re: #19 Charmingly Persistent

Here is a scam that halfway fooled me. I received a Paypal invoice. Being wary, I went to Paypal myself to see it. It wasn’t for anything I recognized. At the top of the invoice, on PayPal, in big letters it said something like “To report an error call (phone number)”.

The scammer named their company “To report an error call (phone number)”. I did call because it was so weird, and then noped out of there as soon as the guy wanted to take over my computer.

But I reported it to Paypal, because companies should not be allowed to name themselves “To report an error call (phone number).” That’s just wrong. My mom might well have let the guy take over her computer.

yeah, my dad fell for one of those “your computer’s been hacked. call….” I fortunately walked in the room while he was busy giving the guy access to his laptop.