Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Mar 8, 2020 11:43:09 GMT
I'm sorry to hear this 😣
My sis in law got caught out with an Amazon phone scammer, so you're not alone.
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Post by samwiseg on Mar 8, 2020 12:02:10 GMT
They are so good aren't they? And but that I mean artful
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Post by Hezz on Mar 9, 2020 0:30:34 GMT
Oh, h*ll; this sounds so scary. We had an email come through yesterday, supposedly from OH's sister ... "this is the only one I could find for you ..." and a link to a UK web address. I hope you didn't open it! A lot of these scams apparently are based in India! No, of course not! Sister wouldn't have been in touch in that manner. I've also had emails supposedly coming from Marianne.
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Post by Shirls on Mar 9, 2020 15:34:13 GMT
One has to be aware all the while on the internet don't we Hezz. We get to know particularly how 'regulars' or relations get in touch.
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Post by samwiseg on Mar 10, 2020 16:43:17 GMT
Well I would have never have thought it either Shirls but I have just been scammed too. I can't tell you how angry I am! Luckily they didn't get away with any money but they have infiltrated my laptop. Got the local tech guy coming out tomorrow to give it a right old clean up. Am so furious it made me feel physically sick. They were pretending to be from Microsoft and somehow they managed to call after I had already contacted their CEO about an issue I was having with windows 10. Even my smartphone told me it was Microsoft and not a potential fraud. So if you have a smartphone they can now even alter the caller i.d as well!!! &^%$!@#
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Post by jellybean on Mar 10, 2020 17:01:49 GMT
A relative of my OH, has just had the same thing done to him samwiseg. Luckily his bank phoned to alert him. The depths people will sink to, never cease to amaze me. I really hope that people who do this sort of stuff get what's coming to them..... by the barrow load 🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Post by Hezz on Mar 10, 2020 18:03:55 GMT
Such a cowardly way of ripping people off. At least in times past a thief had to have the balls to front a person. That took a bit of guts. These people are such cowards.
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Post by samwiseg on Mar 11, 2020 9:28:16 GMT
A relative of my OH, has just had the same thing done to him samwiseg. Luckily his bank phoned to alert him. The depths people will sink to, never cease to amaze me. I really hope that people who do this sort of stuff get what's coming to them..... by the barrow load 🤬🤬🤬🤬 That's the thing tho, for me no money was taken they just hacked my computer?! As it turned out I had no files on there as they were lost with the windows 7 to 10 upgrade so they obviously didn't find anything of use, hence keeping in contact with me thinking I would start to save stuff on my laptop. I store all my stuff on a memory stick now anyway. It would seem you just can't trust anyone these days
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Mar 11, 2020 17:44:00 GMT
I hope you didn't open it! A lot of these scams apparently are based in India! No, of course not! Sister wouldn't have been in touch in that manner. I've also had emails supposedly coming from Marianne. Really Hezz? I take it you hover over the email address and see it's not from me? I have had them supposedly from people I know, even the priest that we had a few years ago that had passed away!
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
Posts: 28,743
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Mar 11, 2020 17:45:17 GMT
I have had people phone up saying that they are from Microsoft that that my windows computer has a virus. Thing is I have not used windows for 10 years or so, so I am not going to be duped by it.
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Post by Hezz on Mar 11, 2020 19:13:12 GMT
No, of course not! Sister wouldn't have been in touch in that manner. I've also had emails supposedly coming from Marianne. Really Hezz? I take it you hover over the email address and see it's not from me? Yes, they used to happen every now and then, but haven't had any for a while now.
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Post by Shirls on Mar 14, 2020 8:19:20 GMT
What goes around comes around. My old Nan used to say God pays debts with deeds not money!
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