[EllenM]

Beware - Everyday Rewards scam​

Please be mindful and check the originating email address of the latest scam - Everyday Rewards. They say you’ve earned 2,500 Woolworths Points and ask you to click on the link to receive your prize. Don’t do it. It’s a scam.

 

[BruceC]

Once again!
If you click on any link without first checking with the relevant identity then you are a bloody idiot and deserve to lose everything you have.,

 

[Parrot]

My first thought would be Why would I suddenly become the lucky winner of 2,500 points
When I hardly ever shop at Woolworths surely that would set off the alarm bells..

 

[CragD1761]

Once again!
If you click on any link without first checking with the relevant identity then you are a bloody idiot and deserve to lose everything you have.,

With respect Bruce C: Please don't slap every " innocent victim " of sneaky, ridgee didge looking scams regardless of type, with the same " idiot " paint brush. Are you so naive to believe ordinary folk are " so stupid " & deserve being fleeced? No !! They deserve neither, in fact far from it! The " thing " you so glaringly fail to mention, is just how diabolically insidious scammers are. They do it because they know full well, that even if just 1% of their " target audience " fall for it, the scammers day is worth many X over. Are you so " perfect ", that you yourself have ( never ) been scammed? So therefore: your prideful quip . . . . . is moot!

 

[Trish M]

With respect Bruce C: Please don't slap every " innocent victim " of sneaky, ridgee didge looking scams regardless of type, with the same " idiot " paint brush. Are you so naive to believe ordinary folk are " so stupid " & deserve being fleeced? No !! They deserve neither, in fact far from it! The " thing " you so glaringly fail to mention, is just how diabolically insidious scammers are. They do it because they know full well, that even if just 1% of their " target audience " fall for it, the scammers day is worth many X over. Are you so " perfect ", that you yourself have ( never ) been scammed? So therefore: your prideful quip . . . . . is moot!

Well said!

 

[Catherines]

Well said!

In fact, very well said!

 

[Kevin. A.]

With respect Bruce C: Please don't slap every " innocent victim " of sneaky, ridgee didge looking scams regardless of type, with the same " idiot " paint brush. Are you so naive to believe ordinary folk are " so stupid " & deserve being fleeced? No !! They deserve neither, in fact far from it! The " thing " you so glaringly fail to mention, is just how diabolically insidious scammers are. They do it because they know full well, that even if just 1% of their " target audience " fall for it, the scammers day is worth many X over. Are you so " perfect ", that you yourself have ( never ) been scammed? So therefore: your prideful quip . . . . . is moot!

I agree completely, even some of the most tech savvy people have been caught out by scammers. Not everyone who gets caught by scammers is a complete idiot and even if they are, they certainly do not deserve to be scammed no matter how Nieve they are.

 

[EllenM]

Once again!
If you click on any link without first checking with the relevant identity then you are a bloody idiot and deserve to lose everything you have.,

This message is being sent in passive voice with the assistance of Siri. (Please note, sender has a speech impediment)

Thank you Theory (trans. Thank you Siri)

‘Dear Bruth,

The truth. Thumb people like being warned about a thcam (trans. scam)’

These are Thumb people:

 

[Catherines]

This message is being sent in passive voice with the assistance of Siri. (Please note, sender has a speech impediment)

Thank you Theory (trans. Thank you Siri)

‘Dear Bruth,

The truth. Thumb people like being warned about a thcam (trans. scam)’

These are Thumb people:

I agree with you - there is little harm done by warning us of all the various methods scammers are using now. It is probably difficult for an innocent victim to understand what is a scam and what is genuine and some on their own (especially women) feel frightened when they are threatened that something bad will happen to them if they don’t co-operate. I do believe that it is also a case of check first, don’t respond and if you do respond without getting assistance from a knowledgeable person or a family member then it is your fault.

So please just ask someone for assistance when receiving requests for money - that is your safest way and phone only a number you have in your records (bank phone number etc). Don’t phone a number you are given in an email or text, do first research the supposed company’s number.

 

[BruceC]

With respect Bruce C: Please don't slap every " innocent victim " of sneaky, ridgee didge looking scams regardless of type, with the same " idiot " paint brush. Are you so naive to believe ordinary folk are " so stupid " & deserve being fleeced? No !! They deserve neither, in fact far from it! The " thing " you so glaringly fail to mention, is just how diabolically insidious scammers are. They do it because they know full well, that even if just 1% of their " target audience " fall for it, the scammers day is worth many X over. Are you so " perfect ", that you yourself have ( never ) been scammed? So therefore: your prideful quip . . . . . is moot!

No my friend, I have never been scammed!
That is because I DO NOT & WILL NEVER click on any link no matter how authentic it looks before I first check with the relevent company..
If I cannot get confirmation i then forward the text or email to scam watch.
You don’t even need to have any intelligence to do this.
Just a bit of plain and simple discipline.
And as I have said many many times before if people do click on these links and hand over personal details then they are idiots who deserve to lose all they have!

 

[EllenM]

Hey Bruce, given your aversion to clicking on any link ‘no matter how authentic it looks’ can you put me forward as your proxy should you win SDC Bingo and any other SDC competitions?

 

[Kevin. A.]

Well said!

I agree with you one hundred percent. Mr. Perfect will one day fall victim after all his precautions. One day caught unaware, in a rush, busy day, expecting an urgent message, not thinking straight or just having a lot of things on your mind. It happens to us all and these are times and days the scammers hope for when you get a scam phone call, message or email. I do not wish anyone to become a victim of a scammer. However, I would make one exception just to teach Mr. Perfect a lesson.

 

[Kevin. A.]

No my friend, I have never been scammed!
That is because I DO NOT & WILL NEVER click on any link no matter how authentic it looks before I first check with the relevent company..
If I cannot get confirmation i then forward the text or email to scam watch.
You don’t even need to have any intelligence to do this.
Just a bit of plain and simple discipline.
And as I have said many many times before if people do click on these links and hand over personal details then they are idiots who deserve to lose all they have!

No I disagree with you. Just because someone is not thinking straight does not mean they deserve being scammed and they certainly do not deserve to lose everything. Scammers are nothing more than thieves, so by your logic, it is ok to steal as long as it is from vulnerable people. Does that make it ok "NO".

 

[BruceC]

Hey Bruce, given your aversion to clicking on any link ‘no matter how authentic it looks’ can you put me forward as your proxy should you win SDC Bingo and any other SDC competitions?

Sorry @EllenM I don’t enter these competitions

 

[BruceC]

No I disagree with you. Just because someone is not thinking straight does not mean they deserve being scammed and they certainly do not deserve to lose everything. Scammers are nothing more than thieves, so by your logic, it is ok to steal as long as it is from vulnerable people. Does that make it ok "NO".

Not at all OK to steal and I hate those scumbags!
BUT
If everyone just stopped clicking and handing over personal details then these activities would stop!
The only reason they succeed is because of idiots willing to click and hand over personal details without checking the authenticity of each and every email!

SIMPLE!