Diet pill scam: Fraudsters use fake Dragons’ Den
endorsements in dodgy emails
This email scam involves
fraudsters falsely claiming Figur or Liba diet pills have been featured on the
BBC show Dragons’ Den, with the Dragons ‘unanimously investing over a million
pounds’.
HMRC has put out a scam alert, in response to the latest scam relating to a scam "tax refund" email. It suggests that such scams should be reported on GOV.UK
HMRC has put out a scam alert, in response to the latest scam relating to a scam "tax refund" email. It suggests that such scams should be reported on GOV.UK
I got one today! Thank you, Helen, for the warning.
My husband does the lottery online. A couple of days ago he received an email saying he'd won a prize (no mention of what the prize was)! Obviously, emails like this are very suspicious, so carefully we had a look. The email address and website looked to be spelt exactly right, no trickery numbers or letters added or removed. So we took a chance, and were delighted to discover the email was genuine and that we'd won £30!
The email said the money would be deposited into the bank account that's registered with them for our DDs - there were no need for us to supply any information. They also said the money will be cleared into our bank account in 3 days.... and it was!
Came in the nick of time, our old 'plastic' electric kettle has started to refuse to turn itself off when the water's boiled. We've now got a brand new kettle being delivered tomorrow .
Point I'm making, only a fraudster would need to ask bank details.
One to watch out for. Hopefully people are aware of the scam where the scammer uses text/social media and pretends to be a relative/friend needing urgent help e.g. money to pay a bill or fine, replace a stolen phone etc. Apparently the scammers are now able to use AI (Artificial Intelligence) to fake the voice of a relative/friend and use voice calls instead of text. This makes at all the more convincing to the intended victim.
To make this work the scammers only need about 30 seconds of recorded speech from the relative/friend for the AI to do its magic. Social media sites are full of videos which supplies the necessary speech segments.
This isn't common in the UK yet but is growing in the US so we will see it sooner or later. The answer is the same as the text based fraud attempt - contact the apparently needy person directly by another method to check whether the claimed emergency is real.
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Diet pill scam: Fraudsters use fake Dragons’ Den endorsements in dodgy emails
This email scam involves fraudsters falsely claiming Figur or Liba diet pills have been featured on the BBC show Dragons’ Den, with the Dragons ‘unanimously investing over a million pounds’.
That advert is still in circulation...
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I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
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They supplied him with the number he needed to call to claim his prize too but it failed to persuade him, so he forwarded it to Freepost Scam Mail.I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther KingThe email said the money would be deposited into the bank account that's registered with them for our DDs - there were no need for us to supply any information. They also said the money will be cleared into our bank account in 3 days.... and it was!
Came in the nick of time, our old 'plastic' electric kettle has started to refuse to turn itself off when the water's boiled. We've now got a brand new kettle being delivered tomorrow
Point I'm making, only a fraudster would need to ask bank details.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.