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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Last post by Lorri Moulton on February 10, 2024, 11:52:29 AM »
Working on a new series, first book...this one is going to be fun!  :dog1:
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by LilyBLily on January 26, 2024, 06:11:58 AM »
I got one saying my QuickBooks account had been frozen. I don't have a QuickBooks account. Good thing it's frozen, huh?

I got one saying they found my password online and have infiltrated all my computers and the usual bs. If you believe a computer without a camera can take a photo of you anyway, you're ripe for this scam.

Meanwhile, people/bots keep trying to break into my Facebook account by changing my password. I changed it a while ago to a very long and randomly generated password. Even as stupid a company as Facebook should notice if a million attempts to log in to one account happened in a short amount of time. Or are FB's computers oblivious? As far as I understand it, a password hack attempt has to be tested by accessing the site. How else would an evil computer know it had found the real password? The site under attack has to let it keep trying, but most sites lock you out after X number of tries--usually three. So, maybe in 50 years a very patient bot might be able to hack my FB password?
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on January 26, 2024, 02:56:32 AM »
Got a new one today.  It appears to be a fake order from Zappos.  It looks like a receipt and all the products listed have links to Zappos.  I didn't click any links but they all appear to be legit links.

The receipt has my name (my legal name and not my "common" name) along with my home address as the ship-to address.  Says it was paid via PayPal.

However, it was sent to an eMail address that is not associated with my PayPal address.  I'm going to log into my PayPal account later just to double check but I am sure this is fake as I haven't received any confirmation eMail from PayPal itself.

No suspicious links or attachments.

There is a customer service phone number, which is not Zappos' customer service number listed on their website.  So, I am guessing the scam here is that it's meant to look legit and you're supposed to think, whoa!  I didn't order any of this! and then call them where they scam you somehow.

Not sure how they would do it with PayPal.  A credit card, sure.  Well, maybe they'll say it was paid via PayPal with a credit card.  And then want your credit card number to issue a refund.  Still, you'd think a regular PayPal user would know that's not how it works.  Be easier just to claim it was paid via credit card in the first place, but even then you would think you would realize they didn't know the last four digits of the card used.

I don't know.  But, I'm not calling the number to try to figure out exactly how they plan to try to scam you.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on January 07, 2024, 10:36:35 AM »
Just got an eMail from my credit card company (not really) . . .

Subject: Hight Security Alert!

Wow, not a high security alert but a hight one.  Must be pretty important to earn that t.

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Dear Value Customer,

Your request was not granted

 
High Security Alert!

We recieved a rush call to reset your account User ID, Password, To us this call look suspicious and fradulent.
For your protection, your account has been flagged as numerous that needs to be reviewed
    We strongly suggest, that you try to do the following
                   
                      Review your account Now
                    Complete all verification process

Once you've done this your account will be removed from the flagged accounts automatically

Your account security is important to us. We are sorry for any inconviniences.

Well, to me, this eMail looks "suspicious and fradulent."   :icon_rofl:
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: What Did You Blog About Today
« Last post by Vijaya on December 25, 2023, 01:05:36 AM »
My Christmas letter https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2023/12/christmas-letter.html    :band: Merry Christmas  :banana-riding-llama-smiley-em
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on December 21, 2023, 05:27:50 AM »
Not spam but a dumb ad:

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Heart Surgeon Begs Americans: "Stop Doing This To Your Blueberries"

The ad is illustrated with an animated GIF of a doctor pointing at a bowl of raspberries.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: What Did You Blog About Today
« Last post by Sam Kates on December 21, 2023, 03:05:10 AM »
Have the merriest Christmas (or whatever you celebrate).

https://samkates.co.uk/2023/12/18/ho-ho-bloody-ho/
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Thar she blows!
« Last post by Jeff Tanyard on December 19, 2023, 04:26:24 PM »
Iceland volcano erupts.   :eek:

This wasn't a surprise.  There's been an increase in earthquakes for the past several weeks, and they started evacuating folks in early November, so casualties should be low or, hopefully, nonexistent.  The town of Grindavik is in some danger, but it's not a foregone conclusion that it'll be harmed.

The big question is how much stuff will be ejected into the atmosphere.  Iceland's volcanoes have historically affected air travel in Europe, and enough added haze might make a cold winter even colder.


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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by LilyBLily on December 19, 2023, 07:30:54 AM »
This wasn't spam: A major credit card company said it saw suspicious activity on a dormant account. I went to the website the smart way, found the issue, and discovered that the credit card company is monitoring my relationship with a small department store. Probably the bank is the true issuer of the store card. Or else it's just nosy. And no, the activity wasn't suspicious, nor was the account dormant. Just dormant-ish.

Some email did show up recently claiming my email would be shut down, but I just deleted that piece of nonsense.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Silly Spammers
« Last post by TimothyEllis on December 18, 2023, 06:23:00 PM »
I especially like the part about "the significance of using the platform on the platform."  LOL.


Yo, dawg... I heard you like to log in to platforms, so I put a platform in your platform so you can log in while you log in.   :cool:

Isn't that called phishing?
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