Admins please close thread if considered inappropriate. Just passing it on.
Extremely sophisticated scam going about this morning. Definitely Danske bank customers but possibly all banks. You get a message saying a payment hasn’t been taken eg O2 and to click here. As soon as you touch it the money is gone. They already have all your details and it’s the most advance scam the bank has ever seen. Pass this on to everyone. Please. This is from work this morning - they are being inundated with calls - thousands flying out of peoples accounts. (From cousin in a bank!!)
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Thread: Bank Scam doing the rounds.
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26-03-2020 01:21 PM #1
Bank Scam doing the rounds.
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26-03-2020 01:40 PM #4
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Do those people who have been scammed get there money back from the bank..?
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26-03-2020 01:42 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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26-03-2020 01:47 PM #6
If you receive a phone call starting 0147 - 289 (and don't know anybody in the Grimsby area)... hang up immediately.
The Police are currently investigating scammers using this particular area code... though there's a strong possibility they've somehow hacked into the local telephone network and are actually based elsewhere.
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26-03-2020 01:49 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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26-03-2020 02:17 PM #8
I have my phone set to "do not disturb" then set permissions to allow contacts only to get through to me. At the end of each day there are several numbers who tried calling me. I block them but it is getting worse.
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26-03-2020 02:23 PM #9
I only answer a call on my mobile from a number I have stored, and I never answer my house phone at all now
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26-03-2020 02:33 PM #10
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Actually got that text this morning, from an unknown number, luckily i didnt do anything with it - thanks for the heads up!
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26-03-2020 02:52 PM #11
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I forwarded the message on to O2 to investigate
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26-03-2020 03:09 PM #13
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26-03-2020 03:10 PM #14
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For those isolating and maybe want something productive to do, try and do the e learning package that Trading Standards set up on their national website - and pass on the advice / link to others who may be able to watch out for those that are sadly vulnerable to these despicable scammers !
https://www.friendsagainstscams.org....ends-elearning
Get safe online is also a fantastic resource for information....
https://www.getsafeonline.org/
Lastly, and this is a great site, sign up for Neighbourhood Watch 'Alerts' - you don't have to be in a group, you can sign up as an individual, and you can add content and warnings (such as this) for others in the area / city.........really good, and you can get alerts by text/email, etc. and see what is happening in your street, area, city, nationwide, etc.
https://www.neighbourhoodwatchscotla...up-for-alerts/
Thanks for the 'heads up' Jim
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26-03-2020 04:28 PM #18
You cannot have money taken from any account, by just tapping on a text. You would need to have voluntarily logged in to your bank/account etc and completed personal questions and passwords that only you should know. Asking others to pass on this type of text or email on to others just perpetuates these type of myths or fake news!
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26-03-2020 04:58 PM #19
Oops. I can’t seem to close the thread. Maybe an admin could do the necessary.
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26-03-2020 06:17 PM #20
Was about to say it was probably fake, son works for a bank and pretty sure he would have heard about this today at work.
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26-03-2020 06:22 PM #21
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My first thought was that it was a hoax, but in my line of work I usually do.
However, I searched all the usual sites and found no trace so thought maybe it was a real alert..
I agree though, just ignore these type of messages. I do.Alcohol IS the answer, but I forget the question...
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26-03-2020 06:24 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Did it start on Facebook ???
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26-03-2020 06:36 PM #23
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27-03-2020 06:54 AM #24
Completely different but my wife and I got emails saying that our Apple accounts needed to be reactivated. Everything about the email screamed Apple except the url which was fairly close
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27-03-2020 08:27 AM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Danske bank aren’t signed up to it so their customers probably don’t get anything back unless they can recover it from the receiving bank
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27-03-2020 08:40 AM #26
I’d like to see the ****ers try and get money out of my bank account, they’d probably be hit with a charge
United we stand here....
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18-07-2020 01:08 PM #28
I've just received a text saying I have 1 new alert from H.M which requires immediate action. Then a link to a dot com website called hnrnic. I obviously haven't clicked the link and googled the name of the website to see if it was a noted scam but nothing is coming up in the search. Anyone came across this?
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18-07-2020 01:18 PM #29
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18-07-2020 01:19 PM #30
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