Using a VPN? Don't get phished by a pop-up scam saying your subscription has expired!

Thanks for the info. I've had Express VPN for many years now. I pay automatically every month, and it's fine with me that I pay a bit more that way. I had thought about paying yearly, but then didn't want my kids to have to try to get the money back if I died within that year. They're both on my checking account as co-owners, so if I do die, they can initiate a stop-payment with the bank, and notify the VPN company.

I've been getting phishing emails from someone claiming to be Amazon, and another for a Chase account I don't have. I ignore the ones from Chase because I don't do business with them, but forward the Amazon emails to Amazon's fraud department.

The other day I started getting a series of calls on my cell phone, and the call would then go to voicemail. I don't answer any calls that aren't in my contacts. The calls were all from my area code, with the first three digits of my phone number. The last four numbers changed each time they called. These calls were coming every 30 minutes, then the number sped up to every 11 minutes. I'd block the number, and delete the voicemail. The voicemail gave a different number to call them back on. I searched online for the voicemail number, and found many complaints for that number, and that they were spoofing a phone number for Apple iCloud support.

I finally got tired of blocking and deleting the calls from my phone, and called Verizon to find out how I could stop them. I thought I had a Verizon call filter on my phone, but was told that I would have to download the app, then select the options I wanted. He also told me I could use "Do not disturb" on my iPhone to block unwanted calls. I decided to download the app in Apple's App Store, and viola!! it works! All those spam and robo calls are automatically terminated when they call. If they're calling me, I don't know it.

21 posted on 12/12/2020 9:12:17 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )

What app did you download from the Apple store to stop spam?

22 posted on 12/12/2020 11:21:49 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The United States of America............July 4, 1776 - November 3, 2020............R.I.P.)

To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

It’s Verizon’s Call Filter app...free. Searched for “Call Filter” in the App Store, and it came up with a few others, but the guy from Verizon recommended that one.

23 posted on 12/12/2020 1:20:27 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )

Norton on a Mac is MALWARE as far as I am concerned. It causes more problems that benefits.

Thanks, Sword. Do you think your ping list should be made aware? Or am I the last one to get the word?
Tho I’m not surprised, which is why I thought to ask. Do you like a particular different VPN?

24 posted on 12/12/2020 5:41:26 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)

To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Thanks, Sword. Do you think your ping list should be made aware? Or am I the last one to get the word?

The "no, no Norton" position on Macs has been my constant theme on Ping list threads since day one. Norton is bad news. I discourage Norton on PCs too.

25 posted on 12/12/2020 6:02:19 PM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)

Thank you. I will definitely try it. I appreciate the help. Merry Christmas to you.

26 posted on 12/12/2020 11:53:48 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The United States of America............July 4, 1776 - November 3, 2020............R.I.P.)

To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Merry Christmas to you too!!

27 posted on 12/13/2020 12:08:34 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )

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