I actually got one of those fake 'Windows Support' phone calls on my
landline last week You know the type, guy with strong Indan accent telling
me my computer is reporting in to MS that it's got problems...

If I hadn't been so busy at the time I would have led him on but I was in
the middle of something so I just told him that I hope the Karma he is collecting for his part in this scam is visited upon his family 100 fold for all of eternity.

He hung up on me.

On 3/09/2017 2:23 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:

I actually got one of those fake 'Windows Support' phone calls on my
landline last week You know the type, guy with strong Indan accent
telling me my computer is reporting in to MS that it's got
problems... If I hadn't been so busy at the time I would have led him on
but I
was in the middle of something so I just told him that I hope the
Karma he is collecting for his part in this scam is visited upon his
family 100 fold for all of eternity.

He hung up on me.

I see the caller ID and answer the phone "Hello this is Interpol".

geoff

"~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
I have been very rude to some of these callers but am wondering
whether they are merely employees and believe that they are really
working for a legitimate organisation. Who knows.

I actually got one of those fake 'Windows Support' phone calls on my
landline last week You know the type, guy with strong Indan accent
telling me my computer is reporting in to MS that it's got
problems...

If I hadn't been so busy at the time I would have led him on but I
was in the middle of something so I just told him that I hope the
Karma he is collecting for his part in this scam is visited upon his
family 100 fold for all of eternity.

He hung up on me.
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief
has a cozy little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

Once upon a time on usenet Ralph Fox wrote:

Phishing email of the "verify your account" variety. Subject was
"Unusual Login Attempts".


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Dear **********@xtra.co.nz,


Someone tried to access your Spark account from a different
location than usual.Please log in to your Spark account to
confirm that you are the right account holder in order to avoid
account suspension.

This is an automated email sent to ************@xtra.co.nz ,
please do not reply.

Thanks,
The Spark Xtra Mail team


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If you don't think you should have received this message, or you
haven't signed up for Xtramail, then please don't click on
confirmation link above.


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Received headers indicate sent from or through a German IP address.

The "Please log in..." link points to a .tr domain (Turkey).
Following the link redirects to a .hu domain (Hungary).

The two email addresses in the body were not the same.

On 2/09/2017 5:55 PM, Ralph Fox wrote:

Phishing email of the "verify your account" variety. Subject was "Unusual >> Login Attempts".


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>

Dear **********@xtra.co.nz,


Someone tried to access your Spark account from a different location
than usual.Please log in to your Spark account to confirm that you are >> the right account holder in order to avoid account suspension.

I get at least 5 such emails a day. If not exactly that, then something
along similar lines. Often for banks that I don't have accounts with,
and today even one claiming to be from New World club card or something
like that.

geoff

On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:03:44 +1200, geoff wrote:

On 2/09/2017 5:55 PM, Ralph Fox wrote:

Phishing email of the "verify your account" variety. Subject was
"Unusual Login Attempts".


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Dear **********@xtra.co.nz,


Someone tried to access your Spark account from a different
location than usual.Please log in to your Spark account to
confirm that you are the right account holder in order to
avoid account suspension.

I get at least 5 such emails a day. If not exactly that, then
something along similar lines. Often for banks that I don't have
accounts with, and today even one claiming to be from New World
club card or something like that.

geoff

I see very few on my @xtra.co.nz email account. I used to get 80
spam emails each day before Xtra outsourced email to Yahoo. Yahoo
may have had its issues, but it did a very effective job of
discouraging incoming spam.

I only hope the level of spam emails does not go back up now that
Xtra has switched its outsourcing to another provider.