Gerade wurde in der #Bahn ein #Scam an mir versucht...

Alles fing an, dass sich kurz hinter #Bordesholm (also kurz vor #Kiel) eine junge Frau (die ich gerade einsteigen sah) zu mir setzte und ein Gespräch mit Fragen begann: "Hätte ich von Bordesholm direkt nach Hamburg fahren können ohne in Kiel umzusteigen?"

Nachdem ich ihr kurz die Streckenführung erklärte und schon wieder meine Kopfhörer drinnen hatte, sprach sie mich erneut an.

"Wissen Sie was #Paypal ist?" (nicht der beste Opener, Mädel)

Als ich bejahte sagte sie, dass sie jetzt den ICE ab Kiel nehmen müsste und keine Zeit mehr hätte, sich Geld zu holen (Martin weiß: Ankunft RE 10:34 Uhr, Abfahrt ICE 11:11 Uhr).

Ob Sie mir deshalb Geld per Paypal schicken könnte und ich Ihr das auszahlen könnte. Ich lachte nur und sagte "So etwas mache ich nicht". Dann war sie auch sofort wieder weg.

Ich sah sie in Kiel wieder, anscheinend hatte sie noch keinen Erfolg. Meinen (zugegebenermaßen etwas süffisanten) Hinweis auf die Lokation des nächsten Geldautomaten und den 37 Minuten bis Abfahrt des ICEs fand sie anscheinend nicht hilfreich.

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I have previously, in good faith, reached out to the person claiming to run "Gaza Verified," and they showed no interest in taking action. In fact, their own website is independently attempting to raise $36,000.

I understand that many people want to help — what’s happening in Gaza is truly awful. But you'd be wiser to donate through trusted organizations like the Red Cross or, as someone else suggested, UNICEF, rather than responding to random direct messages.

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/palestinian-children-remain-deprived-most-essential-supplies-and-services

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#Gaza #GazaVerified #Scam #Fraud

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First, let me say: what’s happening in Gaza is absolutely awful. But what’s also awful is that there are dishonest people taking advantage of others during a crisis.

In one photo, from Facebook (my job, where I work), we had a woman claiming to be a 36-year-old mother of two children, ages 4 and 7. She spaced out the URL in her post, hoping it wouldn’t get flagged by spam filters (it did). The very next day, someone on the Fediverse posted the exact same message, with the same URL. The only differences were that they used a different name, a different profile photo, and claimed to be a 19-year-old girl.

I have reviewed every account associated with the group known as “Gaza Verified” — and they are all scammers. Every single one of them.

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#Gaza #GazaVerified #Scam #Fraud

Scary stuff. Definitely worth checking that a hotel exists, by looking on other platforms for recent reviews etc.

'Traveller reader Raja Nagaraja of Florey, ACT, got a rude surprise when he and his wife showed up late one night expecting to check in at the accommodation they’d booked at the Outlook Hotel in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls. It didn’t exist.

'“Terrified in the darkness at this unknown place, we called the number provided, with a person informing us that the hotel was still under construction and that he would provide alternate accommodation,” he wrote.'

#travel #scam https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/beware-booking-that-overseas-hotel-it-might-not-exist-20251010-p5n1kp.html

Scary stuff. Definitely worth checking that a hotel exists, by looking on other platforms for recent reviews etc.

'Traveller reader Raja Nagaraja of Florey, ACT, got a rude surprise when he and his wife showed up late one night expecting to check in at the accommodation they’d booked at the Outlook Hotel in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls. It didn’t exist.

'“Terrified in the darkness at this unknown place, we called the number provided, with a person informing us that the hotel was still under construction and that he would provide alternate accommodation,” he wrote.'

#travel #scam https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/beware-booking-that-overseas-hotel-it-might-not-exist-20251010-p5n1kp.html

Possible Phishing 🎣
on: ⚠️hxxps[:]//home1448[.]godaddysites[.]com
🧬 Analysis at: https://urldna.io/scan/68eb9ca73b7750258490ad21
#cybersecurity #phishing #infosec #urldna #scam #infosec

🚨New coordinated Mastodon attack targeting Palestinians from Gaza

Folks, please look out for newly-created accounts on mastodon.social targeting Palestinians from Gaza with what appear to be automated/similar messages aimed at either scamming them or otherwise causing them harm in some way.

Accounts I’ve already reported to @staff:

- @Danitimi@mastodon.social
- @bradoliver2050@mastodon.social
- @elizabethangel12@mastodon.social
- @mary1e1@mastodon.social

To the #GazaVerified families: if someone reaches out with similar posts, please do not engage and come to me instead. I will handle it.

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #scam #spam #hasbara #israel #genocide #mastodon #fediverse

🚨New coordinated Mastodon attack targeting Palestinians from Gaza

Folks, please look out for newly-created accounts on mastodon.social targeting Palestinians from Gaza with what appear to be automated/similar messages aimed at either scamming them or otherwise causing them harm in some way.

Accounts I’ve already reported to @staff:

- @Danitimi@mastodon.social
- @bradoliver2050@mastodon.social
- @elizabethangel12@mastodon.social
- @mary1e1@mastodon.social

To the #GazaVerified families: if someone reaches out with similar posts, please do not engage and come to me instead. I will handle it.

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #scam #spam #hasbara #israel #genocide #mastodon #fediverse

Are credit scores a scam?

#isitascamyep #scam #creditscore

Are credit scores a scam?

#isitascamyep #scam #creditscore

I never got a scam e-Mail like that before! So how did they know!

My employer filed for insolvency in 2023 and all employees got their last salaries from the #IEF. In such cases everybody has to pay extra tax on that next year.

The scammer probably got the insolvency data from public records and employee names from the homepage. Guessed one of my e-Mail Addresses. Bet on people forgetting this #tax debt, waited two years and then sent targeted #scam e-Mails!

That's a new level of insidious!

un-be-fucking-lievable

I got a targeted #scam email from the Austrian tax service. Notifying me about ~1500€ outstanding tax from 2023.
They would execute my flat tomorrow!
+link, where I could easily pay the scammer.

It looked really believable at first!

Despite the obvious fake Address and ads that the scammer forgot to remove.

Because last year I really had an outstanding tax payment for 2023!

So my 1st thought was: Did they not book my payment correctly?

#finanzonline #digitalaustria

why this #carboncapture stuff everywhere all of a sudden.

err. look, the reason why i don't want to hear it is very simple: IT. DOES. NOT. WORK.

industry has been trying to find a way to collect individual molecules of CO2 out of the air for 20 years now with 0 results. nothing. a rounding error.

there is a very well proven way to store carbon though, it is called sedimentary rock. of which the same companies are still extracting it at insane rates.

see the #SCAM?

why this #carboncapture stuff everywhere all of a sudden.

err. look, the reason why i don't want to hear it is very simple: IT. DOES. NOT. WORK.

industry has been trying to find a way to collect individual molecules of CO2 out of the air for 20 years now with 0 results. nothing. a rounding error.

there is a very well proven way to store carbon though, it is called sedimentary rock. of which the same companies are still extracting it at insane rates.

see the #SCAM?

The account at https://troet.cafe/@m7moodfamily (@m7moodfamily@troet.cafe) is a scam. It’s got hundreds of posts even though it joined yesterday and it links to gaza-verified.org even though we have not verified it.

I’m also seeing copies of the account on troet.cafe and elsewhere. Be careful with any accounts that contain “moodfamily” in the name.

I reported it to troet.cafe yesterday but no action has yet been taken.

If there is a real Mahmoud family account please contact me and we’ll verify you.

If you’re the person running the scam accounts: stop! You are stealing from starving people in Gaza. Shame on you. Have you not an ounce of humanity?

@palestine

#GazaVerified #warning #scam #fediverse#Gaza #fundraising#FreePalestine

Here's a feel-good story from New Zealand. A ‘‘little old lady from Southland’’ was ripped off by scammers in Croatia with a highly inflated 'taxi' fare. They ran her card for €1506 ($NZ2992) after a 10-minute cab ride.

Her perseverance let to an appearance on Croatian prime-time news, an official apology from the Ministry of Tourism and their Ministry of Transport has introduced new regulations for taxis, with fare caps and specialised licence plates.

And she got her money back.

Go Carol!

https://archive.ph/Esz2F

#Scam#Croatia

Here's a feel-good story from New Zealand. A ‘‘little old lady from Southland’’ was ripped off by scammers in Croatia with a highly inflated 'taxi' fare. They ran her card for €1506 ($NZ2992) after a 10-minute cab ride.

Her perseverance let to an appearance on Croatian prime-time news, an official apology from the Ministry of Tourism and their Ministry of Transport has introduced new regulations for taxis, with fare caps and specialised licence plates.

And she got her money back.

Go Carol!

https://archive.ph/Esz2F

#Scam#Croatia

I saw something disturbing this morning.
One of my clients showed me an email. They use Gmail for their emails (on their own domain) and download them locally.
The email officially came from their company president, giving the purchasing department orders to immediately pay an invoice of around €20,000 to a new supplier in the UK. It included all the details and had the invoice attached as a PDF.

The worrying part is that the style and tone of the writing were exactly like their president's. However, the sender's address, while using the correct name, was a generic Gmail account. This immediately raised a red flag for the purchasing department, and they didn't fall for it. It was also easy for them to check because the president was in their office at that very moment.

Looking at the sender's address, it would have been simple for anyone to figure out what was happening, but many people don't.
The accuracy with which they (likely using an LLM) recreated the president's writing style is truly concerning.

#Scam#Spam#FakeSender

A first on Mastodon 🚨
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A first on Mastodon 🚨
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