I recommend that you be careful about plugging found USB thumb drives into your computer. That can be a vector for malware.
Yes, but it wasn’t something I found on the street.
I goy an email - “We’re processing your shipment & noticed a small difference between the declared & actual weight of your parcel.”
{Track Package hyperlink}
I get thay that link will undoubtedly install malware but there’s nowhere for me to attempt to pay them the $1.65 (that I don’t owe them, for multiple reasons). Seems like the missed an opportunity on scammer’s part. Enough $1.65 changes add up to real money for something many people wouldn’t bat an eye about paying.
It’s seldom good to respond to scammers, but I’d be tempted to recommend to them a “minor adjustment” of a physical nature.
They have been discussing scams on the BBC radio today.
It seems that older people, frustrated by having to negotiate their way through regular ban security, can be tempted by a simpler interface and higher interest rates. It’s more complicated and subtle than that, but several people were interviewed who either had older relatives or were themselves scammed for large sums.
The school’s IT department alerted us to a new one. Apparently now some websites have a “captcha” consisting of
I almost have to respect the brazenness of it.
That one isn’t exactly new. Might be time for a new IT department.
Described as a new scam here:
Also here:
https://www.idtheftcenter.org/post/new-captcha-scam/
New malware?
Here it is being described over a year ago.