Bold internet scam
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livininharrow
Senior Member
I think you spelled dumbfucks wrong.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
We're not allowed to say the F-word only out of respect. We dont want to be totally classless. Unwritten rule, no F-words, no nakeds.
But I have blown my stack and blurted out the F-words. But not since they upped the medication.
traintech55
Senior Member
Another scam on Craigslist, They will contact you about the item you are selling tell you they want to buy it, but will send you more money to cover shipping. Tried it on me and they sent me a forged cashiers check. Had fun when the bank told me the check was N/G. Best thing was they called the police for me and they are going after the person.
Yea, this is a common scam also. They steal a personal or business check and make a bunch of copies. The original scam was that they were offering a "in your spare time" job and wanted you to cash the check, keep a portion for your "services" and then send the rest to the "customer" which was another name and address which was also them. These were usually offshore so there was no real hope of tracking them down let alone prosecuting but you would certainly be prosecuted if you cashed the bogus check. You would be responsible for the funds if the check cashed.
This scam has been around for about the past 3 years. They may cold call you or it sounds like in your case, the virus was loaded when she was on a website and prompted her to call. Facebook is a notorious propagator of viruses and malware. They know the number because it's probably the same number they always use or they gleaned enough info in the call to figure out what number they sent her. Then they get you to click a link or an email. Sounds like you had a perfect storm of bad luck. English being your wife's second language, her trusting nature, her inexperience with dirt bag scammers and, the virus on your machine.
Now for the bad news. If you do any banking, or have any personal information on the machine that was accessed by the scammers, check your credit cards and banks and notify them that the info could have been compromised. I would recommend requesting new credit cards. Identity theft is not something I'd want to try to recover from.
NEVER click a link unless you know what it is and are expecting it. My family sends a code in the subject or body of emails with links. Otherwise we delete the email. If I get any virus warning popups other then the standard screens for my antivirus software I do a hard reboot.
67Monaco
Old Man with a Hat
NSFW.. language.
tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
This computer is used by my son for playing around when in the office. Banking is done on my very secured personal computer protected by several programs and only I use it. That was a laptop, for play, as I use a far more powerful tower computer.
traintech55
Senior Member
In 2010 I was the victim of identity theft with the I.R.S. It took a year to get that refund and then every year since approximately 4 months after I file. even with a new P.I.N. from the I.R.S.
livininharrow
Senior Member
fortunately I don't need medication. if the f word is a taboo then we are really old and out of touch bud. I don't show any disrespect for any one . I open doors for little old ladies and even old men. I don't block driveways when driving and wave on other drivers to get into traffic. so I guess I am showing disrespect. so I guess I am just unfucking respectable.
Nah... your fine... but the f-word thing is kinda universal... you can say it in church, but someone will get mad if you do so... same basic idea... still use it when I'm out of control, but I try not to use it so much that it offends those I never meant to offend.
livininharrow
Senior Member
3 times in three years maybe. that's not too much. that aint enough. ok cantzip. whatever. sorry if I offended anyone. my bad.
Knebel
Senior Member
That is very interesting to hear. I recently wanted to sell one of my camera lenses on craigslist, guy contacts me in some really weird sounding english (nothing wrong about that tho) and tells me he has only access to paypal where he is and he is putchasing for his son who studies out of state and he pays my asking price plus an outrages amount for shipping. I messaged him back and asked where id send it to and if he could western union or send a money order. Never heared back from him...
Oh, and sorry for my bad english, im trying but its not my first language
traintech55
Senior Member
No problem. I guess trying to use Paypal is a new twist on this. That is why I now state" Cash only at time of sale" in my postings
This is such a coincidence. . . My sister in law called me the other day (I handle IT support for her) about a problem with her computer that started out as an issue with her printer. She said she called HP about the printer problem and allowed the support person to remotely access her computer. The support lady said: Your computer is really messed up with a virus and needs to be fixed. They hung up, and bout ten minutes later, my sister in law gets a call from a Microsoft tech who said he had been informed by HP about her computer problem.
To make the long story short, she gave the MS guy permission to access her computer, and he did a "whole bunch of stuff" and pronounced that the computer would crash in eight minutes, unless sister in law agrees to purchase a $300 protection service. At this point she hangs up and calls me. Sure enough, when I finally got to it that evening the computer was totally hosed and Windows would not load. Using the DOS Command prompt, I had to copy all the personal files to a thumb drive, totally re-install Windows and copy the personal files back. Its still a mystery to me as to how these scammers got hold of sister-in-law's phone number, etc.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
When using a search engine and using key words such as "HP tech support",
paid ads come up first. one of them was probably a scam site.
You have to look very closely at what you're clicking on because the paid ads rely on you not reading it alk the way through.
In other words, she probably didn't really talk to HP.
paid ads come up first. one of them was probably a scam site.
You have to look very closely at what you're clicking on because the paid ads rely on you not reading it alk the way through.
In other words, she probably didn't really talk to HP.
67Monaco
Old Man with a Hat
google, because going to Hp.com and clicking support is too difficult to remember.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Hence the need for self driving cars.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Explain to me why the human brain is evolving larger. I can't see it.
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