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craig7 · 70-79, M
No,not in the last 12 months - or anytime before then.
No but my daughter who is 12 got a text saying there was a warrant for her arrest because she had many unpaid toll tickets on the highway and need to pay the fine ASAP.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Cigarguy they will send text messages too
ArishMell · 70-79, M
I voted "Nearly" but it was me who stopped it, not the bank.
It was not a straightforwards fraud attempt but a ruse to let the criminals install "Anydesk" on my computer.
Anydesk is a bona-fide programme by a German IT company, intended for business to help them maintain widely-scattered private company systems, but the criminals have stolen copies. It allows remote-control, file transfers and monitoring.
Fortunately I realised what was happening in time to invent a medical appointment as an excuse to stop the installing. The crook and I were in touch by 'phone, so I innocently arranged he'd finish next day. In fact as soon as I knew he'd stopped playing with my PC I switched it and the modem at the mains, went straight to my bank, explained what had happened, and cancelled my cards.
I found later he'd locked my computer, costing me over £60 to recover, luckily without losing anything.
The useless coward did ring back, punctually too. He had discovered he could no longer reach my computer - it and the modem were still switched off at the wall socket - and so realised I had rumbled him.
He called me an extremely obscene name.
I replied calmly, "Takes one to know one", and quietly hung up.
He did not try again.
It was not a straightforwards fraud attempt but a ruse to let the criminals install "Anydesk" on my computer.
Anydesk is a bona-fide programme by a German IT company, intended for business to help them maintain widely-scattered private company systems, but the criminals have stolen copies. It allows remote-control, file transfers and monitoring.
Fortunately I realised what was happening in time to invent a medical appointment as an excuse to stop the installing. The crook and I were in touch by 'phone, so I innocently arranged he'd finish next day. In fact as soon as I knew he'd stopped playing with my PC I switched it and the modem at the mains, went straight to my bank, explained what had happened, and cancelled my cards.
I found later he'd locked my computer, costing me over £60 to recover, luckily without losing anything.
The useless coward did ring back, punctually too. He had discovered he could no longer reach my computer - it and the modem were still switched off at the wall socket - and so realised I had rumbled him.
He called me an extremely obscene name.
I replied calmly, "Takes one to know one", and quietly hung up.
He did not try again.
meggie · F
Yes the bank picked up two unusual transactions from an online American gaming company. They investigated and gave me a new card and refunded the money. The other time the bank picked up an attempt at 2am in Birmingham to buy £200 of baby formula and denied the payment. Both times it was things and times I'd never spent money on.
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
I get the occasional text saying something is wrong with a parcel delivery/ and one posing as Commbank. But I don't respond to them
BlueVeins · 22-25
No but I was nearly scammed a couple years ago or so. Fishy text that said it was UPS, asking me to pay for some delivery that was screwed up. The fake login page was very convincing. What saved me, you might ask? My own stupidity -- the debit card information in my phone was outdated and the card in question had since been deactivated.
Shybutwilling2bfriends · 61-69
Nope
YoMomma ·
Just emotionally
peterlee · M
Recently , bogus phone calls from Water Company wanting to check Bank Account details. Did not fall for it.
4meAndyou · F
Scam attempts via email. I mark them as Spam, and leave them unread. If they are pretending to be from a major company, I report the phishing attempt.
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Iwillwait · M
Probably.
Jenny1234 · 56-60, F
A couple of transactions on my credit card I didn’t make
exexec · 70-79, C
No. Lots of attempts, but no successes.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
🤷🏻♀ I buy supplements so probably. Idk how effective that stuff truly is.
ViciDraco · 41-45, M
There have been attempts. But I'm too cynical to be taken easily.
HumanEarth · F
Yes, by the government, health care system, insurance system, Internet, big Corporations, do I need to go on
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
A couple of tries, but they didn't know that not all old people are that gullible.
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Ferise1 · 46-50, M
Almost, I translated 100 page book, I was going to get $2500, but the transfer was complicated. I had to create an account and it asked me to send $400 to confirm my account.😂😂😂