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Some interesting scams!
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Some Interesting Scams...It’s a Scam1) You get an email from the "Euro Support Programme"The Scam - The email says something like :- " This email is to notify you that you have won the sum of €815,810.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS) only, in the european support E-mail program
Contact the claim officer: Banco Bancaixa Espana, Name ..... , Tel: +34.634.154.581. Email: bancaixavalencia@ozu.es"
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If you respond, at a later stage you will be asked for the bank or card details - where you want the money deposited. Your account will then be emptied or you will be asked to make payments to facilitate the transfer of the money. There is no such genuine Euro Support Programme or associated grant or prize. Therefore you will lose permanently, any money that the scamsters take. Do NOT respond.
It’s a Scam2) You get an email job offerThe Scam -
You receive an email from someone you don't know abroad offering you a job as a UK employee for the firm. This work takes a number of forms. A particularly nasty version involves taking and passing on payments from UK customers.
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You receive the money, send off a large proportion via money wire to the "employer", then end up having to pay back the full amount because it was obtained as a result of fraud. Ouch
 It’s a Scam3) You get a phonecall "from Sky" selling insuranceThe Scam
A householder received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Sky TV. The caller offered a large discount on insurance on her Sky dish aerial. They took the consumer’s bank card details to take payment.
The Sting
When she called Sky to check, the consumer was told that the caller was not from Sky. She immediately contacted her bank and was told that the caller had already taken the money
It’s a Scam4) When you advertise your car for sale.The Scam –
An “agent” contacts you from abroad to say: “I have a client who wants exactly your car & gave me a large cheque to buy it for him. If I send you the cheque, you can pay it into your bank. When it shows in your account, please send me the £2,000, £3,000 or £4,000+ overpayment by American Express. I will then arrange collection of the car”
There are various alternative versions of this scam. The "buyer" may pretend to be in the UK and/or be buying for him or her self; You may be told that the extra money paid is to be sent to another person for transporting or for some other reason. The one thing they all have in common is that you are required to send an overpayment to someone.
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It’s a Scam5) Again, when you advertise your car for saleThe Scam –
You receive a phone call from a car-sale website. The caller says something like “We have buyers for a car like yours. Subscribe £90+ to register with the site and you’ll then sell your car immediately”
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It’s a Scam6) When you are abroad on holidayThe Scam –
You are given a “winning” scratchcard, probably outside your hotel or a visitor attraction. You are told you’ve won a prize & asked to go with someone to receive your prize.
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It’s a Scam7) When you receive a call from a “BT engineer”The Scam –
He says he is from BT & will disconnect your line unless you pay £35.00 arrears NOW. To prove his point, he appears to disconnect your line which seems to go dead. He then calls you back to take your payment details.
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It’s a Scam8) When you receive a phone call or email offering a tax, bank charge or other refundThe Scam –
The caller or emailer gives a credible reason for giving you a refund and asks for your bank or card details to pay the money to you.
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Actual Example of this ScamScam Email - received by Leicestershire Trading Standards!!
This email connected to a web page that looked like - & linked to - the Revenue & Customs website.
"From: tax_refund@HMRC.gov.uk [mailto:HMRC@test.com]
Sent: 06 February 2010 16:47
Subject: Important message from HMRC: Tax Refund
We have recheck your tax and noticed that you made a mistake about the amount paid.
You have to take back the sum of 205 pounds. To suppress this amount, please download
and complete the form.
We apologize for the error we made. If you do not complete all fields on the form correctly
you will not suppress the amount specified.
Sincerely and respectfully, HMRC team."
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