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grrr to hackers Sorry that happened ninjafaery.My gmail account got hacked from an Apple iPad...older model. It's sending email to my contacts. I can't figure out how it happened. I heard it would be someone with a Microsoft account known to me who had my password. I have few contacts & none would do that.
I did notice on this iPad, it kept prompting me to sign in twice.
I heard of that but haven't looked into why. The OPP are doing it so avoiding duplication, maybe, hopefully? I know enforcement of this stuff is a serious pain due to how hard it can be to prove anything. A good hacker generally cleans up their traces well so all you have is the damage done, nothing to link it to someone who can actually be pursued legally. With phone fraud, often all you have is the number the caller used and they usually spoof those. Half the crap calls I get have my own area code and exchange (for both my wireline and my wireless).In the Marketplace episode, it was revealed that the RCMP in Ontario have closed down their unit targeting online & phone fraud - really?
I'm a bit surprised that the gift card scam has stuck around for so long, just as it seems rather obvious. I can understand those with cognitive impairment getting scammed by it. I'm surprised with hearing, fairly regularly, the number of others who do.Good story on how Walmart is trying to help stop gift card scams in cooperation with various US authorities. Technological crimes require technological fixes in many cases, and a big company like Walmart who know the technology used to manage gift cards is best placed to provide those fixes.
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And, to be clear, no reputable, legitimate corporation or government agency is ever going to want to be paid in gift cards. They want money.
And no reputable government agency or corporation is going to call you up out of the blue and demand payment in this way. If you get such a call, it is 99% likely to be a scam (hell, 99.9%). Hang up and if you are worried, find the government agency or company's legitimate customer service number and call them directly to confirm.
Last, I have been hearing buzz about the infamous "I am calling from Microsoft and need to get access to your computer to fix Windows" scam again (admittedly, from online contacts in Europe, but I would not be surprised to find it is active here, too).
MS DOES NOT DO THIS!!! HANG UP!!! If you get such a call, it is a scam and if you let them on your computer, they will load up malware to steal your information and likely to turn it into a server that they can use to attack other people.
Pass the word around. The more people are aware, the less of a "market" there is for the scammers.
I wish I could say this, but I've seen people with no obvious cognitive disability fall for some seriously screwed-up stuff in my years in IT. Gullibility may well be need to become a diagnosis in its own right.I'm surprised with hearing, fairly regularly, the number of others who do.
On Google, bad apps are still a problem. Looks legit but has a trojan on board. Google is getting better about scanning and removing apps and banning app developers who post crap. Apple has always been fairly strict about their store as is Amazon (which makes Android devices but ties them to its own store rather than using Google Play) so less likely to find crap there.Sounds like a cellphone hack, not sure how that happens.
I hear about bad apps, I guess I didn't really understand what they do though. So they can send all that info without access permission?On Google, bad apps are still a problem. Looks legit but has a trojan on board. Google is getting better about scanning and removing apps and banning app developers who post crap. Apple has always been fairly strict about their store as is Amazon (which makes Android devices but ties them to its own store rather than using Google Play) so less likely to find crap there.
Potentially. You should still get prompted by Android for permission but I know some people just grant that automatically without really realizing what they are doing. I guess they're like, "Damn it, I just want my app to work, stop bugging me."I hear about bad apps, I guess I didn't really understand what they do though. So they can send all that info without access permission?
Ah makes sense. I always just decline unless there's a reason it would be needed. Apparently my sister doesn't?Potentially. You should still get prompted by Android for permission but I know some people just grant that automatically without really realizing what they are doing. I guess they're like, "Damn it, I just want my app to work, stop bugging me."
Could be. I always consider what the app is supposed to do and what I am doing with it before I decide what to allow.Ah makes sense. I always just decline unless there's a reason it would be needed. Apparently my sister doesn't?
Names of relatives can be sometimes be easily found in some genealogy sites. Ancestry generally does include info re living relatives - just a blank space, but I imagine not all are conscientous. Also on fb, sometimes people list relationship to people in the friends list etc.how would they get my name, relative's number and relationship