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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:04 pm |
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_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:13 pm |
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_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:55 am |
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Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4525
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Hopefully we're all getting too smart to get caught by this amateurish 'Telstra' scam... As well as the obvious, note also that the 'due date' was about to expire, the 'corporate colours' are not even close, 'nl' indicates it came from the Netherlands, acc. number is clearly phoney, and the generic 'Hi User' is a dead give-away...
_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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BC
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:48 am |
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Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:52 am Posts: 1047
City or Town: Tinonee
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Please note the scam as reported by John van Maanenberg. I have had a similar scam attempted on me at least twice, so be aware.
Cheers
Bob Mummery
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Date: Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 9:42 PM Subject: FW: Email scam To:
From: Sent: Saturday, 13 January 2024 7:36 AM To: Subject: Email scam ________________________________________ Hi Bob, There's a scam doing the rounds purporting to be me (Johannes van Maanenberg), asking the recipient to contact me. Dutchy Veldtmeyer, Chip Dale, and two of my brothers have already connected with me regarding this scam, and since two members of our mobi's intake have been involved I think it'd be an idea to alert our other intake members of this scam, so they can delete it on receipt of it. I seem to have lost the mailing list, and wonder if you could please step in with yours, as you post regular bulletins to all and sundry. Best regards, John van Maanenberg.
My best solution for this sort of scam is to always delete any previous email address/name details before forwarding. That is how scammers get the names and links.
But, most people won't take the few seconds to delete before sending!
And when sending mass emails, always use the Bcc address line. - BC
_________________ Brian Carney R43371 Ex-WOMTP5 22nd Mobi Intake Jan 67 - Jan 89 RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).
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Graeme Rhodes
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:47 am |
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If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck, it's probably a duck seems pertinent with these scams etc.
_________________ Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes R94714 Ex-CPOMTP(D)5 Jan'65 Leeuwin Intake (10th) - Jan'66 Nirimba Intake (20th) Jan'65 to Mar '88 Leeuwin, Nirimba, Stalwart, Samarai, Lae, Penguin, Curlew, Buccaneer, Navy Office, Barbette, Cairns, RANTTU (based in Port Moresby), Stirling, Bunbury.
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 5:34 pm |
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Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4525
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Here's a new amateurish slant on an old scam, in with my today's e-mails purporting to be from Telstra... Worth noting... No specific addressee (e.g., to me as a subscriber) 'From' and 'To' are the same 'E- Bill <infobill@marketingpracticality.com> ' (assuming all actual 'To' addressees are Bcc's) No logos Phoney 11-digit 'Bill number' (Telstra have 13-digit account numbers) Addressing recipient as 'Hi User' Appears English is a second language..! 'Check Bill' is a live url (DO NOT CLICK ON IT..!) What is 'bell webmail' and 'My Bell'..? (Presume this was originally targeting Bell Telecom subscribers) Lots of LARGE suspicious gaps between lines of text (could contain hidden 'spy software' or links) Be warned... Don't get caught... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: E- Bill <infobill@marketingpracticality.com> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2024 2:27 PM To: E- Bill <infobill@marketingpracticality.com> Subject: Re: Your new Telstra bill for account 19236350199 is attached Your monthly bill is now ready in Telstra. Bill number: 19278320199 Hi User, Your new bill is attached and is scheduled to be paid by direct debit on 15th May 2024. Sign into your bell webmail to view your current and past 12 months’ bills, choose a different payment method or query your bill, please sign in to the My Bell app. Check Bill Experiencing financial difficulties? As part of our Financial Hardship Policy, we can offer flexibility if you're having trouble making payment. Please contact us on 13 2200 to discuss your options. Regards, Your Telstra Team Always here to help.
_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Pony
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 9:53 pm |
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I also received that Rick. Think it was the same word for word. Can't check as it went to permanent deletion.
_________________ Mike (Pony) Moore O42860 Ex-LT GLEN(ME) 16th MOBI intake Jan 64 - Jul 88. Anzac, Nirimba, Stalwart, Moresby, Creswell, Waterhen, Penguin, Vampire, GMGID (PJP), Coonawarra, Attack, Ardent, Cook, Kuttabull, Cerberus.
May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 8:48 pm |
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As well as getting another 'Telstra - My Bell' e-mail tonight, Pony, complete with three 'live links'... ...I also got this one, which I shared with the keeper of the most definitive of MOBI Lists, Bob Mummery... -------------------------------------------- Hi Bob, trust this finds you fit and well… Just a quickie, I received the unexpected/ unsolicited/ suspect e-mail below today, supposedly from ‘David Highnam’… Point being that whilst I’m well aware who David Highman is/ was (12th MOBI Intake, the term above our 13th,) and I remember him as a likeable, quiet, ‘gentlemanly’ type, I don’t remember ever having spoken directly to him, nor corresponded with him in any way, nor needed to… The text is classic/ typical scam/ phishing tactics, i.e., ‘laryngitis’ so you won’t try to call him, request for acknowledgement/ receipt of the e-mail, proving you, the recipient is a ‘live’/'active' contact for further follow up… I’m interested to know if you’ve heard from ‘David’ yourself, or if anybody else on your vast list of MOBIs has had similar e-mails, also this e-mail address ends in .ca which according to Internet domain lists is Canada…It seems ‘wcgwave.ca’ is a well-established scam site: https://ebrandon.ca/messagethread.aspx? ... cat_id=239Here’s what ‘Reddit’ says on the the 'Laryngitis' scam: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments ... riend_has/"Laryngitis scam, an email says your friend has laryngitis so they are contacting you by email. They want you to buy a gift card for a friend. They will pay you back. I got an email from a friend that said they had laryngitis so they could not talk over the phone. Very convenient you cannot check to see if it is your friend because you cannot talk to them. The email says that my friend wants to buy a gift card for a friend with a serious disease, but when they tried to send them the gift card something went wrong with the bank. Could I help by sending the gift card. Gift card requests are always a red flag and the coincidence that they have laryngitis and that there was a problem with them sending the gift card is another big red flag. Is this a new scam? I Googled laryngitis and gift card scam and came up with nothing relevant. I am particularly interested in the laryngitis aspect of the scam."Bottom line, Bob, it’s a scam, and clearly, David Highnam’s legit e-mail address is NOT David Highnam academyvideo@wcgwave.ca however, his name has been stolen from someone else’s list, then mailed out to everyone on THAT list… Whoever had the original list has had his e-mails and his e-mail contact lists well and truly hacked…! Hopefully someone can inform Dave that his name’s out there..!Keep up the good work…Best Regards, Rick P.
_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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BC
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 8:58 pm |
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Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:52 am Posts: 1047
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I also received a very similar email from "navymanmandurah@west..... (I can't remember the rest)
Pretty much the same text message, but signed Bob.
I just deleted it through my "Mailwasher" program at my ISP.
_________________ Brian Carney R43371 Ex-WOMTP5 22nd Mobi Intake Jan 67 - Jan 89 RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).
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Graeme Rhodes
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 10:35 am |
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Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:51 pm Posts: 507
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I also received the same email from David Highnam. Never heard of him! Now confined to spam and blocked.
_________________ Graeme 'Smiley' Rhodes R94714 Ex-CPOMTP(D)5 Jan'65 Leeuwin Intake (10th) - Jan'66 Nirimba Intake (20th) Jan'65 to Mar '88 Leeuwin, Nirimba, Stalwart, Samarai, Lae, Penguin, Curlew, Buccaneer, Navy Office, Barbette, Cairns, RANTTU (based in Port Moresby), Stirling, Bunbury.
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