Nochex

MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
edited May 2003 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">Genuine company, or evil scam?</div> I've never used any service remotely like this, but here's the email they sent me (twice) today. <a href='http://www.nochex.com' target='_blank'>Their website</a> looks pretty genuine, but since they have no reason to be contacting me and I've never heard of them I'm curious if this is an evil credit card fraud thing that I should report to my ISP or not.

(It's the "restriction or removal" part that makes me suspicious, a kind of "do this now ... or else!" to make people fill it in without thinking)

Subj: Dear NOCHEX customer
From: Accounts@nochex.com
Reply to: Support@nochex.com
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  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    Dont know, would bet on them being evil though. Do a whois...
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    So I tried logging in to nochex.com using the email address they sent that to. The first email seems to be dodgy as sin then.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Contact your England FBI Equivilent and have these people thrown to jail for a very long time, as no doubt this is a scam and no doubt many many stupid people handed over their credit cards without thinking twice
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Indeed. Asking for your card number... Without you even knowing that you "had" an account there...

    Good trick though... Personally, I'd never give away my credit card number in such a form... To just "verify" my account creation or usage...
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  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    MI5? Scotland Yard? Ok, those are the only organizations from England I know <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Contact some of them.
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    yea will after you contact them let us know. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Also this webiste may be legit if only b/c it may be located the "company address" or the company server may be based out of a part of the globe where foreign statues and powers have no real legal jurisdiction.


    Example. If Internet gambling were illegal in britian for instance, the gambling servers could move to africa or some place where its legal and operate from there. The company then cant be held accountable if some one from another country "stumbles" into the site.
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    Well, the police and trading standards office have been emailed, but since it's 10pm here it'll not be til tomorrow at the earliest I get a response. I also wrote to NOCHEX about it, figuring if they're a genuine company they might like to know that someone's using their name for such purposes.
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  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    You could always stroll into the local staion with printouts.
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    I thought NoChex was the UK version of PayPal

    I mean Ebay support it (Not that thats saying much)
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  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+May 28 2003, 08:37 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ May 28 2003, 08:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Contact your England FBI Equivilent and have these people thrown to jail for a very long time, as no doubt this is a scam and no doubt many many stupid people handed over their credit cards without thinking twice <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    CID is the UK equivilant of the FBI. It's the Criminal Intelligence Department.
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  • CrouchingHamsterCrouchingHamster Join Date: 2002-08-17 Member: 1181Members
    Looks well dodgy to me, but then I <i>am</i> paranoid.
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  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+May 29 2003, 02:26 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ May 29 2003, 02:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+May 28 2003, 08:37 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ May 28 2003, 08:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Contact your England FBI Equivilent and have these people thrown to jail for a very long time, as no doubt this is a scam and no doubt many many stupid people handed over their credit cards without thinking twice <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    CID is the UK equivilant of the FBI. It's the Criminal Intelligence Department. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    no dubers your wrong you fool!

    /me gets the cattle prod..


    old bill = regular pigs
    CID = slightly smarter pigs
    m15 = james bond wannabes
    Scotland yard = the wannabe DEA

    ---- now the REAL lists <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    P.c's = regular everyday cops
    CID = a smaller but more efficient organisation dealing with 187's and the like...
    M15 = our secret service. if you want to know mroe take the red pill.
    Scotland yard = our VICE squad cracking down on the heavy stuff prostitution,drugs,rape etc

    CID are a bunch of cretins and quite frankly the TSA* would be more useful....


    * i dont mean the Trans System Authority i mean the Trading Standards Act which is the saviour of many and feared by ALL
    #they have the banhammer for your business!
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    So did these guys ever call you back or did you find out anything?
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    Police said nothing, trading standards said that the company was genuine and seemed to miss the point a little, NOCHEX said that bogey wasn't one of theirs.
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  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    Sounds like either an error with their email service, or a clever con man. Nochex is real though.

    *signs you up for 1000's of spam lists*
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    yes, it might be an impersonator. Are you sure he is someone from nochex?
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    I refer you to my previous post, where I said it wasn't one of their emails.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    oops missed that <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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