Payment to Prepay Technologies Ltd

IanManc

RobWilkie said:

I just had exactly the same scam tried on my as @adeyZZZ and @llenar. I'm an IT Specialist and I was convinced the messages were from my daughter but the bank details looked dodgy. Thankfully I refused to pay any money but thought I was protecting my daughter rather than myself. It was only when I actually managed to speak to her that I realised it was a scam.

Reported to Action Fraud and gave the phone number and bank details of the fraudster and as I'd not actually paid anything out - they refused to accept it as a crime. So it appears that Attempted Fraud is perfectly acceptable - absurd!

It is an attempted fraud by false representation ( fraud by false representation being a triable either way offence contrary to Section 2 Fraud Act 2006) contrary to Section 1 Criminal Attempts Act 1981.

Ring them back and teach them some law.  😊

RKNeleh

On the 9th March 2022 I received a company invoice from a trusted source, using the email address I knew to be theirs, for work I knew had been done, from the company I knew to have done the work, owned by a guy I had chatted with on site.

With no reason to be suspicious I paid the invoice.The sort code was 23 69 72

It turns out the invoice had been intercepted and the company bank details changed. 

I think I'm pretty scam aware, I don't answer the phone to unknown or withheld numbers. I know the WhatsApp 'Mum, I've lost my phone...' is a fraud scam and I never respond when DHL or Rayal Mail text or email to ask for more details.

I'd had never heard about a pdf interception scam. Its not included in the Santander guidance and is nit a question when setting up a payment.

😡 BOOM!! They got me. 

redux

This Prepay Technologies sort code is also used by Tide, a business banking brand.

My mother paid an electrician who had an account there. The identity of the receiving customer could not be checked, as has been widely introduced, but other than that there was no problem, and no later complaint he hadn't been paid. He has subsequently moved to the local branch of Lloyds; I didn't ask why.

gary1312

redux said:

This Prepay Technologies sort code is also used by Tide, a business banking brand.

My mother paid an electrician who had an account there. The identity of the receiving customer could not be checked, as has been widely introduced, but other than that there was no problem, and no later complaint he hadn't been paid. He has subsequently moved to the local branch of Lloyds; I didn't ask why.

Tide are a great bank. Gave me £75 within two weeks of opening an account, making a deposit and spending £300 on the card (this was at John Lewis on a personal purchase, the expenditure on my tiny Etsy/eBay business would never hit that in a year). Thumbs up from me.

adonispuntomouse

Spotted some fake cars being offered on fake Facebook accounts (there must be thousands of them on there right now).

Anyway, after chatting with the scammer I was offered an opportunity to send them a deposit by bank transfer.

Soert code was 23-03-63 (Prepay Technologies Limited)

Account number (Removed by Forum Team), name (Removed by Forum Team).

Facebook profile has now gone; plenty more remain.

BernardoFabbro

I've had a message from, I suspect, someone who has hacked the message account of someone I know, he's asking for an urgent payment of £100. I've been having some fun with him and making him work hard and get nothing in return. I think he's given up now and I need to warn my friend about this hack.