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Harsh on Blitz members.

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I get exactly the same spam on two of my several email accounts. The only business that has been given those two particular email accounts details is EFC.

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Harsh on Oxford commas. I donā€™t wanna be a NewsCorp proofreader.

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scans previous post to make sure no mistakeā€™s have been made /sic

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look-jdrama

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Itā€™s all Xavierā€™s fault I tells ya!

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Funny you should say that. I am pretty confident my email address commenced getting spam way back when only after I used it for my EFC membership.

Hey, footy club do go to extreme lengths to subsidise their revenue streams. I donā€™t imagine EFC are any differentā€¦

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Mine predominantly comprise ****@suncorp.com.au, Iā€™d like to ban all suncorp addresses but my filter can only do them one by one.

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Just had my phone number spoofed for a scam. Such a bloody annoying thing. Had to change my number and now have to go through every important contact and update a phone number Iā€™ve had for over 20 years.

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is that where the scammers use your number ID to spam call others?

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Yep. I had half a dozen people call me offloading about a call that their internet was being cut off unless they paid an outstanding amount and that Telstra would be back in touch with them shortly.

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that happened to me a few months ago- 2 or 3 calls from strangers saying theyā€™d just missed a call from me and I hadnā€™t called anyone. The scammers mustā€™ve started using a different number because it hasnā€™t happened since. :crossed_fingers: :crossed_fingers: :crossed_fingers:

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Blitz member? What giveā€™s you that idea?

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I should have been more specific and mentioned you by name. Absolute disgrace that you get an honours degree at uni and donā€™t know basic grammarā€¦such as, what is the infinitive form of a verb.

:crazy_face:

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That happened to me, but I didnā€™t have to change my phone number. I found out because someone called me at about 4am one morning and asked what I had been calling about. Obviously I hadnā€™t called anyone. It turned out my number had been spoofed.

Telstra said there was something they could do to prevent it happening again and they would do it for a couple of months. I asked why not permanently and for everyone, but couldnā€™t get an answer.

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Thatā€™s infuriating. Telstra said thereā€™s nothing they can do.

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Perhaps Iā€™m more charming than you.

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Wow. Today must be my lucky day. I just got a text saying I got a deposit of $726,000 worth of bitcoin into my account. Whatā€™s even luckier is I didnā€™t even have a bitcoin account.

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So what happened!!?

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