I got an email from my bank warning of a scam.
Apparently there is a fraudulent email designed to look like it actually comes from the bank and warning that there is concern about unauthorized use of accounts -- go to this link and give us your account number, username and password so we can fix it.
I think I would really rather not be a suspicious person, but good grief . . .
The bank did contact me once about a suspicious purchase. It was made someplace in California -- over $400 on make-up at some store. I thought it was pretty astute of my bank to realize I had not spent that much on make-up in my life time up to that date of purchase. But they never asked for my account number, username or password because they know all that stuff already.
By the way, I am really sick of the constant need for passwords. I have nostalgia for simpler times lately.
I am getting old.
Apparently there is a fraudulent email designed to look like it actually comes from the bank and warning that there is concern about unauthorized use of accounts -- go to this link and give us your account number, username and password so we can fix it.
I think I would really rather not be a suspicious person, but good grief . . .
The bank did contact me once about a suspicious purchase. It was made someplace in California -- over $400 on make-up at some store. I thought it was pretty astute of my bank to realize I had not spent that much on make-up in my life time up to that date of purchase. But they never asked for my account number, username or password because they know all that stuff already.
By the way, I am really sick of the constant need for passwords. I have nostalgia for simpler times lately.
I am getting old.
Those scams are getting more and more clever. Passwords drive me crazy. It was awful when my iPhone died and I went to the genius bar. They asked for my apple ID and password and I didn't know it. They say you should change your passwords every month or something crazy like that and not to use the same password for different accounts. Arrrghhh!
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain and understand the longing for a less threatening time. They slip into our homes easily when they use to have to knock on the door.
ReplyDeleteI hear you...the password issue is a real pain in the asterisk. I can't be bothered to change it every few months or weeks or not use the same password for various accounts. The best I can do is make the password as strong as possible, using special characters whenever possible.
ReplyDeleteThose scams are something else. When I worked in the bank it was a phone call about a bank inspector. Clients would come in the branch (usually the elderly sadly) and withdraw large amounts of cash which they would then turn over to someone waiting outside. We were always careful to try to ask if they had a purpose for such amounts but often were told to mind our own business. These days as Patti has said they slip in a more insidious way.
You would think that someone could come up with a solution for that password dilemma. I've gotten so that anytime anyone asks me for any information, I balk...
ReplyDeleteI get robo calls constantly, and just hang up. Other times, an actual human speaks, but I hang up, anyway. Just another nuisance that I have to deal with.
ReplyDeleteScams are getting more and more sophisticated, it's sometimes hard to know. The latest one had me searching all of my accounts to see if I had actually been charged for the video games I was being notified that I had paid for. Nope.
ReplyDeletePasswords are a pain.
Scams are the worst! I hate the phone call from "Microsoft Security" wanting to fix your computer. I tell them there is no such thing and now I have their number and am reporting them. They quickly hang up. I wonder how I can really report them? Ugh!
ReplyDeleteMy bank now has a fraud email where I send them when I am suspicious. Been getting a lot of them. I am not a fan of technology these days
ReplyDeleteI hear you sister. Fraud is such a big industry now. Maybe it always was but, like you, I am constantly on the lookout. And it does tire you out to be "on guard" all the time.
ReplyDeleteThe recent breach of a credit card company has me upset and what really hurts is there is no way to know who will access it. May I be so bold and ponder it makes for good election interference possibilities in both our countries?
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