Community Chat

[ROMARY]

Yes, and those foreigners telling us that they can fix our 'Windows', etc. My gosh, one would think that our gov could press a button and stop those incoming calls. They HAVE to know exactly where and who they are, with modern technology and all...........

[nun ya]

On 7/2/2014 Jules5280 said:

A good rule of thumb is NEVER EVER click on a link in an email unless you know the person it came from. If you are expecting a package or delivery, you will get a tracking number and you can go to that site and trace it.

I go round and round with my Mother about this. She opens and clicks everything like she is obligated. Well, she got a virus and it basically froze everything. Luckily I could go into safe mode and download AVG, scan it and it was gone.

I tell her...Mom the post office doesn't know your email.

[newziesuzie]

By now I don't trust most email messages. Good to have reminders for all of us. Thanks ShowMe!

[DJs mom]

OP, I got the exact same email message yesterday. I didn't open the link, and deleted it.

[millieshops]

On 7/2/2014 TheKingsMistress said:

I got one from UPS with a bogus tracking number. Called UPS and no such number existed.

What do these scammers get out of this?

If you answer by clicking on a link, the scammers get your email address making it easier for them to hack you. They also can use your reply to prove your email is an active addresss so they can sell it to someone else! That's what they get.

[Solei]

It's a 2 year old scam. People know not to click strange links. this one attaches a virus to your computer.

[Krimpette]

On 7/2/2014 ROMARY said:

Krimpette: Oh, I'm sorry about that. Maybe a scam by someone else? Well, hopefully they have stopped once asked.

Actually, the caller ID said St Jude's and they didn't dispute the fact when I asked that the calls be stopped. I was really surprised. (And yes, they did immediately stop the calls.)

[Puzzle Piece]

We got a call from a man saying he was a Sheriff and wanted us to pay the money owed for warrants from the past. He wanted to arrest my husband. My husband asked a few questions. We have never been in the County he was from and the Case Numbers didn't make sense nor did the charges. Sounded official except they wanted money orders sent to such and such a place to clear the warrants. They were good at their scam but my husband is better at recognizing such lies.

Everyone needs to challenge these people and get THEM behind bars.

[esmerelda]

On 7/2/2014 Krimpette said:

On 7/2/2014 ROMARY said:

Krimpette: Oh, I'm sorry about that. Maybe a scam by someone else? Well, hopefully they have stopped once asked.

Actually, the caller ID said St Jude's and they didn't dispute the fact when I asked that the calls be stopped. I was really surprised. (And yes, they did immediately stop the calls.)

Unfortunately it's not uncommon for charities to hound contributors for more and/or sell their information to other charities.

[DoubleDog2]

I got a call from a "children's cancer" charity. I told them I don't donate to anyone over the phone. She said "oh no, we do it by mail". I said "then why are you calling me?" and hung up.