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I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« on: December 07, 2016, 10:14:04 AM »
Hello All,
This came by way of email am today!
Given
1, the  low value quoted
2, I don't remember anything occurring on the date quoted
3, The senders name & email address

I'm guessing they ( Scammers ) are onto the new system which now allows the emailing/txting of infringement notices?

Your thoughts??

Thanks in advance

Edit- I better add the photo hey :)


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« Last Edit: December 07, 2016, 10:16:03 AM by jwb »
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2016, 10:23:50 AM »
Def a scam........heard about this one even on the radio this week.


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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2016, 10:26:35 AM »
Hi,
   That .zip file could be loaded with nasties you will not want.

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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2016, 10:26:53 AM »
Not so much a scam, more just a virus.
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!

Our genius OH&S guy at work opened the attachment on the fake AFP speeding fine that was going around a while ago.
For starters the AFP don't issue speeding fines.... But anyway, he's clicked the attachment to see the photo evidence while on his work PC.
The virus that he downloaded followed his clicks as he opened folders on our main server and locked them behind him. Within minutes half of our server was being held to ransom.

Luckily we have multiple backups of our server, including a copy in our head office in Switzerland. We were able to completely wipe our local sever and restore it back to the end of the previous day using our overseas backup.
From memory (and I could be wrong) to unlock the data they wanted something like US$10,000 per folder that had been infected. Our corporate lawyers (a huge law firm in Sydney) told us that they have had other companies that they represent who had no choice but to pay the ransom to get their files unlocked.

Most people at home would not have been so lucky and I guess would have lost everything.

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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2016, 10:33:15 AM »
OK, I didn't click the link so I think I dodged a bullet there!
Thanks Gents!
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2016, 10:51:16 AM »
6 people at work got it today... only thing that stopped them opening it was the incorrect state of the infringement...
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2016, 11:02:28 AM »
I received an Email from President Assad from Syria this morning. Nice to see he has the time for a chat, him being so busy and all.....

Really can't see how the people who sent it thought that I would believe it.... ???
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2016, 11:18:51 AM »
I received an Email from President Assad from Syria this morning. Nice to see he has the time for a chat, him being so busy and all.....

Really can't see how the people who sent it thought that I would believe it.... ???

You would be surprised how many people get caught up in these scams!! At least once a month A Current Affairs does a piece on this!

I'm surprised as well!
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2016, 11:20:23 AM »
i keep getting overdue notices for bills from some electricity company
that i have never had an account with
received two last week for different amounts (seems the scammers forget who they're trying to scam) 
and a few others over the last couple of months
i near paid the first one not thinking, but realised soon enough that i had only just paid my actual bill the week before.

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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2016, 11:43:56 AM »
Also had one land this morning offering me a job as the Australian rep for an international logistics company  8)

Best bit about it was the pay on offer:

Your salary:

1. 4300$ per month if you work on a full-time basis.

2. Up to 7800$ monthly if you prefer the part-time option


First time I've ever seen a job that pays ~twice as much for part-time!  :D

I won't be proceeding with the offer at this stage, but if anyone is interested, please let me know & I'll forward you the e-mail  :D Unfortunately though, I've also got to mention that the popular opinion of these offers is that they involve money-laundering for international drug rings :'(
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2016, 11:44:47 AM »
Queensland Police now issue electronic Traffic Infringement Notice (TIN):

“It is important to stress that this in an opt-in system. You will only receive a TIN by email or MMS if you have spoken to an officer and volunteered to receive it this way."

http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/blog/2016/10/20/police-deliver-electronic-traffic-infringement-notices/

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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2016, 11:45:51 AM »
Definitely a scam, none  of our governments would let us off with a fine that small

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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2016, 11:46:49 AM »
Another scam   Australia post for a parcel to be picked up as you weren't home when they were delivering
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2016, 11:59:12 AM »
We get daily pest emails that mostly go streight to junk, they pretty much all come from the US. But they change the email address every time, so pretty much impossible to block them completly.
Today I've been invited to become part of the "Nespresso Test Panel", how exciting!!!

But the best one by far was this one that I received a few months back;

Hi Peter,

This is Nicole Miller from Marketing Vibez Technologies. We have been compiling customized database for our clients since 2011. Though, the contacts we are offering are compiled within the last 2 years and has been verified for its validity on regular intervals (every 90 days).

We have segregated our global database by country and the Australian Database of 500,000 contacts is offered at a flat price of USD 1,000. Should you be willing to procure contacts of any other Countries as well (USA, UK, Singapore etc.) I would be happy to update you on the size of the database along with the cost.

All the contacts in our list have direct email addresses (No generic emails). The list consists of contacts from vertical Industrial segments and various job titles.

Please have a glance at the sample records that I have attached along for you to review.

Reach out to me if you have any questions.

Have a great day ahead!

Nicole Miller | Online Marketing Executive
Marketing Vibez
Phone: 201-855-6919
Database Reach: Singapore, USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, South Africa, ASIA Pacific etc.
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She actually sent me an email to tell me that she had my email address and was selling it to the spammers for US$1,000 a pop.....
Needless to say that nicole.miller@prospects-database.com now gets signed up for every promotion or dodgy entry form that needs an email address.

I'm sure she'd like emails from all of you're marketing friends too...  ;) >:D >:D

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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2016, 06:17:25 PM »
i get 1 a day of some type of scam to my work email. all zip files. delete every one without looking.
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2016, 07:13:16 PM »
Govco can trace virtually anything, why cant the track these parasites and send a nice little drone to pay them a visit.

Do it a few times and Ill bet the scammers dry up.

I hate these animals with a vengeance and would willingly give them a telephone pole enema.

When it comes to phone scammers, I can usually get half a dozen obscene words out before they hang up.


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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2016, 08:04:58 AM »
Queensland Police now issue electronic Traffic Infringement Notice (TIN):

“It is important to stress that this in an opt-in system. You will only receive a TIN by email or MMS if you have spoken to an officer and volunteered to receive it this way."

http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/blog/2016/10/20/police-deliver-electronic-traffic-infringement-notices/

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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2016, 08:39:03 AM »
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Govco can trace virtually anything, why cant the track these parasites and send a nice little drone to pay them a visit.

because most of the scammers are in countries that don't give a **** about Australians..
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Re: I'm guessing this email notice is a scam?
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2016, 11:59:58 AM »
because most of the scammers are in countries that don't give a **** about Australians..

So they're local?
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