Do people really fall for this?

[welsh dragon]

I think I'll pass. Presses delete very firmly.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Older people tend to get caught out with this sort of thing. I think they just panic. They don't look at emails like this logically. The same thing happens when nasty little oiks knock on they're door, telling them that they're roof needs repairing and charging them a fortune for doing diddly squat.

You and I and an awful lot of other people realise what a load of rubbish it is and would just delete it, but some people are gullable and would hand over they're details. People who con others like this should have they're hands chopped off as far as I am concerned.

I'm an older person, why should I be more prone to fall for this? I read these things laugh then delete, same as people knocking at my door saying things want fixing, the last bloke to try that got told to go away, and I wasn't that polite about it, he said "my guttering was blocked and wanted fixing"

 

[Noodley]

I'm an older person, why should I be more prone to fall for this? I read these things laugh then delete, same as people knocking at my door saying things want fixing, the last bloke to try that got told to go away, and I wasn't that polite about it, he said "my guttering was blocked and wanted fixing"

That was the point I was trying to make dave, which was lost on the pretty young things...and welsh dragon and puddles.

 

[welsh dragon]

You may be quite savvy where computers are concerned but a lot of older people aren't and can be taken for a ride. However, young people can and are just a susceptible to being conned. The bottom line is that anyone can be conned. If you have taken offence at anything that I have said, then I apologise to you.

And to noodley. My humble apologies gentlemen.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

You may be quite savvy where computers are concerned but a lot of older people aren't and can be taken for a ride. However, young people can and are just a susceptible to being conned. The bottom line is that anyone can be conned. If you have taken offence at anything that I have said, then I apologise to you.

And to noodley. My humble apologies gentlemen.

No need for apologies, no offence taken, you have a good point, it was just the way it was put, I'm well aware that some people, of all ages, are gullible.

 

[Crackle]

No, I think you'll find it's mostly women. As well as the stuff I mentioned earlier, I think they also think too much about fluffy animals and finding naff links to post on Facebook along the lines of "live life to the fullest of your potential"; as they sit down with some chick lit waiting for Emmerdale to start.

Mills and Boon do Chick Lits now..............Wot?

 

[EltonFrog]

This is an old friend of mine dealing with a telephone scammer, it's worth a listen:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJ12CiQh1M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[classic33]

This sort of thing?
http://www.geekschat.net/threads/my-computer-is-sending-infected-files.4547/
&
http://antivirus.about.com/b/2010/12/08/ammy-com-scam.htm Shows some of those who did get caught out.

My 13 year old son was in a state of total panic when he got the Met Police virus... The one that tells you that you have been accessing illegal sites and your computer will be locked until you pay the Russian/Nigerian b'stards 100 quid. Thank god he doesn't' have a credit card because he was trying to get his savings out of the bank. Luckily he has a good enough relationship with me to confide in me.

Following a YouTube video I was able to get rid of it.

Like this?
http://www.geekschat.net/threads/anyone-come-across-this-one.3779/

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 2706709, member: 259"]Yes, they're at their most amusing when you haven't had a Windows computer in your house since you had all your own teeth and hair [/quote]
The third link refer to the actual virus, and it doesn't seem to matter if you're not running windows. Its been known to pop up on almost any system.

 

[vernon]

Fresh in my mailbox this evening:

Now the competition:

Identify all of the things that advertise that this is a scam.

 

[User6179]

Fresh in my mailbox this evening:

View attachment 30722

Now the competition:

Identify all of the things that advertise that this is a scam.

Number1- Not addressed to anyone.

 

[Smurfy]

I've sent a few back with fake details e.g. Mr. M. Mouse, DisneyLand, etc. etc.

 

[classic33]

Number1- Not addressed to anyone.

He may not want his name showing up for all to see.

 

[User6179]

He may not want his name showing up for all to see.

It says Dear applicant.

 

[welsh dragon]

Best regards at the end. No email adress to contact them. And they would never ask you to sign into your internet bank account. How would they know you have one. They would send a cheques. I know because I had one. A cheque that is.