Is it just me or are scammers popping up everywhere. it started out as the obvious Nigerian letter scams but over the last 6 months or so I am geting smashed by these things not just on a single email address but on multiple addresses, phone numbers and emails. I am very careful but i can see how people get caught as some of the scams like the dodgy origin energy power bills look superficially to be reasonably legit. Of course the email addresses or the websites they try to direct you to are obviously fake.
I have a small software business and I honestly get 3-4 per day. They are normally emails offering a refund, threatening legal action or for utility bills etc. Many of them are for overseas institutions etc or for banks etc that we dont have an account with so easily spotted but in a larger firm I could honestly see some unsuspecting accounts clerk mistakenly opening the virus laden attachment etc.
recently I am now also getting SMS's either telling me I've won a gift voucher/prize or offering me a refund for something I didnt buy or threatening to tax me for something ridiculous. All of them involve downloading something or opening something. I'm not going to be taken in and I wonder how overseas scammers get Australian mobile numbers to use to send the SMS's. is anybody else being smashed by these guys?
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