I think I have gotten about a dozen of these in the last few days. Paramount, Peacock and Hulu. Go away!!
Ugh, I think I just got scammed. Someone with a foreign accent called and asked if I was “MaineLonghorn.” When I said yeah, they hung up. I’m afraid they can use that as agreement to sign up for new credit cards or other things. Not sure what I can do about it. Monitor my credit reports, I guess.
I’m putting a freeze on my credit reports.
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We should verify that ours are frozen. My recollection is that we did so a few years ago, when realizing unlikely to need credit checks. If we need to do so for some reason, then we could unfreeze.
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Yes, I was thinking it makes sense to just leave everything frozen until we need a credit check. You never know when your identity has been stolen!
To prevent OPENING bank accounts in your name, you need this freeze:
Banks don’t need to pull your credit report if someone wants to deposit money with them - so a credit report freeze won’t prevent accounts being opened in your name (and then your identity becoming associated with money laundering.)
Then, they’ll be able to order printed check in your name, after changing the address on the account, and their signature will be the “valid” one.
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The first words out of my mouth when I answer a call from a number I don’t know (at work too) when they ask “is this so and so”, or “is so and so there” are “who’s calling and what is this regarding?”
It’s stunning how often the phone is hung up.
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There are reports of scammers covering up QR codes on parking meters with a QR code of their own. And some crafty scammers might send you a QR code by text message or email and make up a reason for you to scan it.
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They want you to scan the QR code and open the URL without thinking about it.A scammer’s QR code could take you to a spoofed site that looks real but isn’t. And if you log in to the spoofed site, the scammers could steal any information you enter. Or the QR code could install malware that steals your information before you realize it.
Well, my scanner on my phone doesn’t work very well. We try to stick with old school piloting coins in meters—guess we will continue to do so over scanning possibly malicious qr codes. Yuck—criminals are getting way too sneaky!
I don’t think the parking lots near us still take coins.
Our meters still take coins or let you tap your card or use your chip. Only some have code for scanning. I try to avoid those.
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I figure most of us are on to this scam but since my son fell for it, I thought I would share.
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Has your son watched “Catfish”? It sounds so similar. I’m glad to hear he’s not providing any personal information. But still…
I will look that up for him, thanks.
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Also look up “pig butchering.” I’m so sorry your son got drawn into this scam.
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I received an email saying my subscription to Paramount has expired. Since we would really like to see Miami vs Kansas game, it is tempting. But, it sounds too good o be true.
Thoughts?
Verify that the email is in fact from peacock. Better yet, go directly to their website and renew your subscription there. I wouldn’t trust an email - “your subscription has expired” and “your account has been disabled” are both popular scams.
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Click on the address line to see who rhe email is really from.
Peacock site clearly has nothing, tho they offer one week free.
Somehow I can’t click on email address
So, assuming it is a scam
A friend got sucked into a deal advertised online for ESPN. Ugh - it was a total scam to get credit card number and password. The wife came to ask about a Visa alert as the rep was trying to talk the the guy into give up a password (Amazon?) in a guise to “help with setup”.