axdpc
- 20 Sep 2003 15:08
Reports of frauds, deceptions and scams keep appearing, weekly even daily, on
major news channels and newspapers. Some of these frauds seem just too big and remote to be of immediate, direct relevance to our daily lives. But, we will eventually pay for the consequences and damages, in taxes, costs of goods and services, regulations, copy-cats etc.
I hope we can collect, in one thread, frauds and scams, reported or heard. We must become more aware and more educated to guard against frauds and scams
which impact upon the health, well being, and wealth of ourselves and our families.
ExecLine
- 16 Aug 2018 09:45
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sutherlh1
- 03 Jan 2019 18:20
- 630 of 631
Just got a message on my screen apparently from Norton stating that my computer was infected with 5 viruses and asked me to proceed to remove. The page looked very like Norton with 3 windows superimposed. I like the idiot I am, pressed proceed and it took me to what reportedly looked like a windows 10 download page. It asked me to download a programme to remove the viruses. Fortunately I noted the internet address which certainly was not Windows and shut all pages down. Up to that point everything looked genuine.
I then opened Norton,(which said all was well) updated it and did a full scan. All was fine according to Norton, hopefully a narrow escape for me! H
2517GEORGE
- 03 Jan 2019 20:58
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Can't be too careful H, looks like you nearly got caught out. Thanks for the info as well