Private messages – scam?

[JAParticipant @ja]

I have just received a private message on this forum from a Vince Allan inviting me to join an investment partnership. My response was to delete it.

Has anyone else experienced scammers using the private message system?

JA

[JAParticipant @ja]

[Chris Evans 6Participant @chrisevans6]

No not received anything but thanks for the heads up. I certainly would not enter into anything from an approach like that.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Me too,

Mods, can this sender be barred please?

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Account suspended.

Neil

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

Just got the message while reading this !. Note – I have no money and am from Yorkshire Now deleted.

[colin hawesParticipant @colinhawes85982]

I got the same message and deleted it. Colin

[Cornish JackParticipant @cornishjack]

Deleted also but the temptation to string along one of these low-life scum was almost too much! Or, perhaps, reply with

" Thank you for what seems to be an irresistible offer. An investment by your high profile partners of say £100,000 would enable me to set up my multi-computer internet scam operation. This would be profitable both for me AND your investors with little costs incurred and returns divided 80/20 between myself and your organisation. Please note that the required amount must be made available in CASH only and left in a suitably marked container at a location to be notified later. I'm sure you will appreciate the need for ABSOLUTE secrecy in this matter. Please reply to :-

G Ormless

c/o PO box D/IM Sh1t5

Looking forward to a fruitcakeful partnership

rgds

CJ

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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Ditto.

But Mr. Allen was kind enough to furnish me with an email address to reply to.

If I had more time for mischief I would play the game for a while.

Nick

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

I noticed, late last evening [*] that the forum was inaccessible … Was that perhaps because someone, friend or foe, was working on it ?

MichaelG.

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[*] sorry, I didn't check the time

[Anonymous]

I've had a load of scam 'phone calls this morning, but no invitations to invest via the ME forum PM system. Obviously I'm not rich enough.

Either that or I'm on a black list. The only time I've been involved in a boiler room share scam I strung the guy along for two weeks before telling him his 'scheme' was a scam. Superficially the scheme looked legitimate. The company being pushed did exist, in the US. However, the shares were listed on the 'pink' stock exchange, a bit like the AIM in the UK, but even less liquid. So buying shares would be easy, but selling would be darn near impossible.

Andrew

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

The shoddy little ***** even sent me a PM.

What kind of moron uses a website for scamming the members and chooses to send his pitiful missive to a moderator?

I must ask Katy to add tow more buttons to the moderator toolbar: "Nuke from orbit" and "Terminate with Extreme Prejudice".

Neil

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Neil,

 

Are you completely sure you did not infringe his human rights, by suspending his account?

 

After all, his account may have been violated by several third, fourth fifth, etc parties!

 

A friend of mine was recently stranded in some foreign hospital after a road accident somewhere. Of course, I would have immediately sent him some funds (had he not been at home when I phoned to tell him of the scam).

Since then I've had yet

another email 'request' from him to join his "linkedin" account. What a good idea!!

 

 

 

Responding, by clicking anything on that email could result in my 'puter being compromised – possibly ending up soliciting ME members (and others?) for fast loans, supply of illegal drugs, etc – or maybe getting all my files encrypted by the scum (I would dump the thing if that happened as it is already past its sell by date).

 

On second thoughts, you may have been right? Especially if only Joined yesterday!

 

 

 

Edited to apologise for the apparent lack of punctuation, etc – that is the best my 'puter will do.  I am quite literate (my wife often says 'too literate' most of the time!).  Scum, not scam, was intentional.

 

Edited By not done it yet on 05/12/2016 13:25:14

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I'm pretty sure he infringed the forum T&Cs, and as he only validated immediately before sending those pms, it wasn't an established member having their account hacked.

Neil

[Roger Williams 2Participant @rogerwilliams2]

I told him to **** off…

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

I told him to **** off…

Sorry, but not enough information without atleast one letter to determine if it was urin- or copul- … ate

Same message either way, and probably something that most would understand – even those from faraway fields….

[Enough!Participant @enough]

You mean if I wrote p*s* off you'd understand that I meant "push off"?

Cool!

[Roger Williams 2Participant @rogerwilliams2]

Not done it yet, LOL !. OK, it was foxtrot oscar.

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

That's Foreign Office old chap

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Posted by Danny M2Z on 06/12/2016 12:07:01:

That's Foreign Office old chap

Or Fundamental Orifice – which seems to describe the offender

[HacksawParticipant @hacksaw]

Bahhhhh.

I clicked this thread thinking it said "private massage "…

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Just bumping this as a few people are still finding the messages from our 'friend' Vince.

Neil

[Frances IoMParticipant @francesiom58905]

if you are considering upping your security post this then I’d also look at the use of URL shortening -I’ve noticed one or two users of such – an old dodge was to 1st post a genuine link then later to amend this to a malware link – after all those who browse wide open with javascript + flash fully open have no idea where the link will lead to – best analogy is throwing your labelled house keys into a gutter.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Since this misguided (Severely bent?) individual may try again, using an different pseudonym, is it possible to block ALL messages from that computer address?

Pity that we can't do what they did in a James Bond film and send a spike!

Have been contacted, again, today by Parsons Parsons saying "Hi" That got the double delete treatment, without even opening it. Maybe he had some irrestable offer to make 500% on my investment in a couple of months.

Maybe, I should have told him that the other plays "Annie Laurie" when it is pulled?

Howard.

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Howard Lewis on 07/12/2016 17:44:19:

…… is it possible to block ALL messages from that computer address?

 

No guarantee he'll have the same IP address tomorrow or next week. Unless you specifically arrange (and pay for) a static IP, the ISP system will simply hand out whatever address happens to be unallocated at the time.

If your end never logs off from the ISP (or does so infrequently for short periods) you may keep the same IP for extended periods but if you log off for a while, chances are you'll get a new IP next time you log on.

Edited By Bandersnatch on 07/12/2016 18:23:08

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