john davidson 1 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 After buying an item from Currys , two days later what popped into my junk mail just now? A scam offering prizes worth a couple of hundred pounds if I supply my card details for postage. And this is not the first time this has happened ( with another firm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) I got one after looking for some spares on the Dyson site, I won a Dyson for 9.99€, and in the small print i was ( not stupid enough) joining a club that gave me loads of savings and offers at 44.50€ a month, for a year,,,? Edited June 18, 2022 by Paul De Tourtoulon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) There must be a leak some where to link your visit either online or in my case instore, at least it was classified as junk Edited June 18, 2022 by john davidson 1 missing word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learner Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Just seen this on Mantua Models website beware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I had a bit of a wake up call today when my iPhone started going mad with simultaneous texts from both my c/card providers saying they had detected fraudulent activity. Both were small amounts were 0.65p and 0.53p respectively both from somebody called LIFEWATCH. Apparently both these occurred in the USA. Fortunately, when this has happened before the banks have picked these things up straight away. Phew! I now have to wait for replacement cards on both providers which is a bit of a worry because I go on holiday in 2 weeks. 😒 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett 1 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 50 minutes ago, Adrian Smith 1 said: I had a bit of a wake up call today when my iPhone started going mad with simultaneous texts from both my c/card providers saying they had detected fraudulent activity. Both were small amounts were 0.65p and 0.53p respectively both from somebody called LIFEWATCH. Apparently both these occurred in the USA. Fortunately, when this has happened before the banks have picked these things up straight away. Phew! I now have to wait for replacement cards on both providers which is a bit of a worry because I go on holiday in 2 weeks. 😒 Exactly the same thing has happened on my credit card today, £0.44 in my case 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cripps Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 And me, exactly the same thing. Another small transaction (£0.75) but I guess if enough of them get through then the scammers could make a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrman Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 And me. £0.63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Crikey! This is crazy. Hope your banks' caught this all in time 😒 Seems like someone is have a field day. Be vigilant gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying pastor Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 And me .27p picked up by bank and card blocked. Now awaiting new card in a few days time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) Mmmm.... it's got me thinking given there seems to be a few victims coming forward who are modellers on here. This may be something and nothing, but a few weeks ago Nexus models changed its web designer and a lot of us received an email asking us to sign in again to a new account with a fresh password. Before doing this I phoned the boys at Nexus and said they had been on the phone from 6am that day as its new web designers had set up an imperfect system and what was happening was as a result of this. And customers in their numbers were querying the e-mail. Funnily enough the web designers were based in the USA. I am not say this is the reason and heaven forbid I am not slandering anybody so apologise in advance. It just seems rather strange. Edited February 12 by Adrian Smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, Nick Cripps said: And me, exactly the same thing. Another small transaction (£0.75) but I guess if enough of them get through then the scammers could make a lot of money. They aren't making their money out of loads of £0.75 transactions, that's a test before they try to make a payment of a few hundred quid or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy J Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Possible the small transactions on the accounts are just to see if it works. Once they detect the payment goes through then the scammer will increase the amount deducted from each of your accounts. Personally I would be contacting the bank to block any further attempts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 My bank contacted me straight away fortunately so no harm done - new credit cards on the way with different numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Kearsley Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Slightly different one here: My bank called me this morning warning me of a 22p transaction on my debit card from an outfit calling themselves Jet Frog. No money lost but the hassle of a new card coming in the post. As others have said, the small transactions are "testing the water". If the small transaction succeeds it is followed by much larger transactions. Scum bags! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrman Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Mine was also by "Jet Frog". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Adrian Smith 1 said: My bank contacted me straight away Are you all absolutely 100% certain it was the bank calling? How do you know? This is often a key part of the scam... and they are very, very good at it. Has anyone received their 'replacement card' ? Edited February 12 by Phil Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Dell Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Both Lifewatch and Jetfrog in my case same debit card 75p & 30p respectively, like Phil says I didn’t trust the message from the bank but rather opened my account and was asked if I had used the card for Jetfrog the fraud team whilst checking my account told me about the Lifewatch one. I wonder as there are a few of us if it is somewhere we all use? Although to be honest online purchases go through PayPal and not usually my cards direct. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) 1 hour ago, Adrian Smith 1 said: My bank contacted me straight away Alarm bells right there... Edited February 12 by Phil Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Collinson Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 25 p Lifewatch on mine but marked as declined. Calling bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 The reason I knew it was my bank texting me was because I phoned it back using the telephone number on my credit cards. The two amounts were initially declined and the bank wanted conformation it wasn't my entry. This is standard practise and it has happened before last year and the methodology is the same now as then. And by the way Paypal is also subject to potential scams so I wouldn't get into a false sense of security with them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan W Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Today I have spent hours on the phone, especially to Halifax/Lloyds/Bank of Scotland group who kept putting me on hold and then cutting me off. In all, 7 credit cards now cancelled and reissued due to Jet Frog and Lifewatch transactions. This was across 3 card providers: Barclay, Royal BOS, Halifax group. It seems like a large scale attack. It was suggested to me that the card details being saved in Paypal might be the source of this. However, many but not all of the cards were saved in Paypal. Also, within the Paypal security menus you can see device logon history and there was nothing suspicious there. Still, I have changed the password and deleted all the cards in the "Wallet", most of which were compromised anyway. I'm afraid this is the modern world for you. Personal data is leaking all over the place. For example, in 2022 there was a massive breach from USS (Universities Superannuation Scheme) with names addresses d.o.b. NI numbers etc etc. It's a mess which requires constant vigilance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Smith 1 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Yes, Jonathan you are right I had a feeling early on this was being done on a larger scale than usual. I feel your pain particularly as us good folk will be with credit cards for at best 3-5 days working days or worst for 10 working days. I doubt the Paypal angle as you say as I don't have a Paypal account anymore - for some 3 years or more when Ebay changed its payment methodology away from PP. All we can do is keep vigilant and share information here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Walby Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 4 hours ago, jrman said: Mine was also by "Jet Frog". same here 75p Someone some where has screwed up big time, surprised its not in the national news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Lewis 3 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 As others have said, they were testing the water to see what got through, a lot of people wouldn't notice such a smal account and the bank security system is far more to allow a payment through if the payee has been paid from the same account before, you can see what will hapen here here, many more examples, just google Jet Frog and Lifewatch transactions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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