FULL STORY: https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazo...65k-in-benefits-from-us-veterans-affairs.html
FULL STORY: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/us/shawn-parcells-sentenced-illegal-autopsies/index.html
So all they could legally pin on him was wire fraud? Wow.
That's it, I'm dusting off my Stone Roses albums and having a listen. It's been a while.
They’ve done some decent studio stuff but live, Ian Brown is one of the worst, out of tune & feeble singers around.
I don't know anything specific as to the effectiveness of identity theft protection. I do know that anyone can be scammed. It just takes the right circumstances. Usually when you are dealing with a crisis, minor or otherwise, and are distracted enough to not really put thought into what you are being told or what you are being asked.
I always advise people to never ever give out personal information to people in the street, even if they appear to have some sort of authority. (Police an exception provided their identity is provable). You never know the use they are going to make of it. The same with banks and the like making cold calls. Always as well to never give out for example your mothers real maiden name.
May be that those people are not familiar with options for transferring money. They obviously don't ask any question that could only be answered by a person who knows them, as part of the identification process.
As a Town Councillor, an email hit the inbox of several fellow councillors from - blatantly fake - the Town Clerk claim to be in a meeting and could they purchase and send several apple vouchers to them.
That's kind of like when people get the "computer has a virus" popup and think it's already on the computer. Not if you don't click on the link.As a Town Councillor, an email hit the inbox of several fellow councillors from - blatantly fake - the Town Clerk claim to be in a meeting and could they purchase and send several apple vouchers to them.
Cue the mindless terror of 'the system has been hacked!', 'how has this happened?', 'why has this attack been done on **** Town Council?' etc.
I tried explaining to folks; the Town Clerk tried explaining to them. A 'docket' had to be raised with the I.T. firm contracted out to manage our I.T. This I.T. firm used it's fee to tell the councillors that while they'd blocked that particular email, they couldn't actually do anything to stop it; they advised - as I had done before - not to reply but ignore and delete such blatant stupidity.
One particularly self-important councillor (not me honestly) still demanded the Town Clerk 'how had this security breach' had happened and what were the motives?
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It's like the people on Facebook sending 'warning' messages - if you friend this or that person they will get into your computer and steal ALL YOUR INFORMATION. It's not quite that easy, and that's not why they are trying to 'Friend' you - the scam will be more subtle than that.That's kind of like when people get the "computer has a virus" popup and think it's already on the computer. Not if you don't click on the link.
People, in general, don't seem to understand some basic concepts of how computers can and are hacked. They aren't interested in learning about the technology and it's risks to using it. They expect others to prevent these things from happening.
This technology is in your home. Do you want to wait until something happens before you consider finding out how to protect yourself.
When I first started using the internet, I asked questions of people who I knew had experience with it. Now, I often goo*le for information or clarity if I don't understand or am suspicious of something. People seem afraid of asking questions and seeking knowledge
My sister got caught with one of these scams. She got a txt from her daughter from a new number. The story was her daughter’s phone had broken she’d had to get another quickly. She didn’t have her banking set up on it yet & had to pay a bill quickly - could my sister pay her bill by transferring money to the third party.