Another NEW Scam

[masterpoonhunter]

We've all, I am sure, been seeing DHL, UPS, FEDEX, etc scamming phishing emails arriving regularly. To the point where I for one have become numb to them. But this afternoon a lady I know called me to ask advice on what she thought looked like a legit request from DHL.

The MOFO Scammers sent an email worded such that "We have a parcel in our distribution center that shows a damaged shipping label. We could read some of the bar code detail enough to verify that the name on the parcel was correct and in our system with your email but could not determine the right address. If this is you and you wish this parcel, pay the $109.90 owing for costs and provide us with your valid address. We will process your payment and deliver the parcel".

The doctored letter head etc was pretty good but the attached jpg with the links pretty much gave it all away.



Lots of red flags in this for us sophisticated scam busters but to the less initiated, this could easily have cost more than the $109 through various fraud schemes.

These fuckers deserve nothing less than many glass shards pushed into their scrotums, one at a fucking time.

 

[white Ninja]

Good thing she reached out to you.
I am told the people who most often fall for this BS are older, naive, less tech savy, retired people on fixed incomes .

of course a lot of the scammers operate from third worls countries, so for them its all survival, and you are just a means to an end.

 

[westwoody]

DHL…any courier really…will have your address in their system already. The bar code, item identifier number and customer name and address are all stored together.

Always look at your address bar if you do click on the link. It should match the address of DHL that you can find on google.

A new scam is “wrong number” texting.
Someone invites you to dinner by mistake, and then engages you in friendly conversation.
They get your name, address, phone, email.
It is far more subtle and dangerous.

 

[Corym]

You can put a man on the moon but they can't figure out a way to stop scam emails!!!

Corym

 

[80watts]

Common sense should prevail. Just think about any package you have sent in the past. You have to pay to ship the parcel. Why would any company ship a parcel, without getting paid first, ship it and try to collect money at the end (to who the package was sent).
Another thing is the tracking number.
Another thing is the address is always printed in plain sight to on the shipping label. How is the delivery guy going to read a bar code. Keep it simple.... Machines break down, and you need the antique way; write the address on the box.
For any box I send, I write the address (in perma marker) on at least 3 sides of the box.

Also telephone scams....I don't know the number or name, I delete it.

 

[Corym]

Common sense should prevail. Just think about any package you have sent in the past. You have to pay to ship the parcel. Why would any company ship a parcel, without getting paid first, ship it and try to collect money at the end (to who the package was sent).
Another thing is the tracking number.
Another thing is the address is always printed in plain sight to on the shipping label. How is the delivery guy going to read a bar code. Keep it simple.... Machines break down, and you need the antique way; write the address on the box.
For any box I send, I write the address (in perma marker) on at least 3 sides of the box.

Also telephone scams....I don't know the number or name, I delete it.

Yup I got a scam email pretending to be Canada Post, checking the tracking no. on the real Canada Post site it doesn't exist, so I put it in my spam folder.

Cory

 

[Forum mod]

I am getting many of these each day, and the stupid email filters don't seem to be picking them up. I report every one as phishing and block the sender, but they keep coming.

 

[RedDragon64]

LOL, I just went through my SPAM folder to do a cleanup (I sometimes get correct mails in my spam), and came across this...

 

[masterpoonhunter]

At least one of the scam texts a day.
"Hey"
"Hi Rob, its Julie, just wanted to say Hi!"
and so on and on and on.
Need to come up with a fake text number that I can send some pix of various shit back to this scum.

 

[80watts]

Local cop shop. Or local tv news....

 

[westwoody]

At least one of the scam texts a day.
"Hey"
"Hi Rob, its Julie, just wanted to say Hi!"
and so on and on and on.
Need to come up with a fake text number that I can send some pix of various shit back to this scum.

Be VERY careful with those harmless looking texts!
They try to engage you and gather data to use for identity theft. Many people volunteer all kinds of personal information, emails, names, phone numbers and such.

 

[masterpoonhunter]

Be VERY careful with those harmless looking texts!
They try to engage you and gather data to use for identity theft. Many people volunteer all kinds of personal information, emails, names, phone numbers and such.

Agreed and understanding a bit of how 2FA can work, if these MOFOs can tag your cell# to your email address they are a long way towards identity theft!
Have said it before but glass shards shoved into these fuckers scrotums is just a start to the kinds of things this scum deserves.

 

[Kissmepassionately]

The most common one I get is, this is Revenue Canada and you owe us money. Pay up immediately or we will send the police to arrest you.
Last one of those calls was about a week ago, and my reply was simple. " Well you fucking idiot, I'll be home in about 2 hours, and then staying home the rest of the day, so send the police out to come get me you piece of shit ".
He didn't know what to say next, so hung up.

 

[westwoody]

Agreed and understanding a bit of how 2FA can work, if these MOFOs can tag your cell# to your email address they are a long way towards identity theft!

Got a few like that: “Hey I sent you a money transfer”.
Then they ask for your email to make sure it went to the right address.
Bingo now they have a name, phone number, and email, and maybe your bank account.

 

[grusse]

The most common one I get is, this is Revenue Canada and you owe us money. Pay up immediately or we will send the police to arrest you.
Last one of those calls was about a week ago, and my reply was simple. " Well you fucking idiot, I'll be home in about 2 hours, and then staying home the rest of the day, so send the police out to come get me you piece of shit ".
He didn't know what to say next, so hung up.

I got a similar call from "Revenue Canada" threatening dire consequences,etc.
I asked, "How is the weather in delhi?" click,lol.

 

[rlock]

Never follow any link or call any number that "they" provide - never ever.

Any legitimate courier company, or bank, or other company or government agency has publicly-accessible numbers and websites, so if you still feel the need to check if an unsolicited notification is real, you look up that legit contact info and contact the company / agency that way, on your own initiative. If it has a physical location (a courier office, a bank branch), you can even go in person to those if needed. If you contact those legit companies or agencies via your own research and initiative, you'll soon find out they almost never reach out to people out of the blue, and probably already know about the scam that someone is trying to pull on you.

Do not ever treat unsolicited phone numbers or web links as if they lead to the real thing. That unsolicited text, email, or phone call is the gateway into the trap the scammers set for you.
Never follow any link or call any number that they provide - never ever.

 

[rlock]

I got a similar call from "Revenue Canada" threatening dire consequences,etc.
I asked, "How is the weather in delhi?" click,lol.

I too love to tell them off, but at the same time, just answering them at all means they list you as someone who actually responded (at all). I doubt any of the assholes who work at these scam call-centers give a damn what anyone thinks of them - if they did at all, how could they do that work ?

 

[Wakeup]

Just checked my junk folder, 237 in a few days, brutal