Rebecca · @bluebec
351 followers · 4841 posts · Server octodon.socialBrand new scam just hit my phone. Some dude allegedly from "Gmail Security" calling me because they'd noticed suspicious activity on my email (which they know, because data breaches). I told him I'd change my password and that would solve the problem, but apparently the scammers would still have access. The moment I mentioned that I use two factor authentication and it would solve the problem, the scammer hung up.
1) Use two factor authentication on all your online/phone accounts that support it (preferably not SMS 2FA, but that's still better than nothing)
2) Gmail won't call you, they'll just suspend your account - if that
3) Anyone who attempts to create a sense of urgency regarding their interaction with you is either scamming you or trying to sell you something. Never give them anything.
#Scamwatch #twofactorauthentication #2fa
Ben Patterson · @lyuzashi
122 followers · 93 posts · Server aus.social
Whatever this scam ATO account is, it’s giving me “horse ebooks” #scamwatch #meme #online
dropbear42 🌈♀:arch: :plasma: · @dropbear42
49 followers · 1105 posts · Server fosstodon.orgSearching https://abr.business.gov.au/Search/ResultsActive?SearchText=GIFTHOMEWARES.COM produces several similar, but not identical, names.
Nothing useful here:
https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/browse-public-registers?search=GIFTHOMEWARES.COM&f%5B%5D=field_accc_sub_type%3A479&sort_by=search_api_relevance
https://www.scamvoid.net/check/gifthomewares.com/
Anyone interested in the challenge pls? Thx in advance.
dropbear42 🌈♀:arch: :plasma: · @dropbear42
49 followers · 1099 posts · Server fosstodon.orgHello oh great & mighty interwebz Mastodonners. I have a request. Who wants to play #OnlineDetective, to suss out if an online shop i am thinking of using, but which i don't know, & whose website smells a bit "off" to me, is actually legit or a scam?
Product: Bonvit Soy Milk Powder 500g
From: https://gifthomewares.com/product/bonvit-soy-milk-powder-500g/
My hackles rose when afaict the site shows NO ABN [Australian Business Number; tis illegal to trade in Oz without it], yet purports to have a Sydney presence.
1/2
EV not Petrol · @samhkennedy
205 followers · 289 posts · Server aus.social
Just received and reported our weekly scam to #scamwatch.
Our federal government went all out to spy on us but didn’t make any effort to control mobile phone number theft. Well done #dutton and #labor who voted with them.
David Wakeham · @wakehamAMR
161 followers · 288 posts · Server mastodon.socialJust received an automated scam call from the following number: 0402 483 289
They purported to be calling from Amazon Prime.
Number has now been blocked.
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters · @dsfgs
173 followers · 12532 posts · Server activism.openworlds.infoDebt is a very useful tool for #humanTrafficking and poaching workers from less developed countries.
Once in spiralling #debt, a person can often be tricked into travel that could destroy their family unit, and compel the person into doing intensely bad things. All by someone gaining their confidence and telling them, "you could pay off your debt".
Debt is appearing more frequently in discussions, and that can only be a good thing.
#humantrafficking #debt #slavery #feudalism #labourhire #confidenceTrick #Scamwatch
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters · @dsfgs
178 followers · 12401 posts · Server activism.openworlds.info@bojkotiMalbona
Its super-difficult to know whether something is AstroTurf (blackHats), or just a pack of useful idiots. Also cloudflare seem to just swallow up and takeover entire ISPs and countries at a time.
So even that is a loose indicator.
On #I2P there's some sites where you can discuss stuff. Is there a #ConsumerAffairs or #ScamWatch in your country. Then there's #WikiLeaks, TheGrayZone, Telesur, #RT, SouthFront, sites that accept Bitcoin or Monero tend to be good.
#i2p #ConsumerAffairs #Scamwatch #wikileaks #rt
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters · @dsfgs
178 followers · 12401 posts · Server activism.openworlds.info@hardmous@mastodon.sdf.org
Money laundering is half the story, when these things become legitimate they will replace govt landtitles and thus the #bankers will have completed their destruction of govts.
#howVeryKeynesian #growth #riggedEconomy #cantillonEffect #banksters #NFTOwningDemocracy #moneyPrinterGoDrr #moneyLaundering #kleptocrats #centralBanking #scamWatch #etheriumScam
@besserwisser @polychrome @piggo
#bankers #HowVeryKeynesian #growth #riggedeconomy #cantilloneffect #banksters #NFTOwningDemocracy #moneyPrinterGoDrr #moneylaundering #kleptocrats #centralBanking #Scamwatch #etheriumScam
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters · @dsfgs
178 followers · 12401 posts · Server activism.openworlds.info#highrise #overdevelopment #verticalSprawl #urbanSprawl #growthism #thirdWorld #thirdWorldisation #scamWatch #IMF #privatisation #liberalise #privatization #corporatism #privateEquity #stockMarket #derascination #lithium #cobalt #extraction #holesAndHouses #bananaRepublic #merchantBanks #propertyCouncil #forexMarket #forex
#highrise #overdevelopment #verticalSprawl #urbanSprawl #growthism #ThirdWorld #thirdworldisation #Scamwatch #imf #privatisation #liberalise #privatization #corporatism #privateequity #stockmarket #derascination #lithium #cobalt #extraction #holesAndHouses #bananarepublic #merchantBanks #PropertyCouncil #forexMarket #forex
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters · @dsfgs
178 followers · 12401 posts · Server activism.openworlds.info@icedquinn
Just sink a ship with #bankers on it and be the #centralBanker, and kleptocratic billionaire you want to see in the world…
…a world that you take private.
By the way that job you created sounds "vari" fash. Excellent. We didn't know you could invent bullshitJobs. Gold star. :P
#moneyPrinting #quantatativeEasing #assetPurchases #repoCrisis #liquidityInjection #fakeSellOrders #manipulatingInterestRates #highFrequencyTrading #super #theFed #titanic #fiatScams #fiatCurrency #scamWatch
#bankers #centralBanker #moneyPrinting #quantatativeEasing #assetPurchases #repoCrisis #liquidityInjection #fakeSellOrders #manipulatingInterestRates #highFrequencyTrading #super #thefed #titanic #fiatScams #fiatCurrency #Scamwatch
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters · @dsfgs
178 followers · 12401 posts · Server activism.openworlds.infoThe whole #mobileFirst movement was a scam — go #garlicFirst.
#useI2P #APAB #AllPhonesAreBad #webDevelopment #scamWatch #endSurveillance #theInternet #newInternet #internet3p0
#mobilefirst #garlicFirst #I2P4Life #usei2p #apab #AllPhonesAreBad #webdevelopment #Scamwatch #endSurveillance #TheInternet #newInternet #internet3p0
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters · @dsfgs
178 followers · 12401 posts · Server activism.openworlds.infoCyber Warfare as a Service. #CWaaS
Did you know messages received by #SMS that use your #realName are far more likely to be successful in scamming a person? Well, Facebook thinks you shouldn't be informed that it allowed vested interests to scrape private information. 500 million users of its crap services are affected.
#Facebook #Fakebook #dataBreach #yourPhoneNumber #scamWatch #cyberWarfareAsAService
#CWaaS #sms #realName #facebook #fakebook #databreach #yourPhoneNumber #Scamwatch #cyberWarfareAsAService
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters · @dsfgs
178 followers · 12401 posts · Server activism.openworlds.infoSomeone once said, "The fact that there exists a #business.gov.au makes me want to sh!t in the mouth of #policymakers, #bureaucrats and their #cronies in #government".
That person is perhaps the most #intelligent person we know.
See #JobKeeper (#scamWatch)
#moneyPrinterGoBrr #auspol #Australia #COVID19 #bailout #theft #pickingWinners #unfreeAndUnfairMarket #cronyism #favoritism #corporatism #kleptocrats #bigProperty #realEstate #shellCompanies #scomo #scamo #scam #UBINow
#business #policymakers #bureaucrats #cronies #government #intelligent #jobkeeper #Scamwatch #moneyPrinterGoBrr #auspol #australia #COVID19 #bailout #theft #pickingWinners #unfreeAndUnfairMarket #cronyism #favoritism #corporatism #kleptocrats #bigProperty #realestate #shellcompanies #scomo #scamo #scam #UBINow
Julie Hodgson :verified: · @redragdolly
237 followers · 3039 posts · Server mstdn.social@Wadesherry you blocked me from linkdin because I didn't want your bitcoin!!! Wow!!! #Scamwatch