Fake Sudanese scam hits Australia

Scam emails are flooding Australia again.

What is the Federal Government doing via ISPs to block these insidious emails which are financially destroying innocent Australian families?

Consumer Watch spokesman Paul Tully says: "It's time for the Federal government to act against these internet fraudsters who are ripping off innocent victims day after day".

This is the latest scam:

Hello Dear 

I know that this mail might come to you as a surprise because you don't know me and I don't know you too.

My name is Sana Mohamed Atif , I am 24 years old girl and an orphan from Sudan.

My late father Mr Mohamed Atif was the deputy general manager with CNPC oil company at Khartoum refinery in Sudan.

My late father was killed alongside with my beloved mother and our family house burnt down by the rebels during the last crisis in my country when Janjaweed militant came to our house, and this was what sent me away from my country to Burkina Faso as I made my escape only by God's special grace.

You can read more about my country in the bbc news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6469857.stm 

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am receiving from my step mother.

She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father.

Meanwhile I wanted to travel to Europe, but she hide away my international passport and other valuable documents.

Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File which contained important documents.

Now I am presently staying in the Mission in Burkina Faso.

I am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance.

My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 8.5 Million in one bank in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin.

I had contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told me that being a refugee, my status according to the local law does not authorize me to carry out the operation.

However, he advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf.

I had wanted to inform my stepmother about this deposit but I am afraid that she will not offer me anything after the release of the money. 

Therefore, I decide to seek for your help in transferring the money into your bank account while I will relocate to your country and settle down with you.

As you indicated your interest to help me I will give you the account number and the contact of the bank where my late beloved father deposited the money with my name as the next of kin.

It is my intention to compensate you with 20% of the total money for your assistance and the balance shall be my investment in any profitable venture which you will recommend to me as have no any idea about foreign investment.

Please all communications should be through this email address only for confidential purposes. 

Thanking you a lot in anticipation of your quick response.

I will send you details in my next email for you to know me well.

I am waiting for your reply,

Best regards,

Sana Mohamed

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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LJ Hooker Office in Ipswich blessed by Buddhist Monks

PIC: Today's blessing at Augustine Heights


The new LJ Hooker Office at Augusta Parkway Augustine Heights was blessed by Buddhist Monks this morning.

A welcome addition to Greater Goodna.


PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra

Pedestrian lights at Augustine Heights due to be turned on tomorrow

The new pedestrian-activated traffic signals on Augusta Parkway at Augustine Heights, adjacent to St Augustine's College, are due to be turned on by close of business Friday 10 July 2009.

These lights will make it safer for school students and adults to cross from Brookwater to Augustine Heights.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Traffic lights for dangerous Goodna intersection

PIC: Cnr Smiths Road and Albert Street Goodna

New traffic lights are being installed by Ipswich City Council at the corner of Smiths Road and Albert Street Goodna.

The work is funded under the Federal Government's Blackspot funding program.

This intersection - on the crest of a hill - has been the scene of many accidents over the years, often involving speed or lack of care.

Another set of traffic signals is also planned at the nearby Smiths Road and William Street intersection.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Traffic lights now operating at Bertha and Mill Streets Goodna

PIC: New traffic signals at Bertha St Goodna looking north towards the Ipswich Motorway.


The new traffic signals at the corner of Bertha St and Mill St Goodna commenced operation yesterday.

They replace the two stop signs in Mill St.

Another set of traffic signals is about to be installed outside the BP Service Station at the corner of Bertha St and Brisbane Road as part of the Ipswich Motorway upgrade.

Further traffic signals are planned to be installed this financial year at the following locations:

• Cnr Alice St & Newman St Gailes

• Cnr Old Logan Road & Formation St Camira

• Cnr Smiths Road & William St Goodna

• Cnr Smiths Road & Albert St Goodna

• Cnr Jones Road & Augusta Parkway Bellbird Park

• Pedestrian signals Augusta Parkway Augustine Heights adjacent to St Augustine's College

Traffic lights have recently been commissioned at Eagle St & Kruger Pde Bellbird Park.

The Department of Main Roads is also reviewing a possible upgrade of Smiths Road at Goodna to link St Ives Shopping Centre with Redbank Plaza.

The proposal includes traffic signals at the corner of Smiths Road and Stuart Street Goodna.


PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Fair Pay Commission should be renamed Unfair Pay Commission

With prices rising and the cost of living increasing, the decision by Australia's Fair Pay Commission to freeze wages for up to 12 months is a totally unjust decision.

This is the first time in 27 years that the minimum pay rate for Australian workers has been frozen.

The Fair Pay Commission is headed by Professor Ian Harper, the same buffoon who said when he was first appointed he would pray to God for divine intervention in his pay decisions.

Now, the Nutty Professor has ignored the submission of the Federal Government and sided with big industry, to deny any increase to Australia's lowest-paid workers.

Professor Harper earns $124,990 a year as the part-time Fair Pay Commissioner but thankfully he is quitting the Commission at the end of July, just in time before the unions tarred and feathered him.

The Federal Government is scrapping the Fair Pay Commission and replacing it with a system based on fairness, openness and accountability - not some crazy, knee-jerk process controlled by St Peter in heaven and controlled by disciple Harper.


PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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EXCLUSIVE: Telstra in major backdown on overseas call centre in Manila

Following hundreds of complaints across Australia from individuals and major corporations, Telstra has scrapped its offshore paging call centre in downtown Manila in the Philippines.

Since January - except for a few exclusive Australian corporate clients who complained bitterly - all Telstra Memo calls were unanswered by poorly trained Filipino staff whose skills in Tagalog far exceeded their English language ability.

Telstra customers have complained non-stopped of messages with wrong numbers, wrong names, mis-spelt and confusing word combinations being received.
The past 6 months has been utter pandemonium for Telstra customers.

The offshore experiment - which saved a few dollars for Telstra and enabled them to pay their former CEO Sol Trujillo a King's Ransom each year - has been officially scrapped.

Telstra is reverting to an Ausralian-based 24/7 operation from early August.
Consumer Watch spokesman said Telstra's decision in January to scrap its Australian Memo paging serving operation was the strangest decision ever made by the telecommunications giant.

"Sanity has prevailed in Telstra only after they realised the magnitude of their stupidity," Paul Tully said.


PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Goodna temperatures still cold today

The minimum temperature recorded at Goodna at 4.00am this morning was 0 degrees. At 6.30am, the temperature was 12 degrees.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Ipswich temperatures remain low

The temperature at Goodna at 6am was 1 degree.

By 6.30am, it had risen to 2 degrees.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Traffic lights at cnr Mill and Bertha Sts Goodna almost finished

PIC: Workers finish the new traffic lights at Mill and Bertha Streets Goodna.

The new traffic lights at the corner of Mill St and Bertha St should be operational next week.

When completed, they will improve the safety of this intersection considerably.

When the Goodna to Gailes section of the Ipswich Motorway opens later this year, Bertha St will link under the Ipswich Motorway and the railway line with Layard St where a new roundabout is being built at the corner of Woogaroo Street.

The Motorway upgrade includes new traffic signals at the BP Service Station at the corner of Bertha St and Brisbane Road.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Ipswich temperatures plummet as winter weather sets in

The minimum temperature recorded at Goodna this morning at 6.00am was 1 degree.

If this cold snap continues, we can expect light frosts in coming days.

The only good news is that winter officially ends in another 8 weeks.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Winter weather hits Ipswich!

If the clear skies remain and the strong winds die down, tomorrow could be the coldest morning of the year in Ipswich.

No Free Flow tolling on most booths on the Logan Motorway!

Free flow tolling commenced on 1 July on the Gateway and Logan Motorways.

But at the first toll plaza on the Logan Motorway, only one of the four booths is a free flow, drive-straight-through arrangement.

This means that drivers who have done the right thing and pre-purchased a transponder have to join a lengthy single-file queue, while the motoring recalcitrants have the easy choice of THREE lanes.

Something doesn't make sense with this arrangement.

Sure, there needs to be some temporary measure for the drivers who still have to buy a transponder but the number of available lanes should be reversed so that the people who have done the right thing, get a smooth and easy ride through at least three of the lanes at the toll plaza.

Why should drivers without transponders have the choice of three lanes while the ones with transponders get the rough end of the Motorway pineapple.

Bloody hopeless!



PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au



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KFC at Grand Plaza need a rocket - Is it the most-unsanitary KFC in Australia?

Imagine this.

The console operator at your local KFC who puts the meals together, picking up all sorts of packets and utensils and cups and lids, suddenly wipes away a piece of slimy mucous from her nose with her right index finger and then asks the next customer for their order.

The customer politely points out that she should wash her hands before proceeding to serve customers.

The operator give the customer a dirty look as she proceeds to wash her hands.

The customer asks if her training included the legal requirement that staff involved in handling food must wash their hands every time they touch their hair, nose or mouth with their fingers.

The operator replies that there was no such training involving health and sanitation issues.

Well, don't imagine anymore.
It actually happened this evening to a customer at Grand Plaza at Browns Plains!

Errors and mistakes can sometimes happen, but basic health issues must be a number one priority in all fast food outlets.

The fact that the KFC at Browns Plains is failing to give even basic training to the staff on key health issues should be of serious concern to the company, the public and the Logan City Council.


PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Media Release: Dust storm envelops Ipswich region

PIC:: Ipswich Motorway at Goodna looking towards Brisbane early this afternoon.

 

 

A major duststorm has moved across Ipswich and the western suburbs.
 
It is understood it started in South Australia with strong winds fanning it into southern Queensland across the Brisbane metropolitan area.
 
Ipswich Councillor Paul Tully said the dust storm was intense from Goodna to Grandchester.
 
Cr Tully said very strong winds were moving the dust storm across the Ipswich region towards Brisbane.
 
"This is one of the worst dust storms in southeast Queensland for many years.
 
"It appears to be intensifying in the area between Boonah and Gatton as it moves towards Ipswich and Brisbane," Cr Tully said.

Woolworths and Caltex ripping off Ipswich customers again!

Mr Ken Markwell from the Ipswich suburb of Leichhardt has rung to say that on Sunday 28 June 2009, petrol at the Woolworths Caltex at Brassall in Ipswich was $1.21/litre.

5 hours later at the Caltex Woolworths servo in Warwick, it was $1.08/litre and has been for the past 5 weeks.

Typical price gouging which will get worse from today!

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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KFC - Six of one, half a dozen of the other!

PIC: KFC upsetting another customer.

The following letter appears in today's Queensland Times in Ipswich:

"WHY can I not get six drumsticks when I order them from KFC? Is there an unwritten law I don't know about?
ANON"

Yes, KFC. Why?

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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QUEENSLAND FUEL PRICES: Channel 9 reports live on the pending petrol price hike. This is a major ripoff about to happen.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Ipswich becomes the first City in Queensland to ban circuses with exotic animals

At today's Ipswich City Council meeting, Ipswich became the first Council in Queensland to ban circuses with caged exotic animals.

There are now 43 Councils around Australia which have banned animal circuses.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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Nando's Restaurant at Riverlink is a top Ipswich food establishment

PIC: Nando's at Riverlink in Ipswich

The Nando's Restaurant at Riverlink in Ipswich is a well-presented food outlet providing good meals at good prices.

The best part is the exceptionally quick service which seems to be a real hallmark of the Nando's experience.

For less than $43, Liza, JP1, JP2 and I dined on a sumptuous Portuguese fare, including drinks.

This place is highly recommended and well worth the drive into Ipswich for residents of the city's eastern suburbs.

PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au

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