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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #75 on: May 28, 2014, 08:49:08 PM »

Quote from: lino6 on May 28, 2014, 08:35:51 PM
What colour is his rig again??
last time I saw it - white smoke!
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #76 on: May 28, 2014, 08:54:30 PM »
Quote from: scarps on May 28, 2014, 08:49:08 PM
last time I saw it - white smoke!

Might ring the radio station then!
Quote from: staghornflat on May 28, 2014, 04:27:40 PM
Had the same thing in bunnings car park in Wodonga last week. They were trying to sell "home theatre system" to anyone that would listen.

A few of the boys at work said they had heard they were about too. They better not have been shopping at Bunnings though!
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #77 on: June 04, 2014, 08:28:24 PM »
On the ABC, must be true
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #78 on: June 04, 2014, 10:04:45 PM »
Quote from: scarps on June 04, 2014, 08:28:24 PM
On the ABC, must be true
Received a few calls for this say I've won $100 voucher for a recent flight and asked to press 1 to continue. No recent flights so hung up
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #79 on: October 08, 2014, 01:53:51 PM »
This one just hit my inbox. It's from God so it must be true!!!!!
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #80 on: October 08, 2014, 02:02:55 PM »
I don't know what exactly the scam is but the wife got a call yesterday with a lady with a sub continent accent asking about being involved in a car accident. She hung up on her but the wife did say to me she had heard of this scam happening to others....
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #81 on: October 08, 2014, 03:05:25 PM »
Quote from: MDS69 on October 08, 2014, 02:02:55 PM
I don't know what exactly the scam is but the wife got a call yesterday with a lady with a sub continent accent asking about being involved in a car accident. She hung up on her but the wife did say to me she had heard of this scam happening to others....
cant figure this one out... what would they say next even if you said yes....
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #82 on: October 08, 2014, 08:23:05 PM »
The wife got a SMS the other day about a car crash, gave a lot of detailed info about insurance claim numbers etc etc. Told us to make contact so we could pay the premium.
Funny thing is,we're on a beach when the prang apparently happened, so we deleted it
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #83 on: July 03, 2016, 10:14:49 AM »
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #84 on: July 03, 2016, 01:58:57 PM »
Quote from: D4D on July 03, 2016, 10:14:49 AM
One down, 10 million scammers to go...
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #85 on: July 03, 2016, 04:19:24 PM »
Surely the latest scam is the "Medicare" text sent out yesterday which apparently came from the QLD Labor party.  Now we face another 3 years of di%$head independents controlling the country.
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #86 on: July 05, 2016, 01:56:22 PM »
Got an add going for the old mans car on gumtree.
Of-course the 1st contact is a scammer.
Now that I got the email address for the idiot, how can I sign them up for a heap of offensive rubbish, any clues?
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #87 on: July 05, 2016, 02:27:28 PM »
Quote from: DaveR on July 05, 2016, 01:56:22 PM
Got an add going for the old mans car on gumtree.
Of-course the 1st contact is a scammer.
Now that I got the email address for the idiot, how can I sign them up for a heap of offensive rubbish, any clues?

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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #88 on: October 15, 2016, 05:57:20 AM »
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #89 on: May 25, 2017, 02:25:30 PM »
Hmm, should I reply?
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #90 on: May 25, 2017, 04:35:20 PM »
Powerball Numbers June 22nd 2013 Powerball› Numbers› June 22nd 2013
Displayed below are the results for the Powerball draw took place on Saturday June 22nd 2013 at 10.59pm EST and the numbers drawn were:

Draw Date: 06/22/2013
13   19   23   33   57   28   1

Prize Breakdown
Prize:                             Per Winner Amount   Winners   Prize Fund Amount
Match 5 plus Powerball:      $131,500,000               1           $131,500,000
The winning ticket was bought in Pennsylvania by Patricia Chandler. She collected a cash payout of $77,412,904.79.

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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #91 on: May 25, 2017, 04:49:08 PM »
Quote from: crappsy on May 25, 2017, 04:35:20 PM
Powerball Numbers June 22nd 2013 Powerball› Numbers› June 22nd 2013
Displayed below are the results for the Powerball draw took place on Saturday June 22nd 2013 at 10.59pm EST and the numbers drawn were:

Draw Date: 06/22/2013
13   19   23   33   57   28   1

Prize Breakdown
Prize:                             Per Winner Amount   Winners   Prize Fund Amount
Match 5 plus Powerball:      $131,500,000               1           $131,500,000
The winning ticket was bought in Pennsylvania by Patricia Chandler. She collected a cash payout of $77,412,904.79.

Just sayin
feel free to reply, but in the words of Dirty Harry, "are ya feeling lucky, well are ya?" 😂😂😂
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #92 on: May 25, 2017, 10:23:24 PM »
M favourite scam was from years (13) ago where they managed to nicely scam the scammer.
After they figured out a scammer was wanting to "buy" his computer he decided to agree to the sale, except instead of sending the actual computer they sent a folder with some old computer keys stuck to it, the forum he was on that got involved all chipped in a few $$$ for the shipping but then they put the full value of the real computer on the box, the scammer then had to pay about $600AUD in import duties to get it. And through the wonder of the internet, there were people on the other side of the world who were also on the forum who managed to be there when he picked it up and opened it.

Here is the original forum topic in all it's 80 pages of glory, was a worthwhile read from memory

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1016390&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 

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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #93 on: May 26, 2017, 10:06:53 AM »
I got this on Wed. The funny thing is that on Mon I got a message that my Apple account had been used, in Russia.
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #94 on: May 26, 2017, 10:12:15 AM »
Found it. I changed my email address. Can't be too careful on here ,ay! ;D
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #95 on: May 30, 2017, 01:47:52 PM »
A work colleague recently listed a car on gumtree and must have displayed the number plates in the photos. He had a visit from the police the other day inquiring if his car had been involved in fuel stealing drive offs  and numerous traffic offences in Brisbane (1000 km away).
It seems people are now printing labels from details found on the net that have matching cars and sticking them onto the number plates of said cars so make sure you block out any rego details when posting photos of vehicles.
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« Reply #96 on: May 30, 2017, 03:59:59 PM »
Quote from: JRABS on May 30, 2017, 01:47:52 PM
A work colleague recently listed a car on gumtree and must have displayed the number plates in the photos. He had a visit from the police the other day inquiring if his car had been involved in fuel stealing drive offs  and numerous traffic offences in Brisbane (1000 km away).
It seems people are now printing labels from details found on the net that have matching cars and sticking them onto the number plates of said cars so make sure you block out any rego details when posting photos of vehicles.

Jeez there always at it aren't they? Be tough cause most car sales sites want your rego number don't they?
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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #97 on: May 30, 2017, 04:09:17 PM »
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Jeez there always at it aren't they? Be tough cause most car sales sites want your rego number don't they?
I thought by law you needed VIN and Rego in an ad?
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« Reply #98 on: May 30, 2017, 05:37:53 PM »
Well its been good while it lasted but the ATO has finally caught up with me for serious tax avoidance and tax evasion ..........or so it seems.
I found a message on my answerphone from a James Anderson of the ATO  today offering me the opportunity to call them back before they escalated it to the Commonwealth Court or issued a warrant for my arrest but whatever I do I must not disregard this warning.
He even left a number  - 02 88800263.

How does this one work ... are they trying to get personal details or remote access to my PC or what ???

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Re: The Daily Scam Thread
« Reply #99 on: May 30, 2017, 05:53:58 PM »
Hi,
 Probably get you to send  money to Western Union or similar.
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