New scam involving NRMA insurance.

Submitted: Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:24

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Member - Boo Boo (NSW)

This is an email I received this morning.

"Dear Valued Customer,

NRMA Insurance is creating an online community made up of 400 active and informed customers who are willing to share their point of view and opinions on a variety of topics.

Communispace Corporation is an international organisation which has been engaged by NRMA Insurance to manage the online community on its behalf.

If selected to be a member of this private, online community you'll be asked to spend 5-15 minutes per week joining in a series of discussions and activities with other members. Your opinions and ideas will provide NRMA Insurance with a better understanding of customer needs now and into the future. In appreciation for your participation you'll receive periodic rewards as well as the opportunity to interact with other people.

If you are interested in participating and would like to see if you qualify, please complete this brief questionnaire: The survey should take no longer than 10 minutes. Your responses will help NRMA Insurance to select community members and will only be used for that purpose.

To participate, please click on the link below.

Take Questionnaire Here

We hope you will join us! Thank you, in advance, for your participation and valuable feedback. Your time is very much appreciated.

Regards,

Stewart Jones
Facilitator, NRMA Insurance 'All that Matters' community

Communispace Corporation

Your email address was provided to Communispace by NRMA Insurance as you have previously consented to receiving marketing material.

If you wish to opt out from receiving future emails from Communispace, please unsubscribe below.

This email was sent from Communispace Corporation on behalf of NRMA Insurance.
Communispace | 100 Talcott Avenue | Watertown MA 02472 USA
Do you wish to be removed from this list?
Unsubscribe"

The email did not look right so I rang the NRMA and at the moment they know nothing about it.

They are now investigating the matter and will get back to me later today.

I would suggest that if you get this email do not open it until the matter has been investigated.

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Reply By: TerraFirma - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 13:17

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 13:17

No scam there mate, this is a marketing company undertaking activities on behalf of NRMA. There is no possible way to gain money from you via this email, so it's just marketing. Nowadays companies such as NRMA pay marketing companies to do this sort of thing to better understand their customer base.
Communispace is a legitimate business that specialises in this sort of thing. NRMA wouldn't know unless you spoke to senior management, and you would have spoken to someone well down the ranks.

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Follow Up By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 13:42

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 13:42

Well,, I sincerely hope so.

After your reply I went on to the net and the company is legitimate, but I'll wait for the NRMA to advise me.

I'm always ultra cautious when it comes to emails.

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Follow Up By: Penchy - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 16:11

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 16:11

Im not a member of NRMA and never will be, their prices are robbery. But, what you could do is call their customer service and ask to be removed from their advertising mailing list, and not give them permission to give your email address to 3rd party advertising agencies for this very reason. Thats what I do anyway.

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Follow Up By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 16:31

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 16:31

Thanks Penchy

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Follow Up By: TerraFirma - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 21:05

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 21:05

no scam there apart from the NRMA insurance policy itself and the little old lady at your Milk Bar Boo Boo..!

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Reply By: Life Member - esarby (NSW) - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 14:19

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 14:19

Another tip from ScamWatch.

Erase your hard drive before disposing of old computers

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Added: Novemvber 2011

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SCAMwatch has received reports that un-wiped hard drives are fast becoming a sought after item for scammers who can use them to access personal details and commit identity theft.

Whether you chose to sell your computer, give it away, throw it away, recycle it or give it to charity, you should ensure your hard drive has been erased first.

How to erase your hard drive
•The best way to erase your hard drive is to use a software program which will do a thorough job. There are both paid and free software programs available for download online, but make sure you scan any software you download before installing it to make sure it doesn’t contain malware or spyware.
•If you are throwing your computer away, you may wish to take out the hard drive and destroy it. This won’t erase the data but will prevent any chance of a scammer reading it.
•Don’t believe the myth that a strong magnet will erase your hard drive.

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Follow Up By: Capt. Wrongway - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 15:57

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 15:57

My lump hammer and old screwdriver does a nice job of rendering my old HD's un-scammable.
Capt.

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Follow Up By: Jarse - Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 at 16:21

Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 at 16:21

Agree with Capt. Wrongway.

That method is far more effective, and wastes less of my time :-))

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Follow Up By: Begaboy - Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 at 07:23

Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 at 07:23

I just use a 10 mm drill - 3 holes is usually sufficient ;) and less mess

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Reply By: PARSO - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 18:16

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 18:16

Hey BooBoo,

I recently got a quote from NRMA to renew CTP and Comprehensive insurance policies. Their quote...now there is a SCAM! After 25 years of membership with no previous claims, some of the lesser known companies still beat them hands down. Feeling deflated and taking my business elsewhere.

PARSO

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Follow Up By: TerraFirma - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 21:18

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 21:18

Not just NRMA , most insurance cos.!

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Reply By: Pebble - Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 23:28

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 at 23:28

I think you're on the right track in being suspicious of links in emails you don't know anything about!

Although I'd agree with the others on this one. I'm a member of a few survey type websites where you either get cash or points for doing surveys (the amount depends on the survey length but 30-40 min equates to $3, but you don't always qualify for all of them either). Anyway through one of those I got to join a closed forum similar to the NRMA one, The one I was a part of was for food products (not sure which company exactly, but Cadburys or Kraft etc)r. It was actually quite good to be a part of and I ended up getting a small food hamper and also $10 for my contributions (they awarded regular such prizes).

But yes these days it is wise to err on the side of caution. We advertised our trailer recently and first few inquiries were scams...sounded quite genuine of course until they mention that they work on an oil rig or they're away at the moment and want paypal etc etc. But if you're not aware of such scams it wouldn't be too hard to get sucked in.

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Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 at 14:57

Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 at 14:57

Thanks fellas

I'll go back to my in box and complete the questionnaire. At the moment I have nothing to do.

We are in St George for the weekend in the caravan and it is a stinker. Way to hot and humid to go for a walk around town like we usually do. Might have to go to the RSL a little earlier than usual. LOL

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