On 3 Apr 2004, at 4:03 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
Today I had spam email looking like Westpac, National Bank, Netbank
and ANZ each notifying me of transfers of large amounts out of my
account. A URL was given to respond if I wished.
I guess they were trading on shock response so that I would "login"
with my details.
Needless to say I did not! Mail correctly identified the emails as
junk.
Severin Crisp
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These have been about for some months now. Firstly it was Westpac, who
I phoned and was advised they are aware of the scam. Now other banks
are involved. I too received several from different banks today -- so
obviously a con. They are obviously trawling for the average person's
banking information. I understand the police are trying to track down
the perpetrators.
I do not respond to any cold calls by email or telephone asking for
money or details of my finances (credit card numbers etc). Its a pity
some charities are missing out, but that's the result of all the the
crooks out there.
Incidentally, if I am curious enough to want to see it, I only open
span mail after disconnecting from the server. I vaguely remember a
message on this list saying that just opening a message can send a
return message to the sender confirming the address is valid. Is this
true, or am I being over cautious?
Regards,
John Taylor
