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eBay Scam

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Scammers will try everything and as I know a client has previously been a victim of a eBay scam I thought it best to publish this one.

From: support @ e-buy .co.uk
Subject: New Unpaid Item Message from milanesjr - 170349230798
Date: 20 August 2009 21:27:52 BST
Reply-To: support @ e-buy .co.uk

Dear member,
eBay member milanesjr has left you a message regarding item #170349230798
Response required!
View the dispute thread to respond
Regards,
eBay Inc.

If you look properly at the email header you will see the message is from e-Buy.co.uk , if you click on the link in the email it will take you to a page the looks just like ebay and invites you to log into your account. Do not enter your ebay account details into this site. This is not related to ebay in any way and will give thieves access to your account. The website address is in fact www. eaay.co.uk

Be aware do not respond to these emails.

Posted by deFreeze on 08/20 at 09:32 PM
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HMRC Scam

Thursday, July 23, 2009

My fabulous accountants defacto-fd have just sent this warning. I haven’t received this scam myself as yet - however be vigilant!

Please be aware that there are a number of scam e-mails being sent at the moment, which appear to come from HMRC.  They will say that you are due a tax refund and that to claim this you should either click on a link and fill in your bank details or fill in an attached form and e-mail it to them. 

The e-mails appear to come from a valid HMRC e-mail address and may also contain a valid HMRC contact address and phone number.

These are scam e-mails sent by fraudsters and are designed to gather your bank details and enough security information to allow them to access your bank accounts.

HMRC does not ever send e-mails to individuals or businesses asking them for their bank details.

If you receive an e-mail of this nature please do not respond to it.  If you have already responded to one you should contact your bank immediately to make sure there has been no fraudulent activity on your account, and to ask them what your next steps should be.

Posted by deFreeze on 07/23 at 01:19 PM
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“Deactivation of Your Email Address” Email is a Scam

Monday, June 22, 2009

One of my clients just forwarded the email below on to me. It seems he thought his email was in fact about to be deactivated. This is a Scam to get your email details. DO NOT reply to this email and DO NOT send your email log-in details to anyone.
Thanks!

Email content:
Attention:
We received an unusual Response code from this email address requesting for deactivation. If you did send this request ignore this message.
Automatically deactivation will take place within 24 hours after reading this message. But if you feel is an error message then follow the step below to keep account active.

In order to verify/keep your email address active, you are to provide the following data;

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
First Name: ____________________________
Last Name: _____________________________
Email Username: ________________________
Email Password: ________________________
Account Deactivation: ______ (specify yes to deactivate. No to keep active)
Reason for Deactivation :_____________( if yes)

Warning!!! In failure to verify your email account within 48hrs on receiving this notification, your account will automatically be deactivated

Thank you for using our Webmail!
Warning Code: AHGF8Z02ARO

Kind regards,
The webmail service Team Management.
ABN 33
All rights reserved.

Posted by deFreeze on 06/22 at 11:09 AM
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Bing Launched by microscoft

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Bing launch this morning - the new search engine from Microsoft, replacing Live Search. It being called a Decision Engine because it is designed to help users search more effectively in these four areas; making a purchase decision, planning a trip, researching a health condition and finding a local business.

“When we set out to build Bing, we grounded ourselves in a deep understanding of how people really want to use the Web. Bing is an important first step forward in our long-term effort to deliver innovations in search that enable people to find information quickly and use the information they’ve found to accomplish tasks and make smart decisions.”—Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corp

www.bing.com

Posted by deFreeze on 05/28 at 07:07 PM
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Launching Marks Works

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The fabulous new web site for writer and author Graham Marks has been launched! We had such fun developing this site. deFreeze came up with a series of ideas for the design of this site. One of which was using a laptop computer screen to display the content of the site. Graham emailed back straight away with an image of his desk with his laptop as center stage! An image he took to send us and give us an idea of what he was after. Clearly we were both on the same page!

www.marksworks.co.uk

Posted by deFreeze on 05/26 at 10:32 PM
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