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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 08:00 AM Jul 2014

Another brain-dead phishing scam

I won't list the contents of this email but I'll summarize. Supposedly I violated a toll road rule and now owe money for non-payment. Email comes from a .ph domain and the "invoice" comes from a .br domain.

Looks legit to me !

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Another brain-dead phishing scam (Original Post) steve2470 Jul 2014 OP
To pay the invoice... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2014 #1
yea funny how my car made it 11K miles across the globe to the Philippines steve2470 Jul 2014 #2
There are toll booth camera pictures of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2014 #3
I wonder what happened to him, such a strange event nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #4
He's in the Philippines... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2014 #5
oh yea ! such a master criminal ! lol nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #6
My husband got the same thing. Worried senior Jul 2014 #7
Interesting. love_katz Aug 2014 #8

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,489 posts)
1. To pay the invoice...
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 08:13 AM
Jul 2014

...just connect to the SSID 'FBISurveillanceVan'.

...and stop blowing those toll booths in the Philippines which contracts their collections work to Brazil.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
2. yea funny how my car made it 11K miles across the globe to the Philippines
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 08:15 AM
Jul 2014

Somehow I missed that adventure, sadly.

Worried senior

(1,328 posts)
7. My husband got the same thing.
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 01:11 PM
Jul 2014

A couple months ago I got one that I was involved in a court case. Had an attachment supposedly from some California lawyers. I did not open it.

Figured if I was wanted it would come some other way than thru an email.

love_katz

(2,593 posts)
8. Interesting.
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 10:29 PM
Aug 2014

I got a telephone message (land line phone) from someone who claimed I would be involved in a court case. Claimed he was an investigator for the IRS. However, his accent kind of gave the whole game away. I figured he was probably calling from Nigeria.

And, like you, I figured that if I was somehow in trouble with the IRS, that they would notify me by snail mail, since I've been here for, oh, 30 years. Did not bother to call this mofo back.

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