scammers

[JustDave]

just thought id let everyone know the scammers are out and about,i received a e mail supposedly from paypal about a pending purchase well I haven't made a recent purchase using paypal,then they wanted all my info when I declined,home address social security number etc,i didn't feel good so I had my daughter look at it

my daughter look it over and it wasn't even from paypal they where just using the paypal logo,so watch out guys the economy isn't doing great so the scammers are having to think up new ways to steal from those of us that do work,     dave

[nick8086]

I would set up two email accounts.. One to use daily.. One to use for online shopping or other sites that want your info.. 

 

My wife does this to me all the time.. She gives them my email.. So I get victoria's secret stuff.. Your bill is do next week.. 

[charlier]

5 hours ago, nick8086 said:

I would set up two email accounts.. One to use daily.. One to use for online shopping or other sites that want your info.. 

 

I set up an email account years ago for businesses that want my info for different things or shopping online like Craigslist.

99+% of my junk email and scams go to that email address which I periodically delete.

 

Charlie

[John_S_in_Penna]

19 hours ago, JustDave said:

... they wanted all my info when I declined,home address social security number etc. ...

 

I don't use Pay Pal, but you should NEVER be

giving out your Social Security number or date of 

birth to businesses like that, even if they ask for them.

 

Forbes magazine printed an article some time ago,

titled, "I Know What You Did Last Night."  An expert said

in that article that if an entity obtains both your SS# and

date of birth, it (he) can unscrupulously gain access to 

all your finances and other records.  When a company

who shouldn't get it asks such information , Forbes said

the motto is, "Share the spurious with the curious."  

According to Forbes, give them fake information if they insist.

 

My alternative is, don't lie, but instead stand up for 

what's right and REFUSE.

[60FlatTop]

Forbes is foolish to make such a recommendation and should be ashamed of the writer. Randomly generated email addresses for phishing have no basis. By replying, even with false information, provides an IP address handshake directly to your location. Really, really a dumb thing to do.

 

Just delete it and ignore, like you would when the land line phone rings.

 

You guys who think the predator is Wile E. Coyote and you are tricking him are going to get metaphored.

Bernie

[John_S_in_Penna]

On 8/8/2017 at 0:07 PM, 60FlatTop said:

Forbes is foolish... By replying, even with false information, provides an IP address handshake directly to your location....

 

The article was not about replying to scammers.  It was, instead,

about giving out too much information to businesses that

felt they needed it--in such a manner as some people posting their

dates of birth on their AACA Forum information page!

 

Here's a detailed article:  

https://pando.com/2013/10/26/i-challenged-hackers-to-investigate-me-and-what-they-found-out-is-chilling/

 

And, to save readers time, some quotes from that link.  In his Forbes

article, the author was showing what unscrupulous people could do

with a person's private information, even if that information came

from a legitimate source, so he challenged a hacker,

who within a few days obtained all sorts of information:

 

"Equipped with my credit header [DOB and SS#], Cohn had what he needed

to access a Federal Reserve database listing my deposit accounts,

some of which I had long forgotten – $503 at Apple Bank for Savings in an

account held by a long-ago landlord as a security deposit; $7 in a dormant

savings account at Chase Manhattan Bank; $1,000 in another Chase account.

A few days later Cohn located my Merrill Lynch cash management account,

which I had opened a few months earlier. He then had my checking and

savings account balances, direct deposits from work, withdrawals, ATM visits,

check numbers with dates and amounts, and the name of my broker."

 

"In addition to my finances, he also obtained utility bills and two unlisted

phone numbers, which cataloged a bevy of long distance and local phone calls I had made.

Armed with this information, Cohn could have easily mapped out my routines.

He knew how much cash I withdrew from ATMs each week, how much Forbes

deposited into my checking account twice a month, the cafes and restaurants

I frequented, the monthly checks I wrote to a shrink. He possessed my latest

phone bill and a list of long distance calls to and from my home, including

late-night fiber-optic dalliances with a woman I was dating and who worked

for an advertising agency and traveled a lot."

Edited August 9, 2017 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[R W Burgess]

On 8/8/2017 at 2:55 AM, nick8086 said:

I would set up two email accounts.. One to use daily.. One to use for online shopping or other sites that want your info.. 

 

My wife does this to me all the time.. She gives them my email.. So I get victoria's secret stuff.. Your bill is do next week.. 

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How is that Victoria's Secret working for you Nick. I am getting a little wrinkley. Will it help?

[nick8086]

On 8/9/2017 at 7:53 AM, R W Burgess said:

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How is that Victoria's Secret working for you Nick. I am getting a little wrinkley. Will it help?

She looks great.. I just  parked her.. 

Edited August 15, 2017 by nick8086 (see edit history)

[trimacar]

Funny how it looks like the bumper of the back car is hitting the box on the floor, making it tip over slightly, then with cover on box still there!

 

Unfortunately my warehouse looks the same way, lots of things to fall over or off wall and hit car...scary!

[R W Burgess]

On 8/15/2017 at 6:35 AM, trimacar said:

 

 

Unfortunately my warehouse looks the same way, lots of things to fall over or off wall and hit car...scary!

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Wow, you can still "see" his cars!??

[trimacar]

Maybe it's just one car, with a mirror between them?

[nick8086]

On 8/21/2017 at 10:18 AM, trimacar said:

Maybe it's just one car, with a mirror between them?

No Just a rare once in a life time  picture.. If I had more room I could add more stuff ..

Edited August 23, 2017 by nick8086 (see edit history)

[Pilgrim65]

Bit confused is one or two Darrin beauties ?

[Pilgrim65]

I often get emails  supposedly from PayPal , usually they are addressed to my email address , saying there has been unusual activity on my account , logon to this link and confirm your details so we can verify .take a hike! Seen so many I recognise the scumbags so I just forward them to spam@PayPal.com.

Paypal usually acknowledges and says thanks.

stay alert.

cheers

pilgrim