Spyware, viruses, & security : Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam?
- 4/25/08 11:55 AM
phishing (e-mail) or vishing (phone)
by ABaldau - 4/26/08 2:36 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Over the past two weeks I have been getting phone calls (at least one a day) from Various numbers - that all say it is imperative I call about Debt Reduction on my credit car balance (note: no specific card is mentioned). Since I don't have any balances, I have not taken any of these calls - they are either phishing or trying to sell something. I have been reporting them to the DO NOT CALL Registry.
Ann
telephone phishing
by livsea2 - 4/26/08 3:26 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
To avoid telephone phishing simply buy a caller I.D. phone and use it. If you don'tknow who's calling don't answer. Let them leave a message. If you still don't know them don't call back! Simple.
I received a e-mail telling me my account had bin compromised
by b.blase - 4/26/08 4:18 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
yesterday 4/24/08 I received a e-mail telling me that my pay pal account had bin compromised by a entity in germany and my account would be frozen if i did not reply immediately with the account info. only one small problem I don't have a pay pal account.
the e-mail looked vary professional even had the pay-pal logo.
Bill
California
Credit Card Low Rate Offer Phishing Scam
by Juliet Bell - 4/26/08 5:15 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I received a message on my machine last week stating that I had an opportunity to receive a low rate on my credit card (which card was not mentioned) and to call the number given for more info. I was urged not to wait as the offer was a short time offer. I deleted the message - my alarm bells went off.
Phishing and Vishing scams
by gpigney - 4/26/08 6:08 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
We get two to three calls a week telling us that our auto waranty is about to expire or that we have new information about our credit cards. Always pre-recorded and please call this # to discuss options.
Very sad....
Don't worry
by 3rdalbum - 4/26/08 6:51 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
If you get phishing messages in your inbox, it's not a cause for concern unless you reply or click links inside the message.
I was either phished or very nearly phished. I think I realised at the last minute. On Myspace, one of my friends posted a comment to my profile, with a link in it to something else, and a message like "I went to this party last night where the girls got naked!". The friend is a practical joker, so I clicked the link expecting it to be some sort of joke.
Before the page loaded, I switched to another tab and did something there, then I came back and noticed the Myspace front page with "You must be logged in to do that!" on it. I started typing my e-mail address and then realised that Firefox should have automatically filled in that information... and looked at the location bar and discovered the hidden .cn country code.
The thing is, at the time I wasn't sure if maybe I *had* already typed my e-mail address and password into the form earlier on in my surfing, so I immediately changed my password. I think now that I just missed out being phished, but the near-miss shook me. I even forgot to report it to the anti-phishing sites.
I wasn't naive enough to put in my keycard PIN or anything like that, of course, but even just a simple Myspace username and password can seriously compromise your life.
Vishing
by cecemckenzie - 4/26/08 8:07 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Caller ID. I never answer an unknown number. Especially toll free calls.
phony phone solicitations
by John Taliercio - 4/26/08 8:22 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This is another telemarketing scam to make unwary people think someone has personal info on them. This is just a very annoying computer generated (mostly) PHONY "SALES TOOL". Another typical example starts with "Becuase of your excellent mortgage payment history, or "You Need to call us immediately about your credit card payments", and so on.... WHAT TO DO:
For live calls if you pick up the phone when unknown caller, ask where they got your info from if this is one of those calls..they will hang up.
NEVER LET THEM TRICK YOU INTO SHARING ANY PERSONAL INFO, EVEN WHAT KIND OF CAR YOU DRIVE, OR STATE YOU LIVE IN ETC.
You should contact you phone company which can block all unknown # callers. Any numbers that do show up on caller ID can be given to your phone company to be removed from any solicitation caller lists. Your phone company will give you the number to call that can do this.
Remember that after a month or two, some of those callers may reappear, and you have to get them removed again. hope this helps.
Leaner
by 1957joe - 4/26/08 8:40 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
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Phishing
by 1957joe - 4/26/08 8:49 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Some tried to get some information from my Wife's e-mail. She;s a little new to stuff you just shouldn't open.
Well she did and gave out a password. I ancel our credit card and they set up a new account and re-issued new credit cards for us.almost fainted when she told me what she did.
We called the bank, Had to go and change all our accounts and passwords. We had to set up a alert on our credit card, you do this by going to one of the Credit score companies such as, experian, etc and they will contact two other creitd score co's.
We also had to cancel our credit card old account and set up a new account and they sent us new cards.
We also had to report it to the banks anti-phishing Dept.It was quite a hassle to get out of, a lot of runnig a round and phone calls.
The "new car warranty" vishing scam - a solution?
by ravilinda - 4/26/08 9:31 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
A couple of weeks after I bought a new car at a dealer in Tucson, I received one of these "warranty expire" calls. Since the message was clearly automated, I hung up. A couple of weeks later, I received a similar call. My husband hung up.
My question is:
1. How did the visher know I had purchased a new car? And
2. (maybe related to 1) How did the visher get my unlisted phone #?
3. (maybe related to 1 and 2) How did the visher know I had not purchased an extended warranty already?
It seems to me if we can find out where the leak of this information is, we might be able to put a stop to this scam. The leak appears to be at the dealer's somewhere, but in the hyperspace age, you never know.
PS I am on all the do not call registrys, and also I have a credit freeze on at all 3 credit agencies. Obviously crooks are not going to honor the do not call. The credit freeze is a lock. I've tested it.
2 rules-Don't click email links-Don' t tell callers a thing.
by joemac - 4/26/08 9:49 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Email warnings - don't click n link in an email. Log on to your financial provider (insurance company, warranty company, whatever) and follow up there. If the spoof looks particularly "correct", forward a copy with all headers to your bank, etc.
Phone scams - If my caller ID shows "Unknown Caller", I don't answer. If the caller ID identifies the caller, if asked ANY identity question, I say, "I don't provide personal information on the phone unless I initiate the call." Then, if I think the call might be legitimate, I hang up and place a call to a number that I personally verify, either through the phone book or an online directory.
phishing
by Barbaraannteacake - 4/26/08 10:03 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I was inundated with junk-mail by bogus letters from different banks asking for my details and threats to terminate my account if I didn't reply. I contacted each bank by phone and they gave me emails to forward the scams.
emailscams@lloydstsb.co.uk
security@hbosplc.com
phishing@nationwide.co.uk
phishing@hsbc.com
There is also an antiphishing site and emails can be sent there to:
reportphishing@antiphishing.org
It took quite a long time before they stopped, but they did stop.
Repeated Phishing
by mollylee66 - 4/26/08 11:18 AM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The phishing is always to do with bank account and my PayPal account.
Re the Bank phishing, I am told my account has been compromised, to log in and change details for security reasons. The problem for the phisher was that they named my account in banks, and Credit Unions that I do not have accounts with.
The PayPal one nearly got me, except as it was in my junk email I opened it and what was written there was not plausible to me.
All my phishing mail is picked up and placed in my junk mail box. I have a phishing button and I just send the phishing mail to there.
phishing or vishing scam
by dondit - 4/26/08 1:02 PM In reply to: Have you ever been the victim of a phishing or vishing scam? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I get an e-mail or telephone call almost everyday trying to get me to extend my auto warranty. It is a hoax because one car only has 3256 miles on it and the other 64579. I just delete the e-mail(never open it)and hang up the phone.
Don D
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