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  • April 29, 2019 at 10:36 am #32965
    Bob WilliamsBob Williams
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      @bullstuff2
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      *Yet Another Daft Scam. Probably comes under Security. I guess…

      Got this in my Gmail Spambox, what sort of idiot would actually fall for this carp?

      ” Congratulation! We are pleased to announce you as one of the (5) lucky beneficiary selected to receive this donations award sum of $1,000,000 USD(One Million Dollars)each as charity donations/aid from the (PCCF) to promote your business and personal developments. For more details on how to receive your Donation Bank Draft,please contact the President of Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation with your name,country and mobile number.

      Yours Sincerely,

      Dr. ARNOLD CRUZ,

      President of PCCF.

      Email: pccf716@gmail.com

      Copyright © 2019 Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation (PCCF) ”

      Always in the Gmail box, I don’t remember the last one I got in Outlook/Hotmail. As I block and delete each one, all the Gmail ones are getting fewer, but still getting the Scandinavian ‘ladies’ contacting me. Wish they would use English though, I don’t know any of the Scandi languages.

      When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
      I'm out.

      April 29, 2019 at 8:50 pm #32986
      RichardRichard
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        @sawboman
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        I have not had many e-mails on any of any of my accounts but the phone is getting a real pasting this for the last two weeks. Clearly ‘Microsoft’ (Bombay criminals section?) and BT (same group) have staff with nothing to do except to ring up to get an earful.

        April 30, 2019 at 6:28 pm #32996
        Bob WilliamsBob Williams
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          @bullstuff2
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          Not having phone problems as such, but this am I had a message on my phone “Not Signing In.” Strange I thought, I haven’t tried to sign in on the phone or the Paired tablet. Deleted it, onto the desktop and opened Gmail first (I have Hotmail and Gmail accounts linked) to receive a message telling me that I have 8 ‘blocked’ emails to my Hotmail address and I “Must” click this link to “free” the 8 emails.

          “Horse apples” I thought, and viewed the Source. Sure enough, although the address looked genuine, in Source View it was obviously hooky. Sent to Microsoft Spoof and blocked the real address. Obviously I have briefly laid an electronic footprint in something distasteful! Ran MWB & Kaspersky scans, found it, killed it.

          Why cannot these people put their obvious expertise into something genuine?

          When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
          I'm out.

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