welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I think I'll pass. Presses delete very firmly.
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.
That was the point I was trying to make dave, which was lost on the pretty young things...and welsh dragon and puddles.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"
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, 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.
Like this?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.
Fresh in my mailbox this evening:
View attachment 30722
Now the competition:
Identify all of the things that advertise that this is a scam.
He may not want his name showing up for all to see.Number1- Not addressed to anyone.
He may not want his name showing up for all to see.