ASB emails

[jasonu]

I just got 3 emails in a row from asbonline@rrohio.com

Dear Customer
Your ASB Online access has been block
Click the button below to re-activate your online access.
Click here to Log In

Thank for helping us to protect you.
ASB Online Banking

With the poor engrish mistake and the fact that I haven't used the account for years it totally stinks like a nigerians jockstrap. Curious if anyone got similar messages from them. I will be makeing a call to the ASB tomorrow.

[FJRider]

Forward the E.mail to your own Bank manager. He/she will deal with it. In ways you never thought possible.

[Latte]

At the pub yesterday someone admitted to following the link and getting hacked. They got a text for the netcode password and that was the only thing that stopped their account being cleaned out.

[pete376403]

Surely the from e-mail address should raise suspicion? @rrihio.com - can't see ASB using that

We got one at work purporting to come from trademe but the links go back to www.zoloteam.ru

[ellipsis]

...i've had a swarm of the things over the last few weeks...kiwibank and asb...dont have accts with either...never have...but they are always living in hope of catching a dumb one, and we all know that there's a lot of that about...

[SMOKEU]

I just found out that my rich uncle in Nigeria (who I have never even heard of) has just died, and I will inherit his fortune. All I have to do is send $10,000 to his lawyer to get the funds to clear. Winning!

[Usarka]

Surely the from e-mail address should raise suspicion? @rrihio.com - can't see ASB using that

We got one at work purporting to come from trademe but the links go back to www.zoloteam.ru

A lot of people aren't computer savvy enough to look at the actual address instead of the display address.

I just found out that my rich uncle in Nigeria (who I have never even heard of) has just died, and I will inherit his fortune. All I have to do is send $10,000 to his lawyer to get the funds to clear. Winning!

[jasonu]

Surely the from e-mail address should raise suspicion? @rrihio.com - can't see ASB using that

Yes mate that is why I didn't follow any links. The shitty grammar also gave it away. You would think these dumb coons would atleast get that right...
Anyway I 800'd the ASB from here (USA) and they said there has been a lot of recient 'suspicious' activity. Not sure how they got my name and how they know I have ASB accounts. They have not been used for more than 3yrs.

[iYRe]

ASB have a notification about this on their homepage, and have done for some weeks.

well.. ironically, until today :P

[XxKiTtiExX]

We get emails from Westpac and ASB. Funny thing is we don't use either, and its usually about our "account security." Have also been receiving phone calls in regards to "Diagnostic computer maintenance for my computer." The guy quickly hung up when I laughed and told him that it was funny because I didn't own a computer. Doesn't mean he didn't try again the following night though.

[iYRe]

"You have a virus in your microsoft computer"
I dont have one.
"We have a record saying you have a virus in your microsoft computer"
I dont have one
"But we have a record?"
I dont have one. You're lying.
"But we have..."
I dont have one, you're lying.
"but.."
Why are you working for someone who makes you call people who dont want to talk to you anyway, and tell lies to them, and steal their money?
"click."

[Woodman]

"hello sir you have a problem with your computer"

"You have no penis"

"yes sir, I do not understand"

"Sorry you are a ladyboy"

"A lazyboy? can you turn on your computer please"

and so on..............

I quite enjoy it when they ring up, can keep them talking like this for ages. Their english is fairly limited so you can say whatever pops into your head, I kept one going for a while by just naming the things in my living room, e.g. table,fireplace,candleholder etc.

Tickles my fancy anyway.

[Macontour]

I kept one going for about 45 minutes one night, They had all the answers, even when I said my Credit Card was maxed out. They were even going to give me an address to send a cheque to and an account number just to deposit money into. They suggested I borrow the money so they could fix my computer and stop it running so slow.

Eventually a "Supervisor" came on and started getting angry that they had spent so much time and still I had not given them permission to go ahead. Finally they bored of the game and hung up.

Persisitent and all the answers though.

[FJRider]

.... Not sure how they got my name and how they know I have ASB accounts. They have not been used for more than 3yrs.

A few hundred thousand computer generated E.mails to computer generated address's ... they get luck ... sometimes ... One or two win's make it worthwhile.

[Gremlin]

ASB (and other banks in the same situation) has no control over these emails, they don't come from their servers, and all they can do is try to educate people to stop clicking on the links.

The scammer is usually not "targeting" their customers, just spamming addresses, hoping to catch someone who is a customer etc.

Why do we have to have threads about this crap? It's as bad as the spam itself