As an example of ignorance and thievery,
Just a day or two ago, I received an email attempting to persuade me to pay a past due bill to Norton. I laughed at it because it was so terribly inept. The thief had no real understanding of what he was attempting. He did a fairly good job of copying some Norton sales stuff.
He failed because he was ignorant
He used his email. He was 28513@@#$%?college.edu. I sent a copy to the chairman of the college board of trustees.
> Just a day or two ago, I received an email attempting to persuade me to pay a past due bill to Norton. <
That’s a common scam. A twist on it is when the scammer wants to give you a refund on an unauthorized purchase. It could be of a Norton Security package, an Amazon product, etc.
You say yes, you want the refund. They overpay you - say the refund is $500. They “accidentally” send you $5000. Then they demand that you “refund” $4500 to them in the form of gift cards.
The scam is accomplished by first allowing them to connect to your computer using software like AnyDesk. The scammer then downloads fake forms on your computer to make it look like you really did receive $5000.
It sounds crazy, but people fall for it.