[AusNOG] New/old CBA scam

[Geoff Northcott]

If you want help in dealing with it then contact CBA Group Security, let
them manage the police involvement...if it's a wide spread problem then
they will probably already have a case running.


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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