A new recorded message one. Just had a call from something (claiming to be) to do with Facebook and Instagram Business-something, all in German and I wasn’t paying attention, than when I realised it was a bot I hung up.
Anyone had similar and know how they’re trying to scam us? Is it a variation on 'your account has bee hacked and you need to contact us with your details" type of thing?
Of course there is a vague chance that it’s real, just trying to get me to buy advertising on my chalet FB page which does list my number, but naah, I don’t think so.
I received every now and then ‘confirmation codes’ from AirBank (yes, a real bank, one of these ‘neobanks for millenials’). It seems that someone gave my phone# to open an account. I went (personally!) to one of the few offices of the bank to try to delete my phone number. Not even a chance…for ‘privacy policy’, they cannot delete MY number - let alone even look for it. So I resorted to block the number from which the SMS were being received.
This was published by the Schwyz Police (translated):
Assuming that as most online purchases now need to be paid for in advance, the purchases were made with a stolen credit card or similar:
On Thursday morning 12th March 2026, a 36-year-old male reported to us. He shared that a package had been stolen from his mailbox the day before, even though he had not placed an online order himself. In addition, he received a message from an online portal that a package will be delivered again on the same afternoon.
At 14 o’clock we were able to arrest a 21-year-old Ukrainian citizen after the package delivery in Ibach. The man is suspected of picking up fraudulently ordered packages. The products had previously been ordered online using foreign access data and delivered to the address of residence of the affected person.
Together with the prosecutor of the canton of Schwyz we will determine whether the defendant is responsible for further crimes.
Contact us:
• when you get notifications about online orders that you didn’t place.
• when you notice unknown persons moving conspicuously in the neighborhood.
• when strangers drive through neighborhood streets searching for vehicles.
When dealing with online shops, we recommend:
• Regularly check your emails and customer accounts for unknown orders.
• Use secure passwords and, if possible, two-factor authentication.
• Inform the concerned online shop or the delivery service of abusive orders.
And I don’t even have a drivers licence. But how could one hit back at these scammers. Some way to hack the mail address they use to send it. Any ideas?
I got last week a very realistic e-mail from a recruiter about two positions. The e-mail came from a person that actually works in this company in talent acquisition. Also the language used including details from my work experience where very detailed. I only realized it after the 3rd e-mail exchange (where they never asked for anything) that the e-mail address was ending in @gmail.com, I blocked it afterwards but was astonished on the level of details that the scammer used. Specially hard in the current situation where a lot of people are looking for jobs.
Stay focused
Report abuse by a Gmail user (from any email provider)
If someone using a @gmail.com address is sending large volumes of spam or obvious abuse and you want to report the account itself:
• Use Google’s abuse form: Report abuse from a Gmail account - Gmail Help,
• Or send an email with full headers of the abusive message to [email protected] via Google’s general abuse channels.
Include as much detail as possible (full headers, timestamps, description of the abuse) so Google can investigate.
