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boi.eu.comMaybe you can look at the raw/detailed email headers as they may shed more light on the origin of the email?
Most email clients have a way of doing this.
But it's probably pointless to be honest.
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Maybe you can look at the raw/detailed email headers as they may shed more light on the origin of the email?
Most email clients have a way of doing this.
But it's probably pointless to be honest.
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As well as the email, ask your friend if they'd recently followed any 'best savings rates' type link that might have popped up in a social media feed, or a Google search result. There are hundreds of them, many of which appear genuine on first glance.
As well as the email, ask your friend if they'd recently followed any 'best savings rates' type link that might have popped up in a social media feed, or a Google search result. There are hundreds of them, many of which appear genuine on first glance.
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Yep. It led to pure junk site, not even related to the scam. Will check the headers later.
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The link that you used may have been something else as
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Brendan Burgess
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Can I just check folks that putting up these email addresses and links is not in any way dangerous for askaboutmoney or promoting them in any way?
For example, Google penalises websites for links to bad sites.
Brendan
For example, Google penalises websites for links to bad sites.
Brendan
I would definitely delete the hyperlinks to known scam sites.
Not if they don't work anyway.
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I have changed them all to "code" - I presume that is fully safe?
The domain is registered. The link worked for anyone without specific security settings applied. It redirects to obvious scam sites.
Ah - I forgot that I recently installed a Pi-Hole device at home that blocks ads and nefarious stuff...
Pi-hole – Network-wide Ad Blocking
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Looks like a scamYes. It's probably something like this one:
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm –Bank of Ireland Asset Management (Clone)
View all news articleswww.centralbank.ie
Unfortunately scammers rely on people just scanning through a document, so as not to spot the red-flags.
Typical signs to watch out for...
1. If its too good to be true, it probably is untrue
2. Typos. Legit offerings rarely have typos.
3. Poor grammar, generally gibberish which appears at first sight to be genuine.
4. Unusual looking URLs such as boi.eu.com. Ideally, if you hover over a link you can see the real destination. Don't click unless you are absolutely sure its legit. A common trick is to copy a real URL but mis-spell it by a single character. It will actually lead to a scam site.
5. Outlandish claims. ie Guaranteed profit x%, no-risk
6. Follow-on requests for information. This is where the scammers hope you will go to capture your details. Check any links or phone numbers with the organisation in question before following up.
Typical signs to watch out for...
1. If its too good to be true, it probably is untrue
2. Typos. Legit offerings rarely have typos.
3. Poor grammar, generally gibberish which appears at first sight to be genuine.
4. Unusual looking URLs such as boi.eu.com. Ideally, if you hover over a link you can see the real destination. Don't click unless you are absolutely sure its legit. A common trick is to copy a real URL but mis-spell it by a single character. It will actually lead to a scam site.
5. Outlandish claims. ie Guaranteed profit x%, no-risk
6. Follow-on requests for information. This is where the scammers hope you will go to capture your details. Check any links or phone numbers with the organisation in question before following up.
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I reported it to BoI and got this prompt response
Hi Brendan, thanks for taking the time to send that on to us.
Yes we are aware of it. As we've seen with other investment scams, the starting point seems to when someone does an online search for something like "best rates" or "best deposit rates" and gets a promoted / sponsored ad for what looks like it is a comparison website.
Those sites themselves are normally quite generic and don’t use any brands or names of genuine financial institutions. The sites are basically just single pages with very high-level information, along with an input box to collect contact details - that's the key part from the fraudster's perspective and if someone does give an email address or a phone number, they are then contacted with the kind of information highlighted on your site.
On this current one, we've heard from a customer who gave an email address and were contacted by people claiming to be "from" BOI, AIB, and RBS.
As well as following up in the background on different aspects of this from a prevention / reporting perspective, we're also looking at the messages and information we give to our customers to see where we need to update or add to that.
Hi Brendan, thanks for taking the time to send that on to us.
Yes we are aware of it. As we've seen with other investment scams, the starting point seems to when someone does an online search for something like "best rates" or "best deposit rates" and gets a promoted / sponsored ad for what looks like it is a comparison website.
Those sites themselves are normally quite generic and don’t use any brands or names of genuine financial institutions. The sites are basically just single pages with very high-level information, along with an input box to collect contact details - that's the key part from the fraudster's perspective and if someone does give an email address or a phone number, they are then contacted with the kind of information highlighted on your site.
On this current one, we've heard from a customer who gave an email address and were contacted by people claiming to be "from" BOI, AIB, and RBS.
As well as following up in the background on different aspects of this from a prevention / reporting perspective, we're also looking at the messages and information we give to our customers to see where we need to update or add to that.
Note that all applicants are not guaranteed to be EXCEPTED!!!
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Can I suggest the title is updated to start : 'SCAM WARNING...'
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The people who fall for it typically would not be good at spelling. Most would see through it, but it is a well polished scam. Reasonably good graphics. Does anything really happen to these people though? You never see convictions
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That is a bit of a spoiler.
I think it's important to point out that something looks reasonable but turns out to be a scam.
Brendan
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Up to you Brendan, but from the perspective of the casual browser looking at the screen below, it's easy to get a false impression.
I agree 100%.
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I had already edited my original post in BLOCK Caps to state it's a scam.
In terms of the thread title, there is a good argument that plenty will open , and therefore plenty will be warned.