Raptor1956
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That's not safe anywhere!
Brian
Brian
Dont get such calls, or at least i haven't since i got put on the Robinson Crusoe list, meaning contracting me with such things are a crime and my personal information are a bit less public.
That list are also to blame for if you google my name & sir name, you find pretty much nothing aside for people with similar name/sirname and that's also a few as at least my sirname are pretty rare.
Lately I have seen in my g mail spam filter a lot of Indonesian mails being angry about i spam them, but they stopped after a few days.
I have gotten a couple of calls with what i later found out was African area codes, but in general i never pick up when unknown numbers call me.
Funny thing many of the spam i get on my e mail are in German language, dont know why they got me pegged as one of those.![]()
I love scammers that tell me I have a virus on my Windows computer (I use Linux as my primary desktop) One time I wasted half an hour of their time pretending to follow their instructions... That was really amusing. Too bad I couldn't see their faces when I finally admitted that I was just pulling their leg and there was no "blue E" or "control panel" on my machineA new thing with the telephone scammers here in the US has been phone number spoofing. So, you'll receive a call from a legitimate looking local number that turns out to be a scammer from outside the country (usually India). Recently, I got several calls that appeared to be emanating from a local hospital which turned out to be Indian scammers trying to convince me I have malware on my computer. Another time I got a call that showed up on my caller ID as a good friend of mine, a well known local doctor, so I picked up the phone. Again, it was the scammers. I live in a small community so the chances that you'll receive a fake call with a familiar name such as from a neighbor are significantly higher and this is no accident as smaller communities appear to be getting targeted for this reason. The problem is totally out of control and I receive several such calls a day between my cell and my land line. At this point I let the calls go to voice mail knowing that if it's someone who really wants to speak with me they'll leave a message.
I love scammers that tell me I have a virus on my Windows computer (I use Linux as my primary desktop) One time I wasted half an hour of their time pretending to follow their instructions... That was really amusing. Too bad I couldn't see their faces when I finally admitted that I was just pulling their leg and there was no "blue E" or "control panel" on my machine![]()
Aaaa food scandals.
And come on we had those too if you look thru history, and just as bad as the Chinese,,,, or at least a lot of the way.
Just imagine what a cool country China could have been if it dident insist on making the same errors we have made, and ditched that silly firewall.
They could even keep up with being a one party system if that system was a cool one, should be at least as successful as the multi party systems we have elsewhere.