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| Thread ID: 112572 | 2010-09-12 07:13:00 | Geoffs latest blog post - really well done scam site | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
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| 1136596 | 2010-09-12 07:13:00 | I know most of us get those scam emails saying you have a refund etc from your bank, normally some american bank that your average kiwi has never heard off. But the one in geoffs blog blows me away for being well thought out. i wonder how many people it will catch, I always check the senders address, but most non-techie people I know probably wouldn't, same goes for the URL of the site. What do you reckon, we'll be seeing some poor women on close-up telling how she lost all the money she was going to send her Nigerian friend by going to the fake IRD site |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 1136597 | 2010-09-12 07:30:00 | Cheers for the link. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 1136598 | 2010-09-12 07:49:00 | Cheers for the link. Yea defiantly. Geoffs blog looks very well laid out. |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 1136599 | 2010-09-12 08:22:00 | Where is the link.? | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1136600 | 2010-09-12 08:27:00 | I think they are being facetious | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1136601 | 2010-09-12 08:38:00 | I think they are being facetious fa·ce·tious/fəˈsēSHəs/ Adjective: Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor Had to google that one! |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 1136602 | 2010-09-12 08:41:00 | Your lucky I had to hope like hell the spell check knew how to spell it correctly since I don't | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1136603 | 2010-09-12 08:44:00 | Cheers for the link. blogs.pcworld.co.nz All it took was 30 seconds. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 1136604 | 2010-09-12 10:25:00 | Cheers for the link :D I actually had no idea what he was referencing. The email itself screams scam, anyone who doesn't know this yet shouldn't be allowed on the internet. The website is pretty good though. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 1136605 | 2010-09-12 10:33:00 | If the site was "really well done" as he claims they would've bothered to register something like ird-refunds.co.nz or something not completely retarded. Secondly set up a few email accounts with the same domain so it looks half legit. Thirdly IRD don't actually send you emails unless it's through the secure online email system (which you need to enter your IRD details to get in). Fourthly who is stupid enough to think they need to enter their bank password in for a refund? For anyone to send you money they only need your account number. Finally they could've at least made their own SSL cert though that might flash a warning on the user's browser. | Orca (3098) | ||
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