Another Scam Alert
#11
Hi MaggieLou,
Not much damage here. A few trees fell and a few roads washed out, but not near what was predicted. I have a creek behind my house and my house is the lowest one in the neighborhood. I was very nervous about flooding. The creek overflowed the banks a couple of times, but didn't come near the house.
How was it in Statesville?
Not much damage here. A few trees fell and a few roads washed out, but not near what was predicted. I have a creek behind my house and my house is the lowest one in the neighborhood. I was very nervous about flooding. The creek overflowed the banks a couple of times, but didn't come near the house.
How was it in Statesville?
#12
If you put your curser on the sender's name you will see the address it is from. That's when I not only send it to junk, I send it to spam report. I have windows 10. It may not always work on Apple
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#14
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,511
I get emails saying your $1538.99 order was processed. Of course I didn't order anything from any online place for that amount. I hit delete. I am amazed how many will get all in a tizzy and try to find out what's it about. One of my friends went as far as sending them her cc info so it could be checked what was ordered and she was told she could cancel it. She gave them all her card numbers! I don't have much sympathy for her since she handed it over on a platter. She is still in the process of getting that cleared up. Already cost her more the the original fake amount to begin with.
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#15
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
I love the ones that pretend to be from Microsoft, telling me my computer has many “viruses detected”. This one might scare me silly, except I only have “apple products” and they do not get viruses. Lol. When I bought my first computer, I bought a Mac to avoid having to pay extra for security, since I was a real “green horn” with computers, and Apple products are “Kelly-proof”. Still buying Apple twelve years later, and after having to figure out all the issues DH had with his Microsoft type, I will be staying with Apple. I love the convenience of not having to worry about viruses, etc.
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 353
I now answer all phone calls, that have bogus, unknown, crazy phone numbers with: Sheriff's Department, Fraud Division. And 99% of those calls, after a long pause (as I truly believe someone listens for the person to say hello), they hang up. One call the computer began, said to press one to talk to an agent. When 'the agent' answered, I said Sheriff's Dept., Fraud Division. Dead silence, he hung up. Had a friend from church call the other night, she had never called before and her name didn't pop up. So after my spiel, she said Kay is that you. So I gave her the lowdown and she said she was going to remember that. So tired of these scammers.
#17
I get emails saying your $1538.99 order was processed. Of course I didn't order anything from any online place for that amount. I hit delete. I am amazed how many will get all in a tizzy and try to find out what's it about. One of my friends went as far as sending them her cc info so it could be checked what was ordered and she was told she could cancel it. She gave them all her card numbers! I don't have much sympathy for her since she handed it over on a platter. She is still in the process of getting that cleared up. Already cost her more the the original fake amount to begin with.
#18
Super Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,184
I had a call from “someone” regarding my car. They started in by asking if I still owned the car. I asked if I had a recall....they tried to give me their “canned dialogue”. I asked if I had a recall. They continued with their......I asked.....hahaha. She finally told me, “shut up, you are not listening”! Then she hung up on me....hahahaha. That was a fun call!!!!
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