Don Murphy - Facebook

[Stingo]

Hi - anyone come across a possible scam being led by somebody calling him/her self Don Murphy?

[Stingo]

Ok...I've found out a bit more. A scammer hacks your friends FB page and sends you a message telling you about this amazing opportunity about getting some money that has been put aside for you as he/she (your supposed friend) has seen your name on a list. All you have to is contact a third party, in this case a certain Don Murphy. Everything is kosher because your friend is telling you. Don then gets in touch and asks you for the usual scammers shopping list of personal info so that they can be certain of your id when the deliver the money in due course. This is when the alarm bells should be ringing loud and clear. One of my friends has just realised that his FB account was hacked. Another friend, who I saw was a 'friend' on this scammers friends list only went and fave him all the info. He has now awoken to his apparent slowness and has contacted his bank to ensure his financial safety and appraise them of the situation. Beware wolves in sheeps clothing. The usual maxim of if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. It doesn't help though when it appears as though one of your friends is advising you...fortunately for me, I happen to be in a position where I am known by two names...one of which my friend is unaware of when it comes to kosher business.

[DarrenSV650S]

ffs stingo how dumb are you? God damn you are easy

[Stingo]

I just knew it was you all along....it was that bit when you told me that you like wearing tight lederhosen down the supermarket that gave it away....

[Stingo]

the scammer doesn't necessarily have to hack someone's account, they just set up another account that looks a bit like your friend's one, and then starts to message you from that new one...after having 'friended' you again. You're unlikely to turn down a friend request from a good mate of yours, after all he might have just reset some stuff and just wanted you back on his list.. So it could be a while before your friend finds out what's going on...
What a palaver...

[DJ123]

No. Generally any money you'll be given (inheritance, gifts etc) will come from a person/solicitor/will instead of a Facebook message. I am amazed at peoples stupidity when it comes to this sort of scam. It's always such a tempting business model . . . . :lol:

[Stingo]

It's the first time I've seen this particular form to be honest. A 'friend' contacting me thru FB. It was the list of info I was supposed to hand over that alerted me to errors (not grammatical - just a strange 'wrongness') in the messages that I had been sent.
Fortunately, I had the sense to check things via other routes.

[The Idle Biker]

Daddyjob has been groomed more times than the Queens horses. Listen to him he knows all the twisted internet people.

[Tomor]

People still fall for this sh*t? How hard is it to use a bit of common sense?! If it was a good mate, and you really did think it was true, wouldn't you give them a quick call to say how amazing it is? You would quickly find out it wasn't them!

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

I think that I had a friend request from that name, I just turned it down, I never accept requests from people I don't actually know.

[DJFridge]

We nearly got caught at work. We had an enquiry from somewhere in the Middle East which we responded to with a quote. We got a call about a week later from our bank to say that a very large cheque had arrived but posted to a different branch than our own. They were a bit suspicious so sent it to us so we could decide what to do with it. It was for nearly twice as much as the original quote. We then got an email from the company who had sent the cheque apologising for their error, and could we transfer the overpayment back to their bank.

Luckily we realised that the plan was to cancel the cheque as soon as we made the transfer so we didn't bank it. Actually I had a great time stringing them along for about two weeks claiming that the transfer was on it's way, or could they raise a cheque for the right amount if we promised not to cash the first one before I finally told them we had no intention of cashing their cheque as it was obviously wrong. Bizarrely, a week later we had the same enquiry email through again, but from a different name. Cue more emails back pointing out that trying the same scam on the same company wasn't the best use of their resources and that, if they were that short of cash, I had the details of a long lost Nigerian relative who apparently had millions to give away....

[ClunkintheUK]

Apparently they only need a hit rate of 1 in 10 milllion for it to be worthwhile. They get many more then this apparently.