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[SeaMaiden]

I keep the sound off on my computer...always. Never hear any scams that way!

[croemer]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

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@croemer wrote:

Sounds like they wanted you to call the number and they would ask you personnel questions to steal your idenity and bank account funds.

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Heya Croemer!      BTW, happy birthday last January.   hehe - kinda late, so it gets to be your day again.  I like that.  

Anyway, yeah, that's what it does and what scares the bejeebies out of me is that a lot of people get scared that what it says it true and calls, giving all that personal info.  I'm glad my father isn't even on computers at all.  His wife is, a little bit, but she's pretty savvy.

My husband is very, let's just say 'impressionable' (so as to not use the word 'gullible'...oops!) and I make sure that he knows all this stuff and to 100% abide by the fact that you cannot trust any of it - ever!  Every time I hear about a new one I tell him about it.  I think one time, a while back, he actually called on something like this.  Fortunately, he said (hope he wasn't lying) that he didn't give any info.  *whew*   We have separate bank and credit card accounts, so I can never be sure.   

But if anybody has someone in their circle who might not be so savvy, or is too trusting, it's our duty to tell them about every single one of these type of things, for their good.

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Wow how did you remember my birthday. TY!!

Oh can I relate...every time I hear of a scam I let my husband know because like yours...my husband can be gullible as well. I got this same loud prompt once...but can't remember the circumstances now. Anyway I shut my computer done quick and ran a scan. Must say it does make your heart race. Its LOUD!

[hoosieroriginal]

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

Well, I'm the fool who fell for it.

Last year, whilst probably on here, this loud voice comes over my computer telling me it's going to be shut down in less than one minute (and a countdown started on my screen).  Said it was Windows and it detected *something*.

Asked me to click on the Windows icon.  Well I thought, how can anyone bad in that window.  I mean isn't that Window's window?

No.  Dirty rotten evil people can also be in that window. 

I can't even remember what all he was telling me to do, it was hard to understand him for one thing. 

But I did get suspicious and shut it down and took it to the Geeks and did whatever they did.

 @Lucky Charm - my friend had something come up on her computer and then Windows came up and said they could fix it - she called the number, gave them her credit card number - yep - they took her!  She had a mess to clean up after that - that is what made me so scared and why I just shut it down.

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[croemer]

Eck hoosier!

[Lucky Charm]

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@hoosieroriginal wrote:

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

Well, I'm the fool who fell for it.

Last year, whilst probably on here, this loud voice comes over my computer telling me it's going to be shut down in less than one minute (and a countdown started on my screen).  Said it was Windows and it detected *something*.

Asked me to click on the Windows icon.  Well I thought, how can anyone bad in that window.  I mean isn't that Window's window?

No.  Dirty rotten evil people can also be in that window. 

I can't even remember what all he was telling me to do, it was hard to understand him for one thing. 

But I did get suspicious and shut it down and took it to the Geeks and did whatever they did.

 @Lucky Charm - my friend had something come up on her computer and then Windows came up and said they could fix it - she called the number, gave them her credit card number - yep - they took her!  She had a mess to clean up after that - that is what made me so scared and why I just shut it down.

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They had me click on the actual little white window at the bottom.  You know, where I go to log off.

There was no new link or anything.  Just a voice and an hourglass ( I think--maybe a countdown clock).

So for me to go into Window as I know my window icon, I thought it was legit.

In that icon somehow they had a phone number I had to call. I did.  He asked permission to *take control of my mouse arrow thingy* that's when I got suspicious and backed out.

Went straight to Best Buy and they took over.  I have protection and backup.

Sometimes I get freaked out that Best Buy knows how to crack into the crack pots.  oY.

[haddon9]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

Ive gotten those pop-ups when I've been on Facebook.  I don't think they have anything to do with Kroger and they have no more control over them than you do.  I just ignore them and continue with what I was doing. 

I think these are faux ransom ware, trying to get you to think it's real.  The real thing wouldn't let you do a thing to your computer. 

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I agree to ignore them the only problem is that sometimes they freeze up the screen and one has to shut the computer down and make sure you don't restore the pages that were up when you restart.

This has happened to me twice and the first time  really scared me but I knew it was a scam right away! I was so afraid since it seemed like it could take over my computer !

[Kachina624]

@Lucky Charm  It was probably Best Buy that took advantage of you.  When I've gotten those pop-ups, I just continue with what I was doing or hit the "back" key and then continue.  If I know it, so does Best Buy. 

[Lucky Charm]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Lucky Charm  It was probably Best Buy that took advantage of you.  When I've gotten those pop-ups, I just continue with what I was doing or hit the "back" key and then continue.  If I know it, so does Best Buy. 

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I hope not, I mean I went flying to Best Buy, (not literally lol) because I was sort of locked up, locked out.

Of course, now I know better, but since I have geek protection, I wanted to make sure that *they* (the bad guys) were out of my computer and didn't get into anything.

[Yardlie]

I have Norton also, yet I've had these big "Security Scams" also. A couple times my computer page was flashing on and off and making a loud beeping sound. I talked to a friend of mine who is a computer geek. He told me that it was just a scam and to run the Norton scan. Everything was fine after that. What these scammers won't try to convince us that they are authentic!

[Spurt]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

Do you use any anti-malware software, aside from the anti-virus in Norton's?    MIght not hurt to add Malwarebytes.  I use the paid version, but there is a free version.

It is NOT an anti-virus software, so you can (and should) use it alongside of your anti-virus software.   Just another layer of coverage.   I've used it for a number of years now and if I happen to click on something that has problems it won't let that site open up anythign nefarious, and just shows me the warning.  That's the kind of thing that precludes stuff like that getting through, IMO.  

Of course everybody should also have anti-virus software, too, so it's not an 'instead of' deal.    

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@chickenbutt

Yep I use both anti-virus and Malwarebytes too!!..............