[ShepherdsDog]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story ... -scam.html

Quote:

One Winnipegger who recently fell for the scam was duped out of more than $85,000, Terlinski said, but it could have been worse.

"People have actually agreed to meet these investors from the third-world country and they've gone there, and they've actually disappeared," he said. "That's happened on a couple of occasions."

That's why these scams keep popping up. Some greedy putz is going to fall for it no matter how many times it's tried or has been publicized.

[tritium]

I always wondered if people were really that stupid to fall for that shit.

I guess that question has just been answered.

[RUEZ]

How the hell does this still happen?

[ridenrain]

Agreed. we've all recieved the horrid Nigerian letters and laughed but obviously, not all of us. Let's not get all smug though because there are a great deal of telephone scams from Canada too.

[PluggyRug]

Anyone received the RBC scam emails?

[fire_i]

I consider myself naive, but even I can realize this is obviously too good to be true. I mean...

[ShepherdsDog]

PluggyRug wrote:

Anyone received the RBC scam emails?

Which one? The 'Your electronic statement is ready'?

[tritium]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

PluggyRug wrote:

Anyone received the RBC scam emails?

Which one? The 'Your electronic statement is ready'?

The one that asks you to update your login info.

Phishing emails.



This phishing attempt, disguised as an official email from a (fictional) bank, attempts to trick the bank's members into giving away their account information by "confirming" it at the phisher's linked website.