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Posted on 11/27/2021 3:30:44 PM PST by ThunderSleeps
Just a heads up on a new (to me) scam.
Got a robo-call today allegedly from Amazon. Something about suspicious activity on my account. Ok, I pushed the button to talk to a real person.
A guy comes on the line and asks if I was purchasing an iPhone 11. I of course said no. (I'm an Android guy) He said fine, the purchase would be denied. (this is a key part of the scam)
I had him on speaker phone and went to my Amazon account. There was no record of an iPhone purchase. Now he claimed they had denied it. But it is just part of the setup because they are not affiliated with Amazon in the least.
He then said their "cyber team" would help correct and protect my account. He asked what kind of phone I had, iPhone or Android. He then said for the cyber team to help correct my account I needed to go to the play store and install "AnyDesk." I looked it up, it allows full remote access to your device. H**l no.
That's when I hung up on him. So be forewarned fellow freepers - there are new scams coming out all the time.
Yeah - they said somebody has charged umpteen-thousands to
my account. I have not seen the charges appear, nor all
of the iPhones and IPads that 'someone' allegedly bought.
Just more 'fishing' scam-o-rama.
You waited way too long to hang up.
“First mistake: You answered the phone.”
Bingo.
That’s the bottom line.
Yup, I never answer the phone if it’s a number I don’t recognize. Save for the rare occasion, when I’m expecting an important call and don’t know the exact phone number of the person calling.
Interesting about that app. I got a call like this on my house phone which we do not use . That was pretty suspicious in the first place. I immediately called Amazon. They said this was a pretty widespread scam.
Couple of weeks ago I got an email from (so I thought at first) a friend. I'm changing the name here but it went like this:
"From: Joe Jones < jjones@hotmail.com >"
It read that he was being detained at an airport and he'd promised a sick friend he'd bring him a bunch of gift cards, $100 each, and would I go buy them...scratch them and send photos of the numbers on the cards...he'd reimburse me when he got back in the area.
Now, my friend Joe is just the sort to spread gift cards around to his friends, and he does hop around a lot, but... he also knows how to get e-cards without involving me. Then I noticed it was not from the addy he's used since junior high, but from hotmail.
I do wonder how they got his full name and connected it to mine. And how many people fall for this kind of scam.
But it goes to show you that no email is safe.
Actually, there is. I used it last week when an amazon package arrived with nothing in it… it hadn’t been heat sealed and my product fell out. Customer service, a human being, answered and promptly reshipped a replacement. That number I’ve used numerous times is:
888-280-4331
I get emails all the time from someone claiming to be Amazon. If you look carefully, one of the words usually is either misspelled or had a 1 instead of an i.
And of course they want my credit card info. I send them to “fraud” with Amazon.
If I don’t know the number I don’t answer. They can damn well leave a message. Most Hang up.
Sometimes I just keep them on the phone and try to sell them a broken lawnmower until they hang up.
Do not click the links. Scam.
Definitely a scam.
I get hilarious emails telling me that my webtv email account is about to be canceled—by webtv corporate headquarters.
Webtv corporate headquarters no longer exists!
(Microsoft bought webtv but allowed us to keep our email addresses—great for fooling scammers.)
I routinely get calls telling me they stopped my purchase of an i-phone as a questionable purchase, and asking me to press 1 for further information.
The latest irritating calls I get are from cardio-med. My record is 10 calls in 1 day. I can’t figure out how to stop them.
I just looked up that App, but did not find it with that name.
I talk to no one on the phone. I have email correspondence set up for trivial account crap and another layer of account protection before anything costs me a penny. The Feds called me the Feds called the other day and said they were gonna sic the LEOs on me....I told them I would meet them at the gate with my shotgun then they just hung up like I spoiled their fun.{??}
You use America On Line? That AOL?
This happened to my Mom’s BFF & Roommate. Amazingly, she talked to these people for HOURS, then finally went to her bank and they confirmed that it was a scam.
So, this IS happening in Wisconsin.
Just hang up!
When I get a suspicious email with a link, not only do I not click on it, I RIGHT click, and choose “Copy Target Address” (your browser’s dialog is probably different, but similar) then paste that into Notepad, to see where the link redirects. Sometimes the result is hilarious.
NOTE, my email provider & program shows me not only the ‘sender’, but the sender’s REAL sending address, including domain name. That can be hilarious, too.
“… Actually yes, he did have an Indian accent, and I don’t mean Navajo...”
I get calls from thick-accent Indians who identify themselves as George Smith or Bill Roberts….
Please don't spend it all in one place. 😉
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