tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893269455295692105.post2314924732129419375..comments2024-02-10T03:15:08.893-05:00Comments on Life Begins at Retirement!: Be Careful out There!Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02803104035204416080noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893269455295692105.post-22737364271887812422019-02-12T06:33:04.059-05:002019-02-12T06:33:04.059-05:00I had the same happen to me as Caree - had my pass...I had the same happen to me as Caree - had my password partially right and wanted $800 in bitcoins or they would "out me" for looking at porn!!! I just forwarded it to our Informatics Division (I guess they could block it). But it is scary how they can access your personal stuff isn't it. I also had a couple of incidents of "friends" sending me emails asking me for money but of course these crooks didn't write in the same way as my friends would have spoken so I just deleted them.Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893269455295692105.post-38722912577577451722019-02-11T04:19:10.900-05:002019-02-11T04:19:10.900-05:00Yes. I need to do this. I'm one of those excep...Yes. I need to do this. I'm one of those exceptionally lazy users who never changes her passwords and has the same info for multiple sites. I know. Thank you for the reminder!! xNorthern Living Allowancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663851212929175711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893269455295692105.post-69469265003195289452019-02-04T11:00:00.107-05:002019-02-04T11:00:00.107-05:00My 80-year-old Dad received a phone call last week...My 80-year-old Dad received a phone call last week from his "grandson." Thankfully, Dad was quick enough to ask the caller's name - at which point they hung up. I wonder how many kind-hearted elderly people are taken in by this scam. I really despise people who steal from innocent people! If you're smart enough to go to the trouble of doing this, get a job!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893269455295692105.post-91198796134252645202019-02-03T21:55:40.708-05:002019-02-03T21:55:40.708-05:00Good Advice. I change passwords fairly often and u...Good Advice. I change passwords fairly often and use totally different emails for different things. I can always tel when an email address has been sold based on the new and different emails that appear in my Spam folder.Anne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893269455295692105.post-77036717139073587472019-02-03T14:27:08.348-05:002019-02-03T14:27:08.348-05:00Yes, I got a shock to receive an email quoting a p...Yes, I got a shock to receive an email quoting a password I was using for unimportant sites on the internet and trying to blackmail me to send Bitcoins on the basis that the blackmailer (Russian e-mail address)had taken over my computer and secretly videoed me using the camera on my PC looking at porn! If I didn't co-operate he was going to send copies of the film he'd made to everyone in my address book! Apart from the fact that I have no reason to look at such sites, I don't have a camera on my PC so I knew it was just a chancer although the fact he had my password was upsetting. Needless to say I too have changed all my passwords and now have completely different ones for every account.Caree Risoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16454194093120715901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893269455295692105.post-78548852196331237942019-02-03T12:02:16.131-05:002019-02-03T12:02:16.131-05:00Good to change your passwords. I've experienc...Good to change your passwords. I've experienced that - they call it cloning where they steal your name/and or facebook picture and set up a duplicate messenger account where they can messenger you. It happened to my friend - she was messengering me weird things about a great lottery meanwhile I was texting her on the phone at the same time. We reported to facebook and that fake profile got removed, you don't even need to be hacked as they've figured these things out. We have both had our ccs ripped off but thankfully in Canada we actually have a lot of protection against credit card fraud, the last time someone charged $800 in itunes charged. My itunes account has no cc, just a gift certificate attached so they easily verified it wasn't me - turns out 8 fraudulent itunes accounts had been set up. Weird....like they wanted to steal streaming movies and music?!?Cheapchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158208632054014311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893269455295692105.post-71167176835915643232019-02-03T11:38:34.034-05:002019-02-03T11:38:34.034-05:00It is amazing how clever these cooks are . They wi...It is amazing how clever these cooks are . They will think of ways I would never dream of.Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.com