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New “Amazon” Scam

Posted by jadmin on December 18, 2020 in News, Scams |

Dec 2020

Here’s some info about a scam I just discovered involving “Amazon” (not really!) I saw a “missed call” from the number below with a text message

“New text message from (833) 941-1389”

“A Message from Amazon Customer Service . bit.ly/3p5gHtI”

Clicking the shortened bit.ly link takes one to some bogus page with this text and the Amazon logo  (the link now has a Warning on it from Bitly that its dangerous)

Dear Customers, We were unable to renew your Amazon account. This can happen for a variety of reasons, including changing your billing address or your card that has expired. Apart from the above, this can happen due to incorrect information. You need to verify your Amazon information to maintain your account. Please check your account immediately. We inform you that we will lock your account if you do not confirm within 24 hours. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Amazon Login
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.

OR ANOTHER MESSAGE ABOUT “PROTECT YOUR ACCOUNT” and update your credit card info

Someone is trying to access your credit card with your Amazon account!

Protect your account

Follow the instructions given for security,

If you do not update your card information within 24 hours.Your Amazon account will be held permanently. Please use an account to continue Log in to your account to update your payment information.

Thank you very much,
Amaxfnndrzon.com Customer service

THIS IS BOGUS, PEOPLE!

 IT IS NOT FROM AMAZON BUT FROM SCAMMERS / HACKERS LOOKING TO GET YOUR AMAZON LOGIN INFO AND CREDIT CARD NUMBER!!! IF YOU GET THIS DO NOT CLICK THE LINK  AND DO NOT – REPEAT DO NOT – DIVULGE YOUR AMAZON ACCOUNT INFORMATION. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE AFTER ALONG WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER.

 

A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM PROMAC/NYC

UPDATE: I AM NOW ALSO GETTING PHONE CALLS WITH ROBO VOICE RECORDING: “THIS IS AMAZON. A $700 CHARGE WAS MADE TO YOUR ACCOUNT…” – AGAIN, THIS IS FAKE; DO NOT FALL FOR IT. SCAMMERS!!!

 

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RE: “Important policy changes for Google Account storage” (Do Some Cleanup Help)

Posted by jadmin on December 10, 2020 in Fix, How-To, Maintenance, Tips |

If you have a Google / Gmail account you probably got this message recently to Dear Google User regarding “Important policy changes for Google Account storage”. Google is changing some policies about storage. We are writing to let you know that we recently announced new storage policies for GoogleAccounts using Gmail, Google Drive (including Google Docs, […]

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Microsoft Office on Apple M1 Macs

Posted by jadmin on December 8, 2020 in Hardware, How-To, IOS, M1, Mac, Tips |

I had a client recently who bought a new M1 Macbook Pro. He needed some help because he said his MS Office / Word application running on his M1 and Big Sur would not authenticate. I screen shared with him and we tried to uninstall and reinstall MS Office and still would not authenticate. Office […]

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HP Printer “Malware” Pop Up (MacOS Catalina)

Posted by jadmin on October 28, 2020 in Catalina, Fix, How-To, Mac |

I had two clients who both came to me today separately with the exact same problem, they called me with news that a pop-up had suddenly appeared on their computer screen which said it found “malware”. This is the PopUp (below) which as you can see says: “HPDeviceMonitoring.framework” will damage your computer.         […]

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How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone or iPhone)

Posted by jadmin on October 23, 2020 in Fix, Hardware, How-To, Mac, Tips |

How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone) If you are getting annoying calls (robo-calls, unwanted sales calls, etc) one thing you can try is blocking the number so if they ever call back, it will ring once and stop. Here’s how to using a Panasonic phone; Other phones may use slightly […]

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“The Man In The High Castle” Final Season (S4) released on Amazon

Posted by jadmin on November 15, 2019 in News, television, TV/Video, What to watch |

“The Man In The High Castle” Final Season (Season 4) Amazon Prime Video has just released the final Season of the television series, “The Man In The High Castle”  (New Season 4 was released November 15, 2019) Based on Philip K Dick’s novel, this complex Amazon original dramatic series depicts a fascinating – and very […]

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How to use Google Photos to back up your iPhone photos for FREE !

Posted by jadmin on August 16, 2019 in Backup, How-To, IOS, Mac, Maintenance, Tips |

Did you know that you can get FREE backup protection from ever losing your photos? If your phone gets lost, stolen, falls in the toilet, gets run over by a truck, etc….. you can just get the GOOGLE PHOTOS app, which is free and comes with unlimited free storage for ALL your photos, on all […]

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How to backup your iPhone photos using Google Photos (FREE!)

Posted by jadmin on August 8, 2019 in How-To, Mac, Maintenance |

Excellent piece in Macworld explaining how to backup all your iPhone’s photos using the Google Photos (free) app. Very easy to follow. Click the link or image to read  on Macworld. https://www.macworld.com/article/3429589/how-to-use-google-photos-to-backup-your-iphone.html

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How to buy a refurbished Mac, MacBook, iPhone, or iPad directly from Apple

Posted by jadmin on May 27, 2019 in Hardware, How-To, Mac, News, Tips |

How to buy a refurbished Mac, MacBook, iPhone, or iPad from Apple If you hear “refurbished product” and immediately think of buying some piece of junk that is dented, scratched and otherwise really “USED” with a capital U, think again as far as Refurbished products that Apple sells. What Apple calls “refurbished” is quite different. […]

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What is “LoCast” (Streaming Local Regular TV, FREE)

Posted by jadmin on February 22, 2019 in Mac, Streaming, television, Tips, TV/Video |

If you are young, you may not believe this, but TV used to be FREE. Seriously! It was broadcast over the air for free, by law. Then Cable TV came along, and changed the rules of the broadcast game so now you had to pay for cable. If you are one of those interested either in “cord-cutting” […]

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