Posted on 12/12/2020 5:43:02 AM PST by Patriot777
Nearly every financial and subscription service, including the IRS and Social Security, has a web site where you can log in a check the status of your account. In almost every case, you’ll find that the email or phone call you received doesn’t correspond to the actual status of your account.
Thanks for the heads up...glad you picked it up!
that is true, proxy_user
Secret VPN service
They are some sneaky MOFOs.
I use these for all subscription services. When I stopped Comcast, I “paused” the card so no further charges would be authorized. No “accidental” charges, no dings for anything, no need to have to beg for my own money back.
Once you assign a card to a merchant, THAT number will ONLY work at THAT merchant. When you need a card number to activate a service that promises to bill you later, you can create one and set the value to $1. Then if you decide to cancel, no accidental charges.
Thanks so much for the great information, Sgt_Schultze! I will definitely go to that site and set things up pronto!
God Bless you my friend!
I’m not understanding the prices; I would like the best one, but don’t understand the 2,9 USD. Do they mean $29.00 / month or ?
I had something different happen last week. I subscribe to The Blaze & I got an email saying that my subscription had been cancelled as requested. I didn’t request any such thing. I contacted The Blaze, but so far have not received an answer. My logins are all still good. Very odd...
um, no
But yesterday morning a very official-looking notification (a pop-up) appeared
You must be using Windows
What would be a good alternative from using Windows with a PC?
I use TorGuard. They don’t pop up messages; that message comes up right within the program window itself.
I’ve been running various flavors of Ubuntu for 15 years. Right now it’s Kubuntu but I’ve also used Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint and a few others. We use PIA, Private Internet Access for a VPN and they have a version for Linux/Ubuntu.
The majority of web servers run Linux so it’s pretty secure to start with but the bigger thing is that Windows is just a target. When hackers and scammers write their viruses, malware, phishing schemes, they do so with Windows in mind because that’s what most people are using.
Analogy; Mechanics here in the rural place I live won’t touch oddball makes of cars. Hard to find someone to work on a Subaru or Lincoln but they all know how to work on a Chevy, Dodge or Ford pickup truck which account for half of all vehicles out here.
Hackers learn to hack Windows. They may also learn to hack/attack a website but they usually attack the software running on the server, ie WordPress, not the actual Linux web server OS.
The general rule for all of that stuff is “never use a link some popup or email gives you”. Navigate to it yourself.
Might be a good idea to virus check your computer and then run malwarebytes on it. —Hopefully that will take care of your problem.
p.s. And thanks for the post. I’ve been doing research lately on how to make sure computers are safe.
SM, been meaning to ask about Norton360 - germane to this discussion because it includes a VPN - and wonder if 360 is worse than useless on a Mac.
Thanks for the info.
Privacy.com looks pretty interesting. I’ll definitely check it out when I’m more awake.
One of the major CC companies used to offer a similar service, but I don’t think any does any more.
By the way. I DID NOT click on the link you provided! U+1F600
I got one of these approximately one year into my three year pre-paid plan.
Norton on a Mac is MALWARE as far as I am concerned. It causes more problems that benefits.
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