Scam (Internet and Otherwise) Omnibus Thread

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
721

I got a call the other day from someone claiming to be a policeman.
The call showed as “private number”
He sounded very plausible, very conversational - not like he was reading from a script or anything.
He told me he had someone in custody for fraud who claimed to be my grandson.
I told him he wasn’t - i don’t have any children grand or otherwise.
He had my name, address and phone number.
He told me that the suspect had several fake credit cards in
his posession, and that he had given my name for potential bail.
He then told me that as i didn’t know him, i should call the
police non-emergency number and give his details to the call
handler and to “refuse bail access”.
Now… i’m sure the number he told me to call was 191, which
doesn’t exist. The correct number is 101. Anyway, when i tried
to call, i saw the “private number” message appearing, like he
was trying to call me again, but i got no response when i spoke…
So, i eventually got through with the 101 number - but when i
related what had happened and they tried to verify his details,
they could find no officer with the name/number he gave me, and
we concluded that it was a scam attempt.
I guess the “private number” i saw was him trying the old
staying-on-the-line trick whereby i was supposed to think i was
calling the new number (101) but was actually still connected to his line.

I’m still confused as to how the scam was supposed to work if i was
asked to “refuse bail access”…

:person_shrugging:

722

Fine, then I’ll grant a number of them are being forced to be criminals and to victimize others as part of their own misfortune. I’ll not wish harm on them, but to obstruct them is still the better path, because while I absolutely DO NOT demand that they choose to die before committing crimes, they are further increasing the misery. NOT (again) by their own free will, but by their actions.

Which means I stand by my earlier statement:

I will grant that the specific group you’re citing (which we have no evidence is a substantial portion of the scammer whole) is worthy of our pity as well as our disgust, but wasting their time so they can’t go on to scam others? Absolutely a mitzvah, even if it isn’t always done out of righteousness.

723

Ok, I’m not going to argue this anymore. I’d still recommend watching the John Oliver segment on “pig butchering” though.

724

Maybe this gift link will work?

725

How does this not raise giant red flags all over the place?

SpyDialer says the phone is almost certainly a VOIP number but otherwise finds no records.

726

I mean, it’s less scammy than a lot honestly. It isn’t promising a specific sum of money. Really, it’s a gimmick for any of the countless “We buy used homes in your area” people, which, well, ARE pretty scammy in the first place, and that’s discounting the ones that ARE out-right scams (plenty of them).

It’s absolutely still a Red Flag though, and unless you’re one of those people who have a legit need for such a service (and in that case, you should be contacting them, not taking a blind contact as a sign from the FSM) should be tossed ASAP.

For the record, not doubting your analysis @running_coach, but the original point of the thread was to share scams that people should be aware of, not just baiting them, and this one is a teachable moment.

727

Otherwise typical scam (ATM card worth of 3,5Millions Of United State Dollars Only"). I got a photo(shopped badly) of the envelope using the addressed with the personal details (@Mangetout: You know, the kind of personal details you never tell a stranger on the internet") I provided.
Peter Mosse
760 Meadow Dr.
Loris, SC 29569 USA
64, Male
Consulting Airflow Engineer
Colondarism
Serial Widower
I do not use a phone due to a severe speech impediment.

728

The “Metropolis Parking Co.” Got a notification from them:
I have to give them credit for directness, they came right out and asked for my credit card information, no dancing around! I’ve never been to Metropolis, don’t even know if it exists. Our cars are in Hawaii and just for clarification, I checked if the license plates were still there - yep, not stolen and spirited away.

I did not respond, no sense telling them there’s a live one on that email account

729

Looks like I have a live one.

Hallo,
Ich bin Frau Maria Elisabeth Schaeffler, eine deutsche Unternehmerin,
Investoren und

Philanthrop. Ich bin der Vorsitzende von Wipro Limited. 25 Prozent von mir

Das Privatvermögen wird für wohltätige Zwecke ausgegeben. und ich
Ich habe auch versprochen, mich um den Rest zu kümmern

25 % werden im Jahr 2024 an Privatpersonen verschenkt. I
beschlossen, zu spenden

1.500.000,00 Euro an Sie. Wenn Sie Interesse an meiner Spende haben,
kontaktiere mich

für mehr Informationen.

Sie können auch über den untenstehenden Link mehr über mich lesen

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler - Wikipedia

Grüße

Geschäftsführer Wipro Limited

Maria-Elisabeth_Schaeffler

English, please.

Peter Mosse

dear lover

I appreciate you writing to me. Thank you for your response and it was good.

Mind you, I did this for pure reason. Since I wrote to you I feel strong

she contacted me. I am Maria Elisabeth Schaeffler, German citizen and owner of

The Schaeffler Group, one of the largest roller producers in the world

Store. My donation of 1,500,000.00 euros may not be much for you but

I think this will help a lot to improve your standard of living like mine.

If you have done business with me in the past, I would not ask you to complete the required fields listed below.

Information and comments for me and my entire family will be happy about it.

I would like to ask you to visit us after receiving my donation. Do this as soon as possible

Please contact the paying bank for further instructions on how to receive a donation.

You can see it here: Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler - Wikipedia

The intention of this email is to be a great blessing to people. in it

At my age I can’t continue accumulating wealth without giving. I

They have a net worth of more than $3.1 billion. You can also continue reading this.

Forbes:

Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann

I don’t have much money to spend on it, so I indulge in that type of action.

They are blessings to others. I hope when you receive this

Money will be of great benefit to you, and you will also be able to help other people.

Never. The way you emailed me and how other people treated me with respect.

for donation. When you know you are ready to receive the money from

1,500,000.00 euros (1.5 million euros). Please confirm preparation by email

introduce yourself in detail

FULL BELOW:

1) It is a complete noun

  1. Cell phone number

  2. your country

  3. Your status

  4. Your city

  5. Your address

  6. Your marital status

  7. Your age

  8. Your profession

  9. WhatsApp number:

I asked for this brief information just to know who we are giving the expenses to.

Money for and because of identity theft on the Internet, the

I have been a victim in the past and I do not want to ask you for your identification.

We don’t want to give you an impression that I would like to steal.

your identity.

What would you do with that money?

After that, I will send a letter approving the money from the Alliance trust bank.

. Please my friend, this is my personal wealth.

It does not require any formal procedure and may therefore appear overly simplistic.

For you to receive this gift, I would kill you to come back later.

this donation to be able to reach others in need. I do it like a free spirit

Gift and I have it. Please contact anyone who may see my post.

Opportunity only comes once…

I await your email to proceed.

Be blessed.

Mrs. Maria Elisabeth Schaeffler

Peter Mosse

760 Meadow Dr.

Loris, SC 29569 USA

Serial Widower

64, Consulting Airflow Engineer

I do not use a phone due to a severe speech impediment.

730

That is just wrong on so many levels. My eyes are bleeding after reading, sounds like it’s been through Google translate 2 or 3 times, but the Bolded sections especially hurt my brain.

731

Damn, this one is stupid.

FULL BELOW:

  1. It is a complete noun

  2. Cell phone number

  3. your country

  4. Your status

  5. Your city

  6. Your address

  7. Your marital status

  8. Your age

  9. Your profession

  10. WhatsApp number:

What noun do you want?

What status do you mean?

I don’t use Whatsapp.

Peter Mosse

Where are you from ? Your marital status
Your age your address

I sent you all that.

Peter Mosse

732

Hello dear beneficiaries.
I have forwarded your details to my Approved Accountant and like Stated in

your Funds donation condition by my bank pay out, There is a registration

fee to be paid by you and this fee is imposed to be paid because of the scam

activities going on in the Internet so the international monetary fund

(IMF) introduce this method to control scam victims in the Internet so that

will be able to terminate scam or fraud and that is the reason why you need to

register this your Funds before My bank can make the transfer to your bank

account.

The cost for the registration according to the IMF is (2,200 Euro) of the

total amount of (1.5 million euros) transfer to you will only take 3 hours

just as soon as you send the
2,200 Euro) of for the registration according to the

IMF.

I want you to understand that you are not sending this fee to me or my bank

payout Transfer… My bank payout also has some amount to pay to the IMF

too, so they will forward your fee and theirs to the IMF office, And as soon

as the payment is done, You will have authorization note, Before the

subsequent Transfer of your 1.5 Million EURO

My bank payout cannot deduct or add the
2,200 Euro to your funds because of it

is against their working policy and they cannot break the rules. The

lawyers fees were paid from my payout bank account, If you agree to this

registration fee, You will get your Funds without any hassle. Once the

payment is done your funds will be credited into your account successfully

Okay.

If you are in agreement with Bank To Bank money Transfer to receive

1,500,000 euros successfully you are to get back to me with this

information below.

BANKING INFORMATION ALSO NEEDED

Name of Bank:

Name of Account/Holder:

Iban::

Account Number:

Type Of Account:

BIC/SWIFT:

Bank Address:

Your Cell Number:

Get back to me as soon as possible…

Thanks for your understanding…

Mrs Maria Elisabeth Schaeffler

United Community Bank
5009 Broad St Loris, SC 29569
https ://www.ucbi.com
1 (800) 822-2651
Routing 061112843
Account 00901657034250
SWIFT:UCOUUS33
I already told you I don’t use a cell phone

There’s also a badly Photoshopped passport that looks nothing like the real person.

733

Your message was well understood are you in agreement to pay the IMF fees so that we can proceed on the transaction

Yes.

Peter Mosse

When do you want to make the payment to the IMF ? so that I can provide you the information

Any time you want to get it.

Peter Mosse

If you want to make the payment right now let me know that we can continue on the transaction thanks
Which of the methods do you prefer

What’s the quickest method?

Peter Mosse

Which method do you use to send money ??

Can you send it through bitcoin? Or bank to bank

Transfer?

I’ve never done bitcoin so I’ll choose bank to bank.

Peter Mosse

Bank name:ANZ bank

Account name:Chan kian hee

BSB 013132

Acct 335369459

Swift code ANZBAU3M

Country:Australia

Kindly make the payment and send us the receipt

Kind regards

Mrs Marian Elisabeth

(Look, she’s Marian now)

I’ve never seen a BSB code. What is that?

Peter Mosse

Iban

Receipt attached.

Peter Mosse
(usual fake screenshot except I sent Australian dollars instead of Euros)

Kindly provide me the debit you got on your email or your text messages for confirmation

Nope. No one sees my bank statement. That’s private information.

Peter Mosse

You can cover your balance we are required it for better confirmation thanks

I’m sure you wouldn’t show your bank statement so why should I show mine?

Peter Mosse

Please for better confirmation provide good proof of payment thank please be fast about it so that we can proceed on the transaction now thanks

I can wait until the money hits the bank. I’m not greedy.

Peter Mosse

Yes please provide vivid proof of information of the payment so that we can continue on the process right now thank
Provide the debit alert for better confirmation

I’ll do it Monday when I can go to the bank and get a teller receipt. You can’t do any further process until you actually receive the money anyway.

Peter Mosse
So nothing further for almost 30 minutes. Wait and see if they try on Monday.

734

This sounds like a job for Superman!

735

The saga continues…

Good day how are you doing and how is your family? Please kindly be informed to provide the teller debit receipt the bank will give to you so that we can proceed on the transaction today without wasting time ok

Kind regards
Mrs Marian Elizabeth

(one minute later)

Good day how are you doing and how is your family? Please kindly be informed to provide the teller debit receipt the bank will give to you so that we can proceed on the transaction today without wasting time ok

Kind regards
Mrs Marian Elizabeth

I don’t need reminding like I’m a little boy.

Receipt attached.

Peter Mosse

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What do you mean dear please this isn’t a clear receipt the bank suppose to issue you ok , the clear teller supposed to show negative sign ok please provide the receipt so that we can start on time with your donation money

We need ligit confirmation so that we can proceed on the transaction kindly provide there it show deducted on your account and also show negative sign
Thanks you

Please this is not bank teller receipt ok

That’s how the bank formats the teller receipts.

Peter Mosse

How could you possibly know what every receipt looks like?

Peter Mosse

Kindly provide where you were debited thank
And show us where you where debited

Let me show you how receipts look like

It’s all on the receipt. You can’t possibly know what receipts look like from every bank, store, gas station, etc.

Peter Mosse

Has the money left your account already? If yes let me see for clearer confirmation time is going so that we can continue the process of your transaction thanks because we need to send clear confirmation to IMF office thanks

Kind regards

Mrs Marian Elisabeth

Of course it’s left the account, it’s all there on the receipt. Including the time it was accepted by the receiving bank.

Peter Mosse

Show the proof for confirmation

The IMF offices have not yet received the money

Kind regards

Mrs Marian Elisabeth

I’ve already sent you two confirmations. Maybe you should be questioning the person I sent the money to.

Peter Mosse

If the IMF was involved, I would have sent the money to Mr. Jim Phelps, not whoever you had me send to.

Peter Mosse

On the first receipt it was showing AUD which is equivalent to the 2200 euro of the fees and on the second receipt is showing usd can you explain please i think you aren’t ready for we to proceed show us the place where you where debited that show negative sign thanks you

I will not ask you again sir

Kind regards

Mrs Marian Elizabeth

What do you mean

Because I paid out in USD, can’t use Aussie cash in the States. The bank converted the amount to Aussie dollars when it was sent.

Peter Mosse

And that’s where it stands as of 45 min. ago.

736

It may be me, or the editing, but it seems when they think they’ve got a chance for the money (rather than just fishing) their ability to communicate seems improve.

737

With this one, it couldn’t get much worse.
Most often, they get worse (and often abusive) as they get increasingly frustrated.

738

Perhaps when they realize they caught a fish (or, more correctly, a possible victim), they pass off contact to someone higher up in the organization, perhaps someone with better English language skills?

739

It still sounds like the same person. Better English skills doesn’t always reach good English skills.

740

What is this scam? Once every week or so, I get something purporting to come from McAfee (that I have long since blown off) thanking me for having renewed my subscription for another year for, say, $150, and saying the charge will show up on my CC in a day or so. If there is any problem, call this 800 number. The charge never shows up and I never call the number. I am sure it is a scam, but I cannot figure out what it is.