Scammer caught and fined

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26818745

Good news but ludicrously low fines IMO lets hope they catch some more !

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Well its a start Julie - need now to get pro active on this sort of thing ....

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It seems he got off very lightly for what he did.

Unfortunately there is always someone to take his place with the next scam.

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A few days ago I had an e-mail supposedly from a bank in Barbados telling me that they are releasing some money held in my name and asking for my bank details. You think they'd be a bit more subtle than that !

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There is another doing the rounds supposedly from HMRC which states it's a VAT receipt, I had one of these a few weeks ago, There is a link in the email which contains a virus. I found this out after emailing HMRC to query their email, thought it may have been their error.
I didn't open the link and all now deleted, phew!!!

Don't think they punish these scammers enough!

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I don't mind the email ones so much it's usually fairly easy to see what is a scam by the header or the fact I don't actually have a bank account at that bank but telephone calls irritate because they can catch people unawares if you are rushing around and not paying proper attention, also the idea they think I am so stupid I will believe them makes me quite cross

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There's also one pretending to be from Nat West credit cards, saying it's confirming a payment. I don't have a credit card so I realized, I sent it on to their Phishing dept.

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Oh will watch out for that one, Twizard......gawd, you can't let your guard down, can you?
Have to say the HMRC one looked genuine enough but I am ultra careful with links.