Scam on Sonia Cuff

Beware LinkedIn scammers wanting your company�s services

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 06:24:38 +0000

Just a quick heads up on this one. I was sent a LinkedIn connect request by someone from a state-level sporting organisation who had a title of Finance Manager. We had a Group in common, so I accepted.

This was quickly followed by a message from him, stating that he was interested in our IT services. I was a bit surprised as he was in a different state, but the main alarm bell ringer was the slightly poor English phrasing. He made a point of telling me that NSW is in Australia. Would you seriously do that to someone you connect to who is in Queensland?

BigPond ADSL ? Your ADSL Service Cancellation Notice email

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:50:09 +0000

Disturbing email doing the rounds over the long Easter weekend in Australia, pretending to be from BigPond. I?m blogging about this in the hope that you?ll find this entry?if you receive that email and Google it first.? It?s a scam, and a very clever one.

First the details: sender address?ebilling@bt.com?(that?s your first alarm bell-bt.com is not a bigpond or telstra domain name)

Subject: Your ADSL Service Cancellation Notice?(second alarm bell ? I am not and have never been a BigPond ADSL customer)

Paypal / Western Union money scam

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:36:33 +0000

Thanks to Kate Booby at Spinefex (www.spinefex.com.au) for alerting us to this one!

�I thought I should bring your attention to a scam that we have 3 separate cases of occur within our immediate friends/family.

All of these people had advertised to sell items (2 x cars, 1 x horse) and had been contacted by email and phone calls from a buyer.

The buyer has asked to pay for the items through paypal (and the sellers had to set up paypal accounts) because the buyer is overseas or can�t use their internet banking (one case the man said he was on an oil rig, another was overseas).� Paypal is generally a safe & secure way to receive funds or pay for items.