BEWARE of phone scammers posing to be from the Bank

[MUMSRIG Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MUMSRIG]

Just had a phone call from a female with terrible English who got a bit shirty with me when I asked her to repeat where she was from 3x times because I couldn't understand her.

She was claiming to be from the Australian Council of Banks and claimed that they had checked my banking records and found that I had been ovecharged by $5452 in bank fees etc. She then proceeded to congratulate me... This is where I hung up the phone.

I can see how older folk get conned into these scams as they are quite pushy over the phone.

I assume that her next step would have been to ask for my PayPal account or get me to send a $ monetry amount to a certain bank account so that these so called overcharges could be returned?

She even had a fair amount of background noise to make it sound like a call centre I pressume?

Mitch

[timmay5.7 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close timmay5.7]

That was me.
Stop hanging up. If you send me a bank cheque for $5, I can refund you the $5447 remaining. (to cover my fees etc)
Not a scam.... promise...

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Mitch, if you don't want it can I send my details?

I'm spleek bloken engris so no ploblem i talk to her. You no wowry bowt it ok, I unnersand her bewry well.

sowry bewry much for bakgroun noise ok, yes?

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Hey
why you hang up. I have you money, you must take it. What wrong you aussie, you stuupid.

If you take i feed my flamly you here in backgroun.

Ayeyarrrr!, stuupid aussie, give me bank details now!!!!!

[wooley Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close wooley]

congratulations... i'm pretty certain they wouldn't be saying congratulations. haha.

[croozza Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close croozza]

Just make every second word a swear word, and they hang up!!!

[wooley Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close wooley]

http://www.news.com.au/national/what...-1226100495649

i found this article quite amusing... ridiculous... but amusing none the less.

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Hehehe,
1. that's racist, and
2. Crozza changed his sig , well done

[MUMSRIG Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MUMSRIG]

Mitch, if you don't want it can I send my details?

I'm spleek bloken engris so no ploblem i talk to her. You no wowry bowt it ok, I unnersand her bewry well.

sowry bewry much for bakgroun noise ok, yes?

Hey
why you hang up. I have you money, you must take it. What wrong you aussie, you stuupid.

If you take i feed my flamly you here in backgroun.

Ayeyarrrr!, stuupid aussie, give me bank details now!!!!!

Hahahahaa

Cracked me up!

[croozza Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close croozza]

Hehehe,
1. that's racist, and
2. Crozza changed his sig , well done

And finally put up an avatar

[MUMSRIG Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MUMSRIG]

Yeah Tam almost got done by the mob calling as Microsoft!!

[croozza Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close croozza]

My girlfriend got a phone call from some indian chick saying she was from Microsoft, so she told her to F off and that she is nothing but a scammer, and as she was hanging up, the indian chick didnt even miss a beat, and was still trying to scam us.

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

I think all of you have been infected by my last post. But don't worry, I can delete the virus, just give me your password and I will log on remotely.

Mitch
WHY YOU STILL HUNGING UP? WHAT WONG WIT YOU AUSSIE? I HAVE YOU MONEY AND YOU MUST TAKE. I GIB YOU FREE SAMOSA IP YOU GIB ME BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER IN NEXT 30 MINITS. SPESHUL PLICE. CONGRATULATIONS AUSSIE. YOU MY FREND, I LUB YOU LONG TIME, JUST GIB ME BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER OK.

AND MY CUZZIN IS OPLERATOR FOR MICROSOFF, SHE NO HAPPY YOU TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL MATTERS WHEN SHE TRY HELP YOU. YOU NO SAY FLUCUATIONS (THINK ABOUT IT) AND SHE STILL HELP YOU WIT BERRY BAD VILUS ON YOU RAPTOP., NO GOOD AUSSIE, MAYBE YOU GET MANY YEAR BAD LUCK YOU NO CALLRING HER.

OK YOU NO HUNGING UP ME ANYMORE, WE BE FRENDS LONG TIME OK. MAYBE YOU GIVE ME SOME OF MONEY I GIB TO YOU TO SAY YOU HAPPY AND MAKE ME HAPPY. SOWRY BOUT FAMLY OTHER TIME OK, WAS DINNA TIME HERE. OK. I RING YOU NOW MAKE ME HAPPY AND YOU HAPPY. OK SAMOSA TASTE GOOD. i POST YOU TO TRY SOME.

[Dobbo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dobbo]

Hahahaha, I used to have a mouthfull of red wine....Not anymore though, it's now all over my desk!!!

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Mista Dobbo, you have raptop? you give me you numba, I gib you Mr Mitch money coz he beewry stuupid and no wanting he money. You looking very smart and wanting moneys for you wine. I likey wine beewry much so you send me you bank account for money and maybe ip you happy and drunk you gib me happy money for my famly. Ip you want I post you samosa.

I thinking you may hab vilrus. Ip you see free "x" on next line you hab vilrus bewry bad and you send me password for my sista to fix. she work for microsoff so you trusting me. XXX oh very bad for you Mr Dobbo.

I like you so no ploblem ok. Congratulations for you luckyness today. Gidday mate you smart aussie and we good frends ok.
You only trust me beclaus my sister work micrsoff and you no me ok. Good luck for you Mr Dobbo.