[AusNOG] New/old CBA scam

[Robert Hudson]

Hi Chris,

State police are probably seemingly unwilling because they know that in
reality they have zero chance of every catching or prosecuting the people
running these scams due to jurisdictional issues.

Scamwatch or AFP would be a good start.

Regards,

Robert


On 21 August 2013 18:19, Chris Hurley <chris at minopher.net.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As the authorities seem either unwilling or unable to help thought I would
> pass on a new scam that hit my Dad today, fortunately I walked in the
> middle of it and pulled the cable.
>
> "indian" sounding call centre rings saying We are from the CBA bank and
> seeing a $700 transaction going to New Zealand. We are holding it until you
> give your approval. But we think you've been hacked please let us install
> Team Viewer so we can load monitoring software. If you have any doubts call
> 1800429339 (which always rings out).
>
> Then they proceed to trick credit card number and PIN.
>
> While I pulled the network cable while team viewer was running and have
> ran a full system scan thinking a reformat and install might be the best
> option?
> Already called the Bank to cancel the card. Police were very uninterested
> in following this up, suggested Scamwatch.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Hurley BE (Elec), MBA
> Director
>
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