I just got a strange Numista message asking for my credit card datas

The user Notice13 sent me the following message:

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[https://numista@525754.shop/MOG9bScg]

the link made me arrive to a page where my credit card information were asked (Of course I didn't put anything there). Is there someone that can explain this kind of procedure?

Thank you.

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic171698.html Discussed here.

FWIW, I just got a similar message today:



Just wanted to get this out there before I go off and read the details linked in the reply.

This does not look good.

@Xavier 

Hello,

This is a phishing attack, attempting to steal your credit card information.
I deleted these messages and the hacker is blocked for the moment.
The hacker keeps creating multiple accounts, but he can't send private messages anymore.

I got it too and fortunately knew it was crap. This internet gets more and more malicious by the day - global standards are needed. I suggest a 10 cent fee per email, per recipient, which will kill all spam overnight.

I have also been bombed lately with American car insurance spam, which apparently is a huge campaign of spam that has been doing the rounds. 

Moneytane

I got it too and fortunately knew it was crap. This internet gets more and more malicious by the day - global standards are needed. I suggest a 10 cent fee per email, per recipient, which will kill all spam overnight.

 

I have also been bombed lately with American car insurance spam, which apparently is a huge campaign of spam that has been doing the rounds. 

The problem is that the online world isn‘t policed, the police don‘t have the resources to police it and it is or can be totally anonymous. Just image if you were allowed (or there was no law enforcement) in the real world. Dress up with a mask and gloves, go to a shop and stand unchecked next to a customer who is buying something, then steal their credit card details and personal information, and walk out and disappear as if you were never there! The whole world would be in chaos, but that is essentially the internet in a nutshell, the only real protection is your own whits and knowledge, unfortunately there are so many people who are easily manipulated it is easy pickings for criminals.

Imagine the scenario above, but if you were the customer you could just say to the anonymous person to go away, and they would, but they just went to somewhere else and tried again, eventually someone would just not tell them to go away and they get what they want.

What the world needs is dedicated internet Police, government funded, 1% of a countries population, who work from home online within the the internet, trained to track these scammers down, gather the evidence, stop them in their tracks, and build a case against them. Then this is passed on to the real police who prosecute them for their crimes. Either that or cut certain countries from the internet! Nigeria, Russia, North Korea, etc 😉

Moneytane

I have also been bombed lately with American car insurance spam, which apparently is a huge campaign of spam that has been doing the rounds. 

Telephone scams has escalated as weel. Fortunately me, as someone living in a non-English speaking country, is that I refuse to speak English with the scammers. I just say, in Swedish “Since you're calling a Swedosh number, you should speak Swedish.” That udually ends the call. 😅

There is actually a lot that can be done to avoid scammers. First of all, make sure your phone number is unlisted, it usually helps a lot. Furthermore, if your mobile phone number gets those scam text messages or calls, change number. The scammers pick your number randomly after they've harvested the internet for phone numbers.

pecunianonolet

Furthermore, if your mobile phone number gets those scam text messages or calls, change number.

I've had the same number since my first mobile phone, so I'll never change the number. 😄

Also, they stopped ringing after the third time. Now it's about two ywars ago since last time. I reckon US and UK numvers are more popular among the Indian/Pakistani scammers, and secondly maybe also AUS and NZ numbers. 🤷‍♂️

Well, I never answer the phone if I don't recognize the number, i.e. the number is listed in my contacts. Then I do a little online research and usually find the number listed as some annoying company that wants to pitch me something. They've got my number since I'm a current or previous customer. I change the number with that company in particular to the phone number of the extra prepaid SIM that I've got (dual-SIM mobile phone) and then block their calls. I'll have this in mind the next time I want to renew whatever they're offering.

I actually started a second email address, I only keep for close and trusted friends and professional people. So basically any spam or garbage like this I get goes to my old “Spam catcher” account, which is being bombed with American car insurance spam emails at the moment.

Its very easy to get a second email account on google and you can bounce from them quickly.

Moneytane

I actually started a second email address, I only keep for close and trusted friends and professional people. So basically any spam or garbage like this I get goes to my old “Spam catcher” account, which is being bombed with American car insurance spam emails at the moment.

 

Its very easy to get a second email account on google and you can bounce from them quickly.

All spam goes directly to the spam folder, so I very rarely have to deal with spams through e-mails as well. It is important, though, to always be cautious and check the sender's e-mail address after obvious misspellings, like “carrinsurance”, or something that almost resembles a known brand name.

It's good that you, @Darioelle, reported the phishings tht is going on. Stay safe, everyone!