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June 10th, 2021 at 01:31 pm

Well, it happened to me.  And I let it happen, which is the worst part, but at least not too much damage was done.

I'm talking about a computer scam.  I thought I was talking to a Microsoft rep, but no, of course I wasn't.  In the end, I had to freeze my bank account and open a new one, change all my passwords, get my computer cleaned, and update all my automatic payments/deposits.  A lot of work, which I'm still doing.  The only money I "lost" was purchasing a service agreement from Best Buy so this won't happen again.  Or is less likely to.  That was $220.  I was lucky it wasn't worse.  Of course, I don't know if it is over yet.  It may be that the thieves took information that could result indentity theft.

Since it was already a challenging month financially, the timing was not good.  When all the pieces fall into place, we'll see where I stand.

5 Responses to “Scam”

  1. Wink Says:
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    I'm so sorry CB. Some of those scams seem so legitimate. What a world we live in.

  2. Petunia 100 Says:
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    So sorry to hear this! Some scams are easy to spot; others are more polished and much more difficult. Don't beat yourself up too much.

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
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    I'm sorry this happened to you.

  4. KellyB Says:
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    Can you advise us a little more about the scam? Did they call you saying they were from Microsoft, or did you click something? Did the Best Buy purchase have something to do with it?

  5. CB in the City Says:
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    They did not call me. They somehow froze my computer and delivered pop-up messages about a breach and instructions to call this "Microsoft help" number. So by responding I brought this on myself, and I'm quite embarrassed about it. Best Buy was not involved, except to clean up the damaging malware the crooks installed.

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