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 …
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How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone or iPhone)
October 23rd, 2020 | Posted by in Fix | Hardware | How-To | Mac | Tips - (Comments Off on How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone or iPhone))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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(SCAM ALERT!) IF YOU GET A CALL FROM “APPLE INC”
July 9th, 2017 | Posted by in News | Scams | Tips - (Comments Off on (SCAM ALERT!) IF YOU GET A CALL FROM “APPLE INC”)SCAM ALERT WARNING (2017) This post is a “public service message” If you received a phone call which says “Apple Inc” on the Caller ID, be aware that this is a SCAM phone call scheme. Apple is not really calling you. These type of calls are done by crooks and scammers looking for a gullible “sucker” …
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Mac Owners, “No, you’re not infected”
August 17th, 2009 | Posted by in Mac | News - (Comments Off on Mac Owners, “No, you’re not infected”)I’m posting a link to a piece in MacWorld thats very relevant these days about “scary looking websites”, especially as a followup to another recent blog post I put up about Scam-Ware and Scare-Ware “A reader says, ‘I used Yahoo to search for something and was sent immediately to the following [redacted] site. I believe …
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Scam: Online Anti-virus Scan REDUX
July 4th, 2009 | Posted by in News - (Comments Off on Scam: Online Anti-virus Scan REDUX)Client contacted me yesterday VERY concerned her Mac seemed to have software downloaded onto it indicating her computer was infected with multiple viruses. Bunch of bull, fortunately. 1) She was on a Mac, and the “scan” was about her “infected PC”. A very similar scenario is exactly detailed by this site here, “Scam: An Online …
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