Parcel scam is a major problem for companies
The News Review:
- Parcel scam is a major problem for companies
- Kelantanese Warned To Be Wary f AF4 SMS Scam
- Home Depot Rebate Goes in Deep Freeze
- ‘Secret shopper’ scam hits home
- Delete that Cost of Living e-mail from ‘Social Security’ –…
- Massive sabotage hits Shinyanga road works
Parcel scam is a major problem for companies
Salisbury Journal – Nov 16, 2006
parcel_scam_is_a_major_problem_for_companies. The Federation of Small Businesses is concerned about bogus calls from people pretending to be Companies House officials and with Christmas approaching Royal Mail and Wiltshire Trading Standards are highlighting a parcel delivery scam. The parcel scam involves a card being posted through the door from a company called PDS – Parcel Delivery Service – saying it was unable to deliver a parcel. advertisementIt asks the business or individual to contact it on 0906 661911. This is a premium rate number and when the caller starts to hear a recorded message he or she has already been billed for £15.
Kelantanese Warned To Be Wary f AF4 SMS Scam
Bernama – Bernama – Nov 16, 2006
He said both cases were reported to the police on ct 11. The first case involved a housewife from Pasir Puteh who lost RM998 while the one in Pasir Mas involved a businessman who lost RM1200. “We believe the suspect is not from Kelantan based on the telephone number and bank account given in the SMS” Rezlan said. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast rewritten or redistributed in any form except with the prior express permission of BERNAMA.
Home Depot Rebate Goes in Deep Freeze
InfoWorld – Nov 16, 2006
I sent everything in on time with all the necessary documents. “Then the excuses began” the reader wrote. “The thing that clued me into the scam was that each time the reason for not having gotten the rebates was different like the copies were illegible (not so — checked them carefully before I mailed them) or they didn’t receive the customer invoice (I’m obsessive-compulsive so do you think I just happened to leave something out? Not a chance. ) I refused to jump through their hoops by sending duplicate stuff. I talked with the Home Depot customer complaint center by phone twice with promises promises and finally discovered the name of the rebate company online and called them. Continental Promotion Group which along with its… com website has been the source of rebate gripes before wasn’t happy to hear from the reader. “I think they were a little shocked I got their telephone number because it wasn’t on any of the forms — just addresses and websites and one automated rebate voicemail that was listen-to options only. There is no way to access a real human and no option to leave a message. I told ‘Unwa’ I thought his company was a scam and I’d be busy making sure as many people as I could know it. I’m so mad I want to make a big sign saying that rebates should be called scam bait and go picket in front of those huge rebate promotions posted outside the local Home Depot. The more the reader researches rebate practices in general the madder she gets.
‘Secret shopper’ scam hits home
Blair Enterprise Publishing – Nov 17, 2006
A Blair woman informed the police department this week of a letter she received informing her she had been selected for employment as a “secret shopper. ” The letter came complete with a check for $4770 and stated she was to use the money to make purchases at several stores and rate them on their customer service. She was to keep nearly $700 of that check as payment. The issue: two of the four companies the letter asked her to evaluate were Western Union and Money Gram; by sending a $2600 and a $1200 wire transfer to a location that would be revealed after calling a telephone number with an ntario Canada area code… ” The letter came complete with a check for $4770 and stated she was to use the money to make purchases at several stores and rate them on their customer service. She was to keep nearly $700 of that check as payment. The issue: two of the four companies the letter asked her to evaluate were Western Union and Money Gram; by sending a $2600 and a $1200 wire transfer to a location that would be revealed after calling a telephone number with an ntario Canada area code. Investigator Steve Halley with the Blair Police Department said it will take around 10 days for the bad check to bounce after being deposited by the victim. In the meantime the grifters’ goal is to get the victim to make the wire transfers probably to a bank in a foreign country. nce the check is identified as counterfeit the victim would be left with a hefty loss. The letter even came with a “code of business conduct and ethics” for the “secret shoppers” to follow as terms for their “employment.
Delete that Cost of Living e-mail from ‘Social Security’ –…
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Nov 17, 2006
doesn’t need your number; they already have itBy DAVID LAZARUSSAN FRANCISC CHRNICLEIn an especially brazen attempt to defraud seniors scammers are sending out bogus e-mails claiming to be from the Social Security Administration that are intended to dupe people into revealing their Social Security numbers. “It’s mind-boggling” said Loretta Chillemi a spokeswoman for the Social Security Administration. “They’re taking advantage of some of the most vulnerable people in our country”This type of scam is by no means new. It’s called phishing and typically involves an official-looking e-mail that links to an official-looking (but phony) site that instructs you to reveal confidential information such as your Social Security number or credit card numbers. Social Security Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart said in a statement that she has asked the agency’s inspector general “to use all the resources at his command to find and prosecute whoever is perpetrating this fraud. What you need to know is that the subject line for the bogus e-mail reads “Cost-of-Living for 2007 update” and that the message ostensibly is informing 49 million Social Security recipients about next year’s 3. 3 percent increase in benefits… The catch is a line that says the Social Security Administration needs to update your personal information and that if this isn’t completed in short order “we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely. ” E-mail recipients are then directed to a Web site that looks like the official Social Security site where they are told to register for a password by providing their Social Security number as well as bank account and credit card information. “You should never provide your Social Security number or other personal information over the Internet or by telephone unless you are extremely confident of the source to whom you are providing the information” said Patrick ‘Carroll Social Security’s inspector general.
Massive sabotage hits Shinyanga road works
IPPmedia – Nov 16, 2006
Earlier reports indicated that the employee who is on the run also destroyed a wheel loader by driving it up to a cliff. He then jumped off so as to allow it crash on the ground below. Speaking to The Guardian by telephone Acting Shinyanga Regional Police Commander Simon Sirro said his office had received formal complaints from the Shinyanga branch of the Tanzania Roads Agency about the disruption of their operations. He said there were reports on theft of construction equipment property of Grinaker Company Ltd which has been contracted to build the Tinde and Ilula road stretches in Shinyanga Region. ”The police have mounted an all-out manhunt to bring to justice all those implicated in the scam” Sirro said. He called on residents of the area to work closely with the police so that the culprits could be arrested. Tanroads regional manager Mussa Iyombe confirmed the disappearance of the equipment early this month which he said had caused much inconvenience to the on-going roadworks… Speaking to The Guardian by telephone Acting Shinyanga Regional Police Commander Simon Sirro said his office had received formal complaints from the Shinyanga branch of the Tanzania Roads Agency about the disruption of their operations. He said there were reports on theft of construction equipment property of Grinaker Company Ltd which has been contracted to build the Tinde and Ilula road stretches in Shinyanga Region. ”The police have mounted an all-out manhunt to bring to justice all those implicated in the scam” Sirro said. He called on residents of the area to work closely with the police so that the culprits could be arrested. Tanroads regional manager Mussa Iyombe confirmed the disappearance of the equipment early this month which he said had caused much inconvenience to the on-going roadworks. ”We have informed the police about the stolen equipment some of which was sophisticated as it was used for data collection” he said. According to Project Safety Manager Mc Donald the kind of theft experienced in Shinyanga has never been experienced in all 17 countries that he worked before.
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