WISE to delete !

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Although my inbox is occasionally bombarded by the usual pathetic phishing attempts, this one stood-out as being unusually tempting, because it looks so crisp and business-like:

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Of course, it is just another scam, and here’s a link to the WISE information page:

https://wise.com/help/articles/2932695/watch-out-for-phishing

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MichaelG.

[Brian WoodParticipant @brianwood45127]

Michael,

We get this sort of stuff all the time.

Forward it to ” Report @” which is a Government site looking for just such material to follow up and block. You may not have to type more than the rep of Report for it to fill in the rest of the address for you.

Regards   Brian

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Duly noted, Brian … but I am well-aware of the required action

… I routinely report somewhere between two and twenty phishing attempts each day.

<< report@phishing.gov.uk >>

The only reason for mentioning this one on the forum is as stated in my post.

MichaelG.

[MikeKParticipant @mikek40713]

“You need to confirm you personal details” is tempting?

[MikeK]

On MikeK Said:

“You need to confirm you personal details” is tempting?

Dead giveaway right there. NO legit outfit ever emails or phones you asking for personal details.

Anyone getting spam in their inbox in this day and age needs to get better email service or filtering software. I use Gmail and I get absolutely zero spam. For other email systems there are plenty of free spam filters available if you Google it. Spam is so 1999.

[Grindstone CowboyParticipant @grindstonecowboy]

I’ve mentioned it before, but I use Mailwasher and get very few spam messages coming through.

Rob

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

My decision to post this one was evidently ill-judged

Apologies for inconveniencing anyone.

There are more important things going-on in my life [and presumably in yours] … I have no further comment on the matter.

MichaelG.

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Oh – don’t worry. You’ve not inconvenienced anyone, and you’ve shown us another doing the rounds, to warn us.

Curiously, when typing the attack forwarding addresses for BT and my bank the first part of the name is enough, but it does not work for the “report@phishing… ” one.

It is noticeable that the message does not pretend to explain itself, or tell us what “WISE” is meant to be.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

What or who is this Wise thing anyway?
This is a genuine query so no rude comments please!

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Just follow the [safe] link that I provided in the first post, and then skip lightly to their home page.

MichaelG.

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It will take you here: https://wise.com/

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Edit: __ alternatively, this may suffice:

 

[V8Eng]

On V8Eng Said:

What or who is this Wise thing anyway?
This is a genuine query so no rude comments please!

It’s a sort of online bank that is a big (est?) player in the international travel debit card business. So lots of people have a Wise card they use for their overseas holidays once every year or two and forget about it in the meantime, so are quite likely to not remember its current status etc and go ahead and update their details if they are not wary. It is actually a quite cunning choice of bank/card provider because most people are in touch with what is going on in their regular bank accounts and cards but the Wise travel card tends to be out of sight out of mind when not on holiday. Ironic, because the whole point of using a Wise card is that you put a limited amount of money in it and use it overseas so if your card gets skimmed and scammed, your main personal bank account and regular cards are not compromise.

[MikeKParticipant @mikek40713]

Sorry if my comment sounded harsh.  Wasn’t mean to be.  Nobody was inconvenienced.  Remember: This is not a competition, it is only an exhibition. 🙂

Mike

 

[Grindstone Cowboy]

On Grindstone Cowboy Said:

I’ve mentioned it before, but I use Mailwasher and get very few spam messages coming through.

Rob

That is one of the good free ones that is really well worth downloading from their website. Life is too short to be dealing with spam. (LOL there are forum posts to be posted!)

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

On 11 August 2024 at 21:26 Michael Gilligan Said:

My decision to post this one was evidently ill-judged

Apologies for inconveniencing anyone.

There are more important things going-on in my life [and presumably in yours] … I have no further comment on the matter.

MichaelG.

No inconvenience. I am just repeatedly surprised at the number of threads and posts on this forum in particular regarding spam and scam phone calls. It seems a lot of the older generation are not up to speed with dealing with them and there are a few simple fixes such as those I suggested, which many people seem to be unaware of.

Worldwide, the spamming/scamming “industry” rakes in billions of dollars, yes billions with a B — 4 billion Quid in the UK last year alone. So obviously it works, in many many cases, and so there is a massive need for education and awareness of simple fixes like spam filter software.

Dunno what you do about the phone calls though. I kept my old land line just so I can put that number on anything on the internet that requests it and I never, ever give out my mobile number to anyone I don’t know personally in real life etc. Consequently, I get one or two scam calls a day on my landline answering machine – they hang up without leaving a message — but zero on my mobile.

But I am gobsmacked at stories that appear in the news such as retired accountant invests his $800,000 life savings in a bogus BT fund after he gets a phone call out of the blue from someone falsely claiming to be from BT Financial and has a wonderful opportunity for him with amazing high returns etc. How do people continue to fall for this? How can you have not heard about such scams a million times already? Greed? Naivety? Early stages of dementia, Parkinsons etc? (Seriously, it is a problem. Look at a well known president of a major western power this past few weeks.)

 

[Hopper]

On Hopper Said:

Consequently, I get one or two scam calls a day on my landline answering machine

Oh, would ’twere thus.

[Peter Greene]

On Peter Greene Said:

On Hopper Said:

Consequently, I get one or two scam calls a day on my landline answering machine

Oh, would ’twere thus.

I used to get a lot more but maybe because all they ever get is an answering machine I have dropped off the lists of “live numbers” the scammers share or buy and sell on the internet? Also, I am very cagey about giving even that number out on the net. Only where it is absolutely essential to fill out an order form etc for something I know is legit. Or maybe I just live too far out in the sticks for them to even bother with me? Nobody here but us broke hicks who dont have any money and never buy anything!

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Recently, we have had two scam calls. the same woman’s voice, but different supposed phone numbres (One pretending to be local!) Wher I just bput down the phone, my wife tends ti use unparliamentary language.

There is something to be said for holding on, just to keep their line, and prevent them pestering someone else.

They definitely don’t like answering machines, ‘cos they can’t be conned into giving personal, credit card,  or banking details.

We’ve had a cpuple of scam E mails, suppsedly from froends of my wife.  But the E mail addresses are incorrect, so they get the double delete treatment, which seems to cause them to give up.

But they live in hopes of finding a sucker, some where else.

The “Mugged in Kiev” merchants appear to given up!

Hward

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