reason. Their info is pretty helpful. DW got pretty good at recognizing scammers on the Internet, actually talked at length for awhile with a guy in Africa who was initially trying to scam but she recognized the profile picture as one that was commonly used by scammers.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams

Jees have i got dickhead printed on my forehead just got a phone call from microsoft to say my computer is infected with 100 viruses and if i log on to there site they can fix it for $120

My sister got that one Milne and I told her it was a spammer. She rang them back and she said "my brother says you are spammers", he said "yes we are. I am a Muslim and cannot tell a lie, but some people do what we say" and he hung up. LOL

I have had a couple of these calls. Unfortunately for them I work in IT.

He kept telling me that Windows has told them I have a virus.

I told him I dont use Windows and gave him the name of another operating system - all he could do was umm and arr and hang up.

Yeah the buggers are getting cheakier and cheakier all the time, getting pretty hard to tell spam and dodgy emails sometimes ...

I haven't had that call myself, heard of it though.... Reminds me of the Irish computer virus..

The old Sammy in malaysia that works offshore trick ay!, My old man got that one last year trying to sell his car, and a week before that my boss got that trying to sell off his million dollar limo business, old Sammy will try anything ay!

I frequently get calls about "there is a with your credit account", but they never say who they're trying to reach (there are 3 adults in this house), or which credit account they're talking about.

It reminds me of this:

It didn't show the second part of that comic, let me try again:

Just got this e-mail: There is no way I am clicking on the link.




Dear Applicant:

Following an upgrade of our computer systems and review of our records we
have investigated your payments over the last 5 years, our calculations
show you made over payments of 529.43 AUD.

Due to the high volume of refunds you must complete the application form.
Please make sure you complete the form correctly.

Please submit the application form to confirm the refund.


--------------------------------------------------------------

S. M. Roberts
Senior Manager
Australian Taxation Office

yeah right, as if the ATO would contact you to give you some money back