Please beware of an email scam that is doing the rounds again, and that may come in two different forms. A client of iTandCoffee received one of these only this week. In both types of scam, the email says that you have missed delivery of a parcel or letter, and that you need to pick it up from the Post Office. It may look like an official Australia Post (or other major courier) email, but its is almost definitely not! It may even have your name and address in it. Do not be fooled. If you think there might be a parcel waiting for you call or visit the Post Office nearest you to check. DO NOT click on any attachment in this email. DO NOT click on any link in the email. What would happen if you do either of the above? In one of the scams, clicking on the link or the attachment may install something called 'ransomware', which will lock up your computer until you pay some money - sometimes a significant amount of money! I have included an article below that describes this type of malicious software in more detail. In the other scam, you will be asked to pay some money to print off a docket to take to the Post Office. The price they will ask for is not much - but their aim is to steal your the credit card details that you enter. Contact iTandCoffee (1300 884 420 and enquiry@itandcoffee.com.au) if you have any queries on the above, or if you get any emails that you are unsure about. I am only too happy to look at the email and advise whether it is safe. If you are interested in reading more, here are links with further information about these scams.
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She responded to that text, then received the following email. But she was suspicious about several things - not the least of which was the offer to pay more than the listed price, and the insistent requests around using PayPal.
You guessed it! Another scam. When I looked into this one on behalf of my friend (mainly to understand what they scammers were going to try to do!), I found another person who described online what would have happened had my friend continued the selling process with the scammer. She would have a received an email like that below.
So, their scam is to tell you that they are transferring you some extra money so that you can pay some other fee on their behalf. You will get a fake email from them that looks like a PayPal email, 'confirming' the payment'. And you will then be asked to pay that extra amount to a nominated account, out of your own funds.
Once again, beware online! For more details about this particular scam, refer to the following links. http://theconversation.com/the-gumtree-paypal-scam-spotting-internet-scammers-is-harder-than-you-think-11553 https://help.gumtree.com.au/knowledgebase.php?article=201 11/3/2014 0 Comments A scam email from 'Apple'This one just arrived in my inbox! At first glance, it might look very like an email you receive from Apple. Don't be fooled! You can see that the email address that it comes from is certainly not legitimate. And Apple would always use your name in the email. Apple would also refer to themselves with a capital A and would certainly make sure their sentences make sense! Once again, don't click on links in emails like this one. |
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