 John Thomson warns of a blatant email scam in the 'Thomson report'. |
Thomson report
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John Thomson - Story:
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Jul 21, 2008 / 5:00 am
Jul 21, 2008 / 5:00 am
This is the most blatant email scam I have seen in a while as the scammers use the Scotia name but never refer to it as the Scotia Bank. Delete this immediately. It is a classic “phishing” scam. If you’re a Scotia Bank customer tell the bank you received one so they know it is happening in their territory. Here is how the email reads and you can see the information they are trying to get out of you to clean out your account if you followed through and answered these questions. I’m afraid some people will be caught up in this scam.
Your account has been temporarily limited!
We are hereby notifying you that, after a recent review of your account activity, it has been determined that you are in violation of Scotia OnLine's Acceptable Use Policy. Therefore, your account has been temporarily limited for: webcam shows.
We must properly verify your account again.
Tips to unlock your Scotia OnLine account. - It's Easy
Here's how to get started:
Log in to (https:www.scotiaonline.scotiabank.comonlinestart.jsplanguage=/)
Follow the steps to update your personal records and you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
Once you have completed these steps, we will send you an email notifying that your account is available again.
Please allow (3) three business days for processing.
Note: Please do not reply to this email.
This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
I contacted Deborah Spence, the manager of Public Affairs for the bank’s Western Region and she had this to say:
“As a point of reference, Scotiabank will never send unsolicited emails asking for a customer's password, Personal Identification Number (PIN), credit card, account numbers, etc. And we will never ask a customer to validate or restore their account access through unsolicited email. You may wish to caution your readers not respond to pop-ups, emails or other Internet requests that ask them to reveal personal information about themselves or their accounts.”
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I first met him at Will Gow’s CBD Network offices in Kelowna. Frank Dieter, an entrepreneur. He invested his life savings in a new business. Something that hasn’t been tried in B.C. in a number of years. He thought, "If I can produce some niche beverages from some of the wasted fruit in the valley I could create a niche for myself."
The first time I interviewed him a couple of years ago he had started the process and was making a Pear brandy. I believe it is the first brandy to ever be manufactured here.
His big winner so far has been absinthe and the sales of the product have gone up according to the Government Liquor Distribution branch. Most of those sales have come from the Vernon distillery. Dieter’s Taboo absinthe has been in 64 government liquor stores since December. The government pays him $12.70 for each bottle and then retails it for $55. Good business wouldn’t you say?
Two years ago his sales for the year amounted to $18,000 and this year with the year ending June 30 it will be $250,000. Much better. But still a long way to go. He has a staff of four. Absinthe generates fifty five per cent of his sales. The company also produces Aquavit, Pear Brandy and Cherry Kirsch.
Frank says he will move to Nova Scotia if he can’t get permission to sell his products the same way the wineries do. Why is it so difficult to understand company needs that provide the opportunity to make the venture work? It is so important to the bottom line and here he is employing four and using fruit that would otherwise go into the dumpster.
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The company Liquidation World is still looking for a location in Kelowna after they lost their space on Pandosy Street. The chain is now up to 106 stores in Canada and the United States. The Brantford, Ont. based retailer is closing the store in Merritt but still has stores in Penticton, Vernon and Kamloops. I remember when they started the company in Calgary and then Edmonton in 1986.
Your account has been temporarily limited!
We are hereby notifying you that, after a recent review of your account activity, it has been determined that you are in violation of Scotia OnLine's Acceptable Use Policy. Therefore, your account has been temporarily limited for: webcam shows.
We must properly verify your account again.
Tips to unlock your Scotia OnLine account. - It's Easy
Here's how to get started:
Note: Please do not reply to this email.
This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
I contacted Deborah Spence, the manager of Public Affairs for the bank’s Western Region and she had this to say:
“As a point of reference, Scotiabank will never send unsolicited emails asking for a customer's password, Personal Identification Number (PIN), credit card, account numbers, etc. And we will never ask a customer to validate or restore their account access through unsolicited email. You may wish to caution your readers not respond to pop-ups, emails or other Internet requests that ask them to reveal personal information about themselves or their accounts.”
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I first met him at Will Gow’s CBD Network offices in Kelowna. Frank Dieter, an entrepreneur. He invested his life savings in a new business. Something that hasn’t been tried in B.C. in a number of years. He thought, "If I can produce some niche beverages from some of the wasted fruit in the valley I could create a niche for myself."
The first time I interviewed him a couple of years ago he had started the process and was making a Pear brandy. I believe it is the first brandy to ever be manufactured here.
His big winner so far has been absinthe and the sales of the product have gone up according to the Government Liquor Distribution branch. Most of those sales have come from the Vernon distillery. Dieter’s Taboo absinthe has been in 64 government liquor stores since December. The government pays him $12.70 for each bottle and then retails it for $55. Good business wouldn’t you say?
Two years ago his sales for the year amounted to $18,000 and this year with the year ending June 30 it will be $250,000. Much better. But still a long way to go. He has a staff of four. Absinthe generates fifty five per cent of his sales. The company also produces Aquavit, Pear Brandy and Cherry Kirsch.
Frank says he will move to Nova Scotia if he can’t get permission to sell his products the same way the wineries do. Why is it so difficult to understand company needs that provide the opportunity to make the venture work? It is so important to the bottom line and here he is employing four and using fruit that would otherwise go into the dumpster.
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The company Liquidation World is still looking for a location in Kelowna after they lost their space on Pandosy Street. The chain is now up to 106 stores in Canada and the United States. The Brantford, Ont. based retailer is closing the store in Merritt but still has stores in Penticton, Vernon and Kamloops. I remember when they started the company in Calgary and then Edmonton in 1986.
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John Thomson is the Okanagan's pre-eminent business columnist writing his column, Rumours and Things, for over 19 years. Plugged in to the valley's who's who, John keeps his readers coming back for more with his straight talk and optimistic perspective on where we are headed next.
When John is not writing his column, he runs an eleven year old think tank called the Executive Roundtable and holds his popular "Thomson Presents" quarterly business speaker seminars.
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John Thomson is the Okanagan's pre-eminent business columnist writing his column, Rumours and Things, for over 19 years. Plugged in to the valley's who's who, John keeps his readers coming back for more with his straight talk and optimistic perspective on where we are headed next.
When John is not writing his column, he runs an eleven year old think tank called the Executive Roundtable and holds his popular "Thomson Presents" quarterly business speaker seminars.
Have a comment, question, or tip for John? Email John at:
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