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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: Kev Murphy on May 14, 2015, 08:40:44 PM

Title: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Kev Murphy on May 14, 2015, 08:40:44 PM

Email I received tonight...

I guess the author of this gem is not from an English- speaking background?... and does not have a good grasp of copy/edit/paste,
as the expiry date for payment was a week ago.

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/afp_zpslvbka16l.jpg) (http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/kjm47/media/afp_zpslvbka16l.jpg.html)

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/woha_zpstxsfpth8.gif) (http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/kjm47/media/woha_zpstxsfpth8.gif.html)

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Brock on May 14, 2015, 08:43:57 PM

Do not click on the link what ever you do, its ransom ware, and will lock up your files so unless you pay the ransom it all gone.

The story was just on the news.

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Kev Murphy on May 14, 2015, 08:52:12 PM

That email has more holes than a kitchen strainer, and was delegated to File 13 immediately after I took the screen shot to post here.

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/download_zpsobiddpp2.jpg) (http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/kjm47/media/download_zpsobiddpp2.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Nigel on May 14, 2015, 08:53:34 PM

You have to wonder, with there grasp of the English language being close to zip, how anybody would fall into there hands....so to speak. :wht11

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Brock on May 14, 2015, 08:57:34 PM

The same goes for all those scams.

For a start, how would they get your email address. ( I have several )

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Kev Murphy on May 14, 2015, 09:07:44 PM

I actually have 9 email addys, the oldest being yahoo mail, dating back to 1995... this is where I collect most spam.

I still get the odd email from 'Adriana' of various spellings, promoting some porn site.....  she has been 21 years old for the past 20 years...

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Biggles on May 15, 2015, 08:57:54 AM

Quote from: Kev Murphy on May 14, 2015, 09:07:44 PM

I still get the odd email from 'Adriana' of various spellings, promoting some porn site.....  she has been 21 years old for the past 20 years...

See!  The internet not only fends off Alzheimer's disease.  It keeps you young.      :grin

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Lionel on May 15, 2015, 09:21:16 AM

Quite apart from the grammar, Kev, I could tell instantly that it was a fake.
Genuine AFP infringement notices always end with the following sentence.
"BTW do you know who my father is?"

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: Kev Murphy on May 15, 2015, 09:36:10 AM

 :grin

Title: Re: Did you know that the Federal Police now hand out traffic infringements?
Post by: WendyL on May 15, 2015, 10:10:32 AM

I received that exact email to a work email address last week, same dates and offence etc.  We even got a warning from our IT department to not be sucked in by it....