Tag: scams
Best of Junk Mail, September 2016
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Getcha spool macs here!
I have no idea what a spool mac is. Well, I do now, by the miracle of Google. They’re a big cable reel thing. A spool, if you will. However, like Bar Gratings, I’m clearly the place to get some spool macs from. Or so the email I got this morning suggests: From: glen johnson Date: 11 November 2011 07:12 Subject: order Hello, Am Mr Glen Johnson and i will like to order spool macs from your company,can i have …
Reeling in a scammer Pt 2: Fish On!
I got an email back today: Hello, I will like you to send me the list of GAME CONSOLES you have available and their prices,so i can choose the one that is most suitable for me. Regards So I sent this in return: Dear Mr Henry Here is a list of the GAME CONSOLES in our stocks. All prices are priced in US DOLLERS. NEW NINTENDO WII WHITE $200 NINTENDO WII BLACK $220 ZII CONSOLE $100 ITEK $60 SEGA XBOX …
Reeling in a scammer
This never works, but it’s always worth a go to see how far things progress. Earlier this week, I got the following email: Hi Sales, Am Mr Henry Romans. I want to place an order from you. I know the difficulties encountered when shipping internationally, But that will not be a problem because i am registered with a shipping company whom i have used severally without any delay nor problems with my goods. Before i place these order, i want …
Selling Bar Gratings
I got a very strange email yesterday: From: clement boot Date: 8 March 2010 12:15 Subject: Order Dear Customer Service My name is Rev Clement Boot with the Boot’s & Company Inc and i am sending this email to your business as per regards to the order for some ((Bar Grating)) . I will want you to send me an email response back with the types of ((Bar Grating))that you carry as well as their prices that you carry in …
Best Nigerian scam email in ages
What I like about this, is that not only do I get an huge cash sum, but I bag myself a gen-you-wine Nigerian woman into the bargain! See also the amazing nonsense about my file (marked X!) and the released disk (painted RED!). From: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć janejames08@gmail.com Subject: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Jame J Date: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć 5 June 2009 14:20:52 BST To: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Undisclosed recipients: ; Reply-To: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć janejames01@hotmail.co.uk I am Miss Jane James.. a computer scientist with central bank of Nigeria. I am …
Domain name renewal scam
I got another one of those read-it-or-fall-for-it domain name expiry scam at work emails today. Like the last one, it relies on you panicking when you read it and think your company’s domain name is due to expire – today – and you hurriedly send off your pennies to this company in order to keep your site running. Of course, that isn’t what’s happening. This company are actually selling you a search engine submission subscription. Something which is pretty useless …
The Prize Registry
Two almost identical scams in two days! Actual, in one day, as this arrived in my home post yesterday. Bundled in with the latest catalogue for The Book People, was this flyer: As with yesterday’s scam du jour, I was told I’d won an amazing prize! Of course, in order to claim the prize, I’d have to ring 09061 562911, paying ¬¨¬£9.30 for the phone call. Then, I’d no doubt win “an MP3 Player”, probably of the sort eBuyer sell …
The Loyalty Awards Club
This appeared in my pigeonhole at work today. I’m assuming it was put there because it mentions computers, and therefore is obviously my responsibility. Anyway, as is always the way with these things, it’s a scam. The company, TLAC Ltd, at Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London EC1V 2NX (address included for the benefit of Googlers) appears to offer “thankyou prizes and awards”, not unlike Survey UK. As before, I hunted around on the internet, and found this message on …
More scamming phone callers
Aside from blasting off and nuking them from orbit, is there any way of stopping these people from calling me?¬¨‚Ć I’m set up with the Telephone Preference Service, but I still get people ringing. Usually, no one is on the line when I pick up (or I don’t pick up at all), but they shouldn’t be calling at all. Today’s offender is 01563 556366, which (according to other posters at WhoCallsMe?) is yet another company pretending to be T-Mobile.
Another phoney phone call
Thankfully, I was busy and didn’t notice my always-on-silent mobile buzzing like a bee. Today’s assailant was 0845 4122700, and once again, here’s the WhoCallsMe? link.
Please stop calling now, thanks
I got yet another call from one of those scamming companies trying to sell me a mobile phone contract. Would you all just leave me alone now? I’ve no interest in taking out a contract with any company who feels the need to ring me at 3am or 11pm. Or any time, in fact. This post was brought to you by the number 01254 277069, and the letters F and U. Oh, and here’s the Who Calls Me? page for …
01254 277054
Yeah, it’s another one of those numbers again. Got a call in the wee hours this morning, but didn’t answer. From the look of Who Calls Me, it’s another (or possibly the same) scamming company trying to swindle me by selling me a phone contract. 01254277054 – who calls me?
Survey UK scam
In the week, i got a letter in the post from “Survey UK”, telling me I’d been allocated a gift – one of just 49. It then said to ring 01242 695001 to claim. Naturally, I immediately thought it was a scam, and used Mr Internet to find out more. I was right to be suspicious. It turns out the company (Matters Consulting Ltd, Victoria House, 1 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham) has been in legal trouble before, when they were called …