Fake gift card being hand delivered by phoney postman

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:52 pm

Anyone encountered this?

I did.

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:01 pm

Please spill the details
*gets popcorn*

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:03 pm

Was he wearing an orange gown and have a shaved head and playing the tamborine singing...........Hare Krishna.................Hare Hare..............

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:51 pm

Came at 7pm to hand deliver a registered letter. Without suspecting anything, I signed on the clipboard.
Later I opened the envelope and found a $100 jb hifi gift card.
I was not expecting this , but since my bd is just a few days away so I thought its a gift from a friend.

Then later I felt something's fishy. Which postman will deliver at 7pm? The envelope is legit from Australia post but the "deliver person to person" sticker is missing.
So to get to the bottom of this, I went to jb hifi the next day. The store person checked the gift card, claimed the card is real but is not activated, meaning there's no value.
Then off I went to post office, the staff scanned the envelope and confirm that it's not registered in their system.
Obviously, I realized that this is a prank or hoax. That moment, I was worried that it could be a form of identity theft as I had put my signature on the clipboard.
Not knowing what they can do by knowing where I live, my name, my address and my signature....I went to the police station and tell them what happened. They don't even pick up a pen and said, unless u are physically hurt or money lost, you can't report anything....£*^%{}|~\<]¥=+€

So yeah...that's what happened. Wierd eh....

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:55 pm

You probably just signed up to.........
Phone contract
or
electricity contract
or
Joining the army
or
Joining the Hare Krishna

phi-tec · Post by **phi-tec** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:57 pm

zuihoujueding wrote:Came at 7pm to hand deliver a registered letter. Without suspecting anything, I signed on the clipboard.
Later I opened the envelope and found a $100 jb hifi gift card.
I was not expecting this , but since my bd is just a few days away so I thought its a gift from a friend.

Then later I felt something's fishy. Which postman will deliver at 7pm? The envelope is legit from Australia post but the "deliver person to person" sticker is missing.
So to get to the bottom of this, I went to jb hifi the next day. The store person checked the gift card, claimed the card is real but is not activated, meaning there's no value.
Then off I went to post office, the staff scanned the envelope and confirm that it's not registered in their system.
Obviously, I realized that this is a prank or hoax. That moment, I was worried that it could be a form of identity theft as I had put my signature on the clipboard.
Not knowing what they can do by knowing where I live, my name, my address and my signature....I went to the police station and tell them what happened. They don't even pick up a pen and said, unless you are physically hurt or money lost, you can't report anything....£*^%{}|~\<]¥=+€

So yeah...that's what happened. Wierd eh....

get someone to slap you real hard, or something, then go to another police station and report it say the postman slapped ya and ran after you signed

Sahin · Post by **Sahin** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:13 pm

Why would you sign something after someone slaps you? Lol

phi-tec · Post by **phi-tec** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:24 pm

Sahin wrote:Why would you sign something after someone slaps you? Lol

i said after!

Post by **bjk** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:50 am

Sahin wrote:Why would you sign something after someone slaps you? Lol

To stop them from slapping you again?

Jacqueline · Post by **Jacqueline** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:23 pm

PHIL069 wrote:You probably just signed up to.........
Phone contract
or
electricity contract
or
Joining the army
or
Joining the Hare Krishna

maybe you signed your FTO away, could have been rego papers, a loan contract if I were you I would pay to have a credit history check done on yourself that way if they are trying to get $$$$ from you the banks normally run a credit check first, the person who has inquired about loaning you money that your not aware of will have their details listed then I would contact them........have I just scared you?

Jacqueline · Post by **Jacqueline** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:26 pm

zuihoujueding wrote:Anyone encountered this?

I did.

thinking about it all, if they had turned up at my doorstep, I would have propably signed it too.......

no worries Ill just slap myself later......

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:01 pm

I was super worried at first, but now ok. They can do much with my information anyways.

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:08 am

Whatever lets you sleep at night

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:59 am

Apparently, I notified the building manager and he put up notices over all the boards around the apartment, strangely, all were removed off overnight.

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:01 am

Inside job.........OOOOOOO Someones watching you

adzski · Post by **adzski** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:36 am

This is a strange story! But interesting curious to see if.anything happens

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:03 am

So put them up again but this time with a hidden camera on them overnight, you'll probably catch the guy red handed, might be someone from the complex your building manager can identify.

Kustom · Post by **Kustom** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:35 am

:/

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phi-tec · Post by **phi-tec** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:43 am

It's prob building manager making u sign for a longer or more expensive lease

FTO AUSTRALIA