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Oz34
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 07/04/2021 : 21:44:11
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Hi All, I've received an email purporting to come from Ian and asking me to spend money on his behalf when he would reimburse me at the weekend. If it was indeed Ian I would have been happy to do this however there was something about these emails that didn't quite ring true and "his" response to my request for info which a scammer would not know was unconvincing.
I have now spoken to Ian on the phone and it seems his email was stolen and anything you may receive is likely to be a scam.
Stay safe, in more ways than one!
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Ray Masters
United Kingdom
563 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2021 : 22:34:48
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| I too have received this email from Ian and suspected it was a scam . I did reply to it without any commitment on my part . I feel sure there will be many others on Ian’s list of contacts that will get one so please be aware |
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Paul White
United Kingdom
53 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2021 : 22:36:02
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Hi Dave,
I have received these "vague" email requests from various members including MMM Register Committee members.
If you reply to them they will then have your email address, suggest you change your passwords just in case !!
My email provider shows who the email is actually from not who you think it is from, not all providers show this.
In respect of the "MMM officials" the email addresses included "executive committee" to give them some credibility.
There are some very devious people out there. Paul MMM Bulletin
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Westbury
United Kingdom
1962 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2021 : 22:47:40
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Just for information, I also received a similar message from ‘ Ian Goddard’ and I initially responded but the subsequent reply convinced me it was a scam.
What a world we live in !
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Oz34
United Kingdom
2495 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2021 : 23:02:45
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I too Chris. Paul, the first thing I did was check the email address and it was the one I had. Ian tells me they stole the address and he was unable to use it himself. I note however that their reply was from a different "Ian Goddard" address which Ian tells me was never anything to do with him.
As far as their having my address Paul, they had it already as they've been emailing all Ian's contacts however, you're probably right about passwords. What a pain; mine are quite complicated, but I know them. Now I'll have to get to know new ones!
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6007 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2021 : 23:21:06
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Is a scammer's knowledge of your email address really a reason to change the account password? Many of us would have email addresses in the public domain - in the contacts page of this website for example - but it’s just an address and I can’t immediately see the cause for concern.
Simon J
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coracle
United Kingdom
1886 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2021 : 00:00:40
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| Being a sceptic, when the offending email suggested Ian was not contactable by phone, I immediately phoned him and all became clear. |
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PaulusPotter
Netherlands
202 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2021 : 07:58:28
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Hello All,
I received a similar mail a few weeks ago and just deleted it. But yesterday i received one again and when blocking the sender it appeared that there was a slight change in the senders E-mail adres. So for sure not Ian !
A few years ago I got also similar mails from several other forum members.
Further I received a similar mail yesterday from English friends that are no member of the forum
I guess it is coming via btinternet.
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Roger Cadogan
United Kingdom
488 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2021 : 11:50:01
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A bit behind the curve on this one but, #ME TOO. I was quite looking forward to meeting Ian's "niece". No fool like an old fool.
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Nick Feakes
USA
3343 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2021 : 12:39:34
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This is a very common scam. They take someone's email address, usually one containing a name, whose real email address might be joesmith99@someplace.com and set up a similar looking email address such as joesmith99@somewhereelse.com. The original email address can be obtained from stolen data during a security breach or more commonly from mailing lists. They then send emails to everyone else on that list asking the recipient to send money as your son/daughter/niece/uncle etc. has had an accident or is in jail and needs cash but using the similar looking but fake email address. If the email goes to someone who doesn't recognise the name they delete it anyway. These sort of emails do not generally indicate that your email account has been hacked they just use the name part.
The simple answer is never send money to anyone without checking they are who they say they are. A few simple questions about something they should know will most often not illicit a reply.
Nick
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bloodysalmon
Spain
1482 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2021 : 13:50:09
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yes i had 4-5 attempts to get me to pay some money ... i actually kept it going for a while knowing it was a scam ... eventually it stopped.
Chris Blood
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tonym
United Kingdom
651 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2021 : 14:38:11
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I also had one of these from "Ian"
The basic clue to the fact that it is a scam is in the language used.
If it were actually from him, it would at least start with a Dear Bill, Jim etc - rather than just straight into the message.
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