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| Thread ID: 139013 | 2015-02-23 21:52:00 | Beware fake KiwiBank scam | Terry Porritt (14) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1394984 | 2015-02-23 21:52:00 | Received an email from a fake "Kiwi Bank" this morning which reads in part: "We have received your message and a response is now available in your secure message area of internet banking. Please login here to view our response or send us a reply via secure message area." I have sent a copy to KiwiBank. I'd advise click happy folk not to respond in any way if you receive such an email :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1394985 | 2015-02-23 22:11:00 | Yea got one today. | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1394986 | 2015-02-23 22:50:00 | Vodafone ones lately too | bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1394987 | 2015-02-23 22:57:00 | Orders Payments Urgent Banks Wills They just keep coming Ba....tds. Why don't the ISP's cut them off? I don't mind genuine spam. people trying to sell you something real. But these illegal fake ones really p me off. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1394988 | 2015-02-24 02:03:00 | Orders Payments Urgent Banks Wills They just keep coming Ba....tds. Why don't the ISP's cut them off? I don't mind genuine spam. people trying to sell you something real. But these illegal fake ones really p me off. Because they are very difficult to distinguish from a legitimate email. And to prevent them arriving in your Inbox could be seen as the thin end of the wedge of censorship by an ISP. Instead, they rely on the common sense that everyone should have, to recognise a scam (or spam) when they see one (and just ignore it). The more people that click on the links provided, the more you encourage them. The major problem of course is that many people are either on auto-pilot when reading their emails or are terminally stupid.... So the scammers/spammers continue to make a living. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1394989 | 2015-02-24 04:55:00 | Orders Payments Urgent Banks Wills They just keep coming Ba....tds. Why don't the ISP's cut them off? I don't mind genuine spam. people trying to sell you something real. But these illegal fake ones really p me off. some ISP's do. i havn't received a spam email in years. edit: i think its around 10 years ago when a lot of isp's started filtering out spam. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1394990 | 2015-02-24 22:21:00 | some ISP's do. i havn't received a spam email in years. edit: i think its around 10 years ago when a lot of isp's started filtering out spam. Lucky you, pity your ISP is a secret. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1394991 | 2015-02-24 23:15:00 | some ISP's do. i havn't received a spam email in years. edit: i think its around 10 years ago when a lot of isp's started filtering out spam. Your ISP may have SPAM filter in place but it will not stop carefully worded SCAM emails. Sometimes it will, but often it won't pick up a new one. I hope you check the spam that your ISP filters off, otherwise you may not realise that they may be filtering legitimate mail.... Personally I don't trust ISP email offerings (especially their so-called spam filters) and prefer to go with the generic, ISP-free ones like Gmail, who have one of the best spam filters around. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1394992 | 2015-02-25 06:40:00 | Lucky you, pity your ISP is a secret. i'm not to sure who exactly handles the emails. isp was paradise, the adsl side was done by telstra/clear who has been bought out by vodaphone. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1394993 | 2015-02-27 09:56:00 | Orders Payments Urgent Banks Wills They just keep coming Ba....tds. You've just gotta love the ones that say they've visited your website, and they've noticed areas that they could improve etc etc Especially when you don't actually have a website :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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