Bazrob Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I get lots of so called 'Internet' threats or chain letter scams & I always go straight to this VERY good website to validate it. http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/It's a technical website which also gives info. about all the latest (& not so current) viruses,worms,trojans etc.Hope you find it useful.RegardsBaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 [quote user="AnOther"]Trouble is there are legions of numpties out there who WILL respond and as long as there are Phishing scams will continue.................[:-))]The out and out ignorance and stupidity of the so called "man in the street" never ceases to astound me, all present company excepted I'm sure [;-)][/quote]Those comments have got my hackles up so I must politely disagree.Your "numpties" are invariably computer newbies which you were once, the innocent or in most cases the elderly who have been shown the very basics of using a computer by their family and untill now have lived a life of trusting everyone. And be assured when you're elderly you'll be caught out by a scam so sophisticated by todays standards you wont even know it's happened. We are all vulnerable to crime whatever form it takes and criticising the victims as "numpties" is shallow thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Hello mowerman, I see someone's been catching up on their back reading [:D][quote user="mowerman"]Your "numpties" are invariably computer newbieswhich you were once, the innocent or in most cases the elderly who havebeen shown the very basics of using a computer by their family anduntil now have lived a life of trusting everyone.[/quote]Invariably ?On the contrary, there have been countless cases where ordinary, otherwise seemingly reasonably intelligent and sane people of all ages and levels of online experience, have been sucked into all sorts of completely obvious scams. I think you do the elderly a disservice too by portraying them as naive. I would say that these days they are probably amongst the most cautious and unless specifically mentally feeble are only too well aware that the days of trusting everyone are long since past.Also, as far as I'm concerned anyone who let's an elderly relative loose on the Internet without adequately warning them of the dangers has to qualify as both a numptie and criminally stupid to boot.Thank you for predicting my future BTW, can you perhaps also predict when I might be assured of winning the lottery [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 [quote user="AnOther"]Hello mowerman, I see someone's been catching up on their back reading [:D][quote user="mowerman"]Your "numpties" are invariably computer newbieswhich you were once, the innocent or in most cases the elderly who havebeen shown the very basics of using a computer by their family anduntil now have lived a life of trusting everyone.[/quote]Invariably ?On the contrary, there have been countless cases where ordinary, otherwise seemingly reasonably intelligent and sane people of all ages and levels of online experience, have been sucked into all sorts of completely obvious scams. I think you do the elderly a disservice too by portraying them as naive. I would say that these days they are probably amongst the most cautious and unless specifically mentally feeble are only too well aware that the days of trusting everyone are long since past.Also, as far as I'm concerned anyone who let's an elderly relative loose on the Internet without adequately warning them of the dangers has to qualify as both a numptie and criminally stupid to boot.Thank you for predicting my future BTW, can you perhaps also predict when I might be assured of winning the lottery [:D][/quote]Continued shallow thinking by putting words into my mouth. I did not say, suggest or even portray the elderly as 'naive'-your words. I indicated that we are all vulnerable to crime beit internet or in any other form (except of course you) with some more than others. Sadly your critism of the victims as "numpties" is now compounded further to include the "criminally stupid" ! How easy and arrogant-by the implication that it could never happen to you- to blame the victims in the absence of any constructive comment or ability to address the issue and how it might be resolved."...there have been countless cases where ordinary, otherwise seeminglyreasonably intelligent and sane people of all ages and levels of onlineexperience, have been sucked into all sorts of completely obviousscams."I'm out of here but will leave you to read that sentence again and see the contradiction in your own argument.PSYou'll not win the lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 [quote user="mowerman"]PSYou'll not win the lottery.[/quote]I'm gutted [:(]Bye [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I have no idea if this has been mentioned on here before, but even if it has it is here yet again..I have just had a phone call from a very nice sounding Indian female. The number displayed on our phone was 00501. She was concerned that we had a virus on our Windows programme and asked me to go through several things that if I had done so would have given her remote access to my laptop. She was very knowledgable about my windoze system and was there to really help me"Please press this and that" Which of course I didn't.When I got tired of the game I told her that I am a retired IBM engineer and had not done anything that she had asked me to do on my MacBook which doesn't run windoze anyway and just said good bye!If you get any call like this the best thing to do is to tell them to go away and put the phone down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Its the Skype ones that really wind me up... The thing kicked off at 11pm a few evenings ago and some female with an African sounding name was the caller. I have lost count of the number of unheard of callers I have blocked on Skype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Wiggy Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Earlier this month I received a very spurious e-mail which for all intent and purpose it looked as though it was Orange / France Telecom. That was until I read the contents of the message; it stated that they had made an error and mistakenly debited my bank account twice. The message then went on to request my bank details in order to refund the oversight but, I thought it strange to include my pin number; this immediately set the alarm bell’s ringing. I took a look at the sender’s address and realised that this was quite possibly a scam e-mail. I replied to this e-mail informing them that I don’t give out my bank details in an e-mail and requested them to reimburse me with a cheque.This morning I received my bank statement, my account is quite healthy and no double debit, so this was, I believe a scam e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 monaco,I like the phone calls you get from people with very English names and Indian type accents. My wife usually replies to them in French.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 james,That sounds like a scam to me. Think I'm stupid enough to look at those programs?David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 another,Re peeing through the letterbox: Are you a male or a female?David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Lehaut,That's an old American Halloween trick.David Personally I prefer wrapping the excrement in newspaper, setting light to it on the door step then ringing the bell. Stamping on it whilst hot seems to spread it further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 mowerman,Talk about getting your hackles up, who are you refering to as elderly? I'm 73 and don't fall for any of this rubbish.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Mr Wiggly,I recently got an email supposedly from a well know British newspaper journalist saying the he had been mugged in the Philippines and needed help. I immediately sent him all my bank account information and loads of money. I hope he gets home OK. Oh, he must have, I saw him on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday. Think I should ask for my money back?David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 [quote user="Mr Wiggy"]Earlier this month I received a very spurious e-mail which for all intent and purpose it looked as though it was Orange / France Telecom. That was until I read the contents of the message; it stated that they had made an error and mistakenly debited my bank account twice. The message then went on to request my bank details in order to refund the oversight but, I thought it strange to include my pin number; this immediately set the alarm bell’s ringing. I took a look at the sender’s address and realised that this was quite possibly a scam e-mail. I replied to this e-mail informing them that I don’t give out my bank details in an e-mail and requested them to reimburse me with a cheque.This morning I received my bank statement, my account is quite healthy and no double debit, so this was, I believe a scam e-mail. [/quote]I don't think that it's a good idea to reply to anything like that as now they know that your e-mail address is active. I would have just deleted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 A lot of things get sent to people via forums like this and others I use without the sender knowing the email address unless the person it is sent to replies. I never reply to emails like that. Quite a lot I get are from yahoo.comDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyaudeman Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Active This thread is dead 6 years old and Quillan lived in Axat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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