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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #75 - Jan 15^th, 2022 at 11:11am

I've been getting this one lately ....

"YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MCAFEE HAS EXPIRED!"

"After the expiry date has passed your devices will become vulnerable for Hackers.

Referentie code 47126US
Name (......)
date expires Tue,22 Dec-2021
account-ID (......)

Keep your Devices Safe NOW >>
Available (-60%) Renewal Discount Today : 4 min 19 sec

Renew your subscription by clicking the button bellow.

RENEW NOW"

I deleted the name and account ID. The name was part of my email address, and the account ID would have been made up because I don't have Mcafee.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Scamwatch Reply #76 - Jan 21^st, 2022 at 6:22am Yesterday I got: You can track your orders and a nice link to click on. I deleted the text message. Obviously, it was trying to use people ordering more stuff from Amazon etc.
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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #77 - Jan 21^st, 2022 at 10:22am

Bias_2012 wrote on Jan 15^th, 2022 at 11:11am:

I've been getting this one lately ....

"YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MCAFEE HAS EXPIRED!"

"After the expiry date has passed your devices will become vulnerable for Hackers.

Referentie code 47126US
Name (......)
date expires Tue,22 Dec-2021
account-ID (......)

Keep your Devices Safe NOW >>
Available (-60%) Renewal Discount Today : 4 min 19 sec

Renew your subscription by clicking the button bellow.

RENEW NOW"

I deleted the name and account ID. The name was part of my email address, and the account ID would have been made up because I don't have Mcafee.

could it have been preinstalled in your pc when you bought it?

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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11203 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Scamwatch Reply #78 - Jan 21^st, 2022 at 10:36am The grammar and spelling ("bellow") strongly suggests it is a scam... especially if you don't even have McAfee installed to start with. And, what the heck is a "Referentie code"?
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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #79 - Jan 21^st, 2022 at 11:35am

John Smith wrote on Jan 21^st, 2022 at 10:22am:

could it have been preinstalled in your pc when you bought it?

I bought it new, a Mac, never had Mcafee. When I did have a security software, it was Norton on an old Windows PC

Even without that, there's the mistakes in it that Carl has pointed out

Yesterday on the news a couple sent $1.1 million to a scammer, they thought it was their solicitor who sent the email. They got the money back after the bank froze the funds before it got to the scammer

https://www.9news.com.au/national/online-scams-australia-sydney-family-conned-ou...

Close call

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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #80 - Jan 21^st, 2022 at 12:04pm

Bias_2012 wrote on Jan 21^st, 2022 at 11:35am:

Yesterday on the news a couple sent $1.1 million to a scammer, they thought it was their solicitor who sent the email. They got the money back after the bank froze the funds before it got to the scammer

Most solicitors I've dealt with lately won't accept account details via email. Scammers are intercepting emails to/from lawyers and changing the account details. Especially painful if lawyer is doing conveyancing.

Once they send the money it's gone forever.

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Reply #81 - Jan 21^st, 2022 at 12:06pm

Bias_2012 wrote on Jan 21^st, 2022 at 11:35am:

I bought it new, a Mac, never had Mcafee. When I did have a security software, it was Norton on an old Windows PC

I bought a tablet once that had 3 months free mcafee pre installed. I never used it or activated it as I prefer norton, but once it ran out of it's trial period I kept getting reminders.

Carl is correct though, the spelling and grammer makes this most likely a scam.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Scamwatch Reply #82 - Jan 26^th, 2022 at 10:40am Just got this on my iPhone: ATO: You are suspected in Tax Evasion. Connect your crypotocurrency Wallet to provide transaction history. . . “suspected in” not “suspected of” Nice website address: https://my.gov.au.wallet-security.info/ Obviously fake.
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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #83 - Feb 22^nd, 2022 at 10:03pm

This one I got today

I've only posted the text, but there was an almost convincing "Express Track & Trace" picture, and icons ... no such company as far as I can see, just made up ... and my address certainly doesn't need verifying

"Your delivery has been picked up by us

Your parcel

Barcode Number: HH08767725003

YOUR Package is ready to be shipped

Delivery address verification is needed, this process must be completed within 24 hours

verify your shipping address now"

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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #84 - Apr 7^th, 2022 at 1:26pm

Make of this what you will ... the Russian blurb was in the email also, in faint text. Not sure what this email is all about but the heading is a link that can be clicked on in the email. I think it might be better just to delete the email altogether

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Yuriy and his father hoped to pick up some medicine and food. Yuriy said a Russian soldier stopped him and his father on Tarasivska St. They immediately raised their hands. Yuriy and his father hoped to pick up some medicine and food. Yuriy said a Russian soldier stopped him and his father on Tarasivska St. They immediately raised their hands. Speaking to the BBC by phone alongside his mother, Alla, the 14-year-old gave his account of what happened next. Speaking to the BBC by phone alongside his mother, Alla, the 14-year-old gave his account of what happened next. At that point, the teenager said, the soldier shot him in his left hand and he fell too. While he was on the ground, he said, he was shot again, this time in the arm. At that point, the teenager said, the soldier shot him in his left hand and he fell too. While he was on the ground, he said, he was shot again, this time in the arm. Yuriy said the soldier shot again, this time at his father's head. But Ruslan was already dead.

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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #85 - May 2^nd, 2022 at 5:51pm

I made an order for something over a month ago. I was told that the product was getting shipped about 2 weeks ago. Nothing has been dispatched to my knowledge. I have been told that the public holidays have set back packages being sent (as well as the panicdemic bs overloading the mail system). How long after I have been told that I have a package arriving do I have before I can cancel my order as it deemed not sent?

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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #86 - May 2^nd, 2022 at 7:56pm

UnSubRocky wrote on May 2^nd, 2022 at 5:51pm:

I made an order for something over a month ago. I was told that the product was getting shipped about 2 weeks ago. Nothing has been dispatched to my knowledge. I have been told that the public holidays have set back packages being sent (as well as the panicdemic bs overloading the mail system). How long after I have been told that I have a package arriving do I have before I can cancel my order as it deemed not sent?

It should have been assigned a delivery date, for example: "Delivery arrival between !5th April - 1st May"

If your item didn't have an arrival time assigned to it, then work out how long items normally take to get to your place from where ever it was sent. Take action if it's taking longer, and don't hold back. If it all comes to a dead end, you've probably been scammed, but keep working on it

The mail delivery situation is not as bad as we think it is. I'm in the bush and my parcels have been turning up on time with only a few exceptions which weren't all that late

Leave it no longer that two weeks after it was supposed to arrive to contact someone, but even before that, it's a good idea to start tracking it down

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Re: Scamwatch
Reply #87 - May 2^nd, 2022 at 8:05pm

Bias_2012 wrote on May 2^nd, 2022 at 7:56pm:

Leave it no longer that two weeks after it was supposed to arrive to contact someone, but even before that, it's a good idea to start tracking it down

I seem to vaguely recall something on paypals terms and conditions about notifying them of undelivered items within a week or two of the due date or you are no longer covered by their guarantee.

If you have an estimated arrival date, as soon as that has lapsed, chase it up. If it's on it's way and stuck in some Australia Post depot you should have at the very least you should have received notification that Aust. post has received the parcel.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25516 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Scamwatch Reply #88 - May 3^rd, 2022 at 4:15am Just looked at the tracking number. It now says May 9th (3 weeks after it was first dispatched). Covid delays and weather events holding back deliveries. I figure I am getting scammed. But, I understand that I can go through my bank about getting my money back -- terms and conditions be buggered for the company.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25516 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Scamwatch Reply #89 - May 5^th, 2022 at 3:47pm Package came today.
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