Reading about all these scammer sites, I've always thought along the lines "Those daft twats getting caught by them. It could never happen to me!"
But now I've fallen for the most blatant pathetic scam, although quick remedial action meant I didn't actually lose any money.
Had an email purporting to be from the Post Office saying a delivery had failed as there was an excess £3.45 to pay. As I work away from home and am usually expecting a delivery or two each week, I absent-mindedly clicked on the link and started filling in the resulting form.
I thought it was a bit odd that a Post Office form should include a "ZIP Code" field instead of a Post Code. But sailing past this flapping red flag, I also failed at first to spot the obviously dodgy URL, the logo "Royal Mail Croup Ltd" ('C' instead of 'G'), and the fact that the form asked for my Sort Code, which seemed unusual (but not my Account Number oddly enough).
Having submitted the first page, with all my payment details, I finally twigged that it was a scam. and quickly logged into my bank app and transferred all the available funds from that account into another and requested a block on the card and a replacement.
But it just shows, you don't have to be gullible and naive to fall for these tricks, although I freely admit to being both on this occasion. Absent mindedness and complacancy is just as much of a risk!
But now I've fallen for the most blatant pathetic scam, although quick remedial action meant I didn't actually lose any money.
Had an email purporting to be from the Post Office saying a delivery had failed as there was an excess £3.45 to pay. As I work away from home and am usually expecting a delivery or two each week, I absent-mindedly clicked on the link and started filling in the resulting form.
I thought it was a bit odd that a Post Office form should include a "ZIP Code" field instead of a Post Code. But sailing past this flapping red flag, I also failed at first to spot the obviously dodgy URL, the logo "Royal Mail Croup Ltd" ('C' instead of 'G'), and the fact that the form asked for my Sort Code, which seemed unusual (but not my Account Number oddly enough).
Having submitted the first page, with all my payment details, I finally twigged that it was a scam. and quickly logged into my bank app and transferred all the available funds from that account into another and requested a block on the card and a replacement.
But it just shows, you don't have to be gullible and naive to fall for these tricks, although I freely admit to being both on this occasion. Absent mindedness and complacancy is just as much of a risk!
Comment