I spent some time in Sydney around the beginning of last month…
Got this text this morning.. very suspicious for a number of reasons not the least being that I had left on the 6th.
From Linkt site…
Beyond all that I found the government’s own E-Toll site difficult to negotiate. It kicked me out in the middle of registering and then everything was stuffed up when I tred to get back in.
It took two phone conversations to get payment problems sorted.
I think I might have received one of those as well a while back. I didn’t click on the link, I used my regular pc and checked my account that way, and my card details were correct.
So I thought that Linkt were just a bunch of greedy idiots, and that’s perfectly understandable.
Spiny Norman said:
I think I might have received one of those as well a while back. I didn’t click on the link, I used my regular pc and checked my account that way, and my card details were correct.
So I thought that Linkt were just a bunch of greedy idiots, and that’s perfectly understandable.
Yeah, a quick search gives lots of complaints about Linkt’s billing especially with supposedly overdue payments.
Ian said:
I spent some time in Sydney around the beginning of last month…Got this text this morning.. very suspicious for a number of reasons not the least being that I had left on the 6th.
Another danger sign is the .cam top level domain.. Usually reserved for camera companies, web cam companies, and photogs alike to market their products and services online.
I was pleasantly surprised by Linkt. On visiting Syd I thought I’d have to ring up when I got there, buy a pass, or at least navigate to a Sydney website to pay after I got back.
But not so. It debited my access account automatically.
So much better than it used to be.
But yeah, yours would be a scam.
Persistent pricks..
Ian said:
Persistent pricks..
We need to start a Monopoly money bank.
Like a real bank, with accounts and everything, but the accounts only contain Monopoly money.
You can buy Monopoly money to put in your account like, maybe, $1 real money buys you $100 in Monopoly money.
Then, when you get bullshit scams like this, you can put in the ‘genuine account details’ of your Monopoly money bank account, and voila! C’est fini!
captain_spalding said:
Ian said:
Persistent pricks..
We need to start a Monopoly money bank.
Like a real bank, with accounts and everything, but the accounts only contain Monopoly money.
You can buy Monopoly money to put in your account like, maybe, $1 real money buys you $100 in Monopoly money.
Then, when you get bullshit scams like this, you can put in the ‘genuine account details’ of your Monopoly money bank account, and voila! C’est fini!
But they’d probably use all their Monopoly money on the next scam.
Ian said:
I spent some time in Sydney around the beginning of last month…Got this text this morning.. very suspicious for a number of reasons not the least being that I had left on the 6th.
From Linkt site…
Ogmog said:
Ian said:
I spent some time in Sydney around the beginning of last month…Got this text this morning.. very suspicious for a number of reasons not the least being that I had left on the 6th.
From Linkt site…
Seen a few like that so far
that I had either already Paid For
or needed to Pay For something and
that to CORRECT Whatever situation they
were pushing, Plse USE THEIR LINK to Navigate
to their SPOOF SITE and Give Them ALL YOUR BANKING
INFORMATION so they can cheerfully help you correct The Spoof DuJour.
This is why we need the Monopoly money bank.
You can pay them the $150 or whatever, but they’ll only get $1.50 from you.
They can exchange the Monopoly money with the Monopoly money bank for real currency, but we’ll only buy it back from them at, say, ’20 cents’ in the ‘dollar’.
So, they wind up with $0.30.
captain_spalding said:
Ogmog said:
Ian said:
I spent some time in Sydney around the beginning of last month…Got this text this morning.. very suspicious for a number of reasons not the least being that I had left on the 6th.
From Linkt site…
Seen a few like that so far
that I had either already Paid For
or needed to Pay For something and
that to CORRECT Whatever situation they
were pushing, Plse USE THEIR LINK to Navigate
to their SPOOF SITE and Give Them ALL YOUR BANKING
INFORMATION so they can cheerfully help you correct The Spoof DuJour.This is why we need the Monopoly money bank.
You can pay them the $150 or whatever, but they’ll only get $1.50 from you.
They can exchange the Monopoly money with the Monopoly money bank for real currency, but we’ll only buy it back from them at, say, ’20 cents’ in the ‘dollar’.
So, they wind up with $0.30.
…or…
you can develop a Healthy Sceptacism
and a knack for seeking out the actual source of said contacts.
EXAMPLE:
I received a message that my AMAZON PRIME Account had been suspended.
…rather than clicking the link “THEY”‘d provided
I went directly to AMAZON.com and found my account completely in tact…
…then reported “THEM” to both Amazon & the BBB ( Better Business Bureau )
Ian said:
Beyond all that I found the government’s own E-Toll site difficult to negotiate. It kicked me out in the middle of registering and then everything was stuffed up when I tred to get back in.It took two phone conversations to get payment problems sorted.
Bugger