Amazon Prime Scam
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Skol_Engh
Steelhead
I got this same one. Nefarious shit. I called the number and then realized it wasn't a 1-800 number and something smelled fishy.
805 is a southern California area code in the Santa Barbara/Ventura County area. The 500 prefix is questionable...
Bruce Baker
Life of the Party
I learned this one from IT when I was working. Should you accidentally click on a suspicious link, disconnect from the internet before closing the window.
By what method?
With the way things work now that doesn't seem like that would accomplish much of anything.
Unplug the power to the router/modem?
Bruce Baker
Life of the Party
Unplug the ether net cable from the computer or turn off wi-fi on computer so that there is no active connection to the internet.
Bruce Baker
Life of the Party
If I remember correctly, the rational was that even if you don't click on any links, but just want to close the pop up window from a malicious site, which one might think is a harmless thing to do, could possibly lead to the computer getting infected. So disabling the active internet connection would render any potential malicious link harmless.
Only thing in there I can maybe make sense of is trying to disable the pop ups that have fake window closing buttons.
I can remember in late 80's and early 90's the advice we received was to quarantine the potentially infected device.
Child's play compared to APT. Security found one of those infections on a server farm I helped manage.
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FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
Not sure if this is a real thing, but I had heard not to click the X on the pop up to close the window. Instead, go to the task bar at the bottom and Close the Window from there. Something to do with the X in the pop up would still be like clicking on a link…maybe a false closing X.
On a side note. It seems that several times a year I get a notice in the mail that someone, with some of my personal info, was hacked and my information may be compromised. The latest letter was from AT&T from an incident in Jan. 25. 10-1/2 months later I am notified about it? Great! Nothing like being on top of it.
Last week I had to go to some physical therapy for the torn meniscii? in my left knee. I took my referral to a place I had been before when I had other insurance. They wanted my SS number. I told her I wasn't comfortable giving it out. She insisted they needed it to confirm my identity. I said unless she was willing to let me photo her license, credit cards, bank account #, and give me proof of her SS# then I would giver her mine. She declined. I walked out and went elsewhere. As it turns out, that first place wasn't in my network anyhow.
If you don't have a lock on your credit report yet, better do it now. Especially if you have ever been an AT&T customer.
Last week I had to go to some physical therapy for the torn meniscii? in my left knee. I took my referral to a place I had been before when I had other insurance. They wanted my SS number. I told her I wasn't comfortable giving it out. She insisted they needed it to confirm my identity. I said unless she was willing to let me photo her license, credit cards, bank account #, and give me proof of her SS# then I would giver her mine. She declined. I walked out and went elsewhere. As it turns out, that first place wasn't in my network anyhow.
If you don't have a lock on your credit report yet, better do it now. Especially if you have ever been an AT&T customer.
So many companies are being hacked. They usually do not let the public know quickly so that an investigation can be accomplished.
IMHO, the best action is to keep a lock on your credit report. It is quick, easy and free. Unlock it when you need to make a major purpose.
When AI takes over everything will be fine, after all it's humans that are the problem. Eliminate the humans, eliminate the problems.
There will never be a computer system or network or database that cannot be hacked, broken in to, or otherwise compromised.
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There will never be a computer system or network or database that cannot be hacked, broken in to, or otherwise compromised.
Follow me for more fun facts.
Google is now going after text scammers.
Google has been fighting scamnmers since it began.
I remember Aohell, a scam program for stealing AOL passwords back in the mid 90's.
AOL was pretty big at one time, for those youngsters who never heard of it.
Obviously, their success has been fairly limited, as there's a new scam every 10 minutes or so.
I'd imagine AI will be able to create pretty good scams, and is probably doing so as I type this.
I remember Aohell, a scam program for stealing AOL passwords back in the mid 90's.
AOL was pretty big at one time, for those youngsters who never heard of it.
Obviously, their success has been fairly limited, as there's a new scam every 10 minutes or so.
I'd imagine AI will be able to create pretty good scams, and is probably doing so as I type this.
Pretty sure the youngest among us was around for AOL.
(we really need to get them kids off the TikToks and back onto forums like the internet was meant to be!)