10 Common Internet Scams and How To Avoid Them

[@qkrotor]

So many scams these days. This should be required viewing for anyone, particularly the older folks among us.

[@AdeAde0224]

It seems like everyday I get a text scam.

[@Robert08010]

As a "particularly older folk" I take exception to that remark! LOL JK.

[@donnaatienza8001]

yes I agree

[@jackwaycombe]

@@qkrotor I'm older. Very. Experience suggests I'm a good deal less gullible than many younger folks. Not that long since a near neighbour fell victim to the Nigerian scam. How is that even humanly POSSIBLE any more???? And a close and sadly late friend lost money to "This is your bank - we've traced unusual activity in your account - just give us the necessary information and we'll stop it." And the guy - before retirement - had been a professional financial advisor! FFS!!!! WTF is wrong with some people??? At 80 yo I've actually got to the point where - largely confined to a recliner - I rather enjoy those calls. Even at my age, how STUPID do they think I am? I do some obscene shouting down the phone and it really makes my day. Hell - everyone needs a hobby.

[@JC-tp5lz]

​@@AdeAde0224 The latest one seems to be that the USPS is holding a package for you because the address is illegible. You should contact them within x number of days or the package will be returned to the sender. I immediately suspected it was a scam because I hadn't ordered anything. I've gotten 3 of these and deleted them.

[@karyannfontaine8757]

I am 74 and NEVER fall for scams. I am familiar with the latest scams, very careful. I do hope other seniors view this video. Thank you.

[@glennso47]

Yes. Years ago I took a class in information technology and it taught me things about internet scams.

[@jackwaycombe]

@@karyannfontaine8757 I'm 80 and I've been using computers since their output was on punched paper tape. I've yet to be (successfully) scammed, but I NEVER assume no-one is cleverer than me. Touching wood. A late friend of mine lost 1000s to a scammer - mainly because he thought he was too clever. He used to be my financial advisor - he ain't any more.

[@alvaroq2024]

I’m looking to sell swamp land I acquired a few years back. 🤣

[@worldwidebirthdaycelebrations]

​@@alvaroq2024.....my property on Mars should have trippled in value by now! 😂😂😂

[@maryannemorey1689]

I never ever answer my phone unless I recognize the number, I never fill out questionnaires and I never give money to people for donations, especially when they are sitting somewhere with stuff written on a cardboard saying they are collecting for veterans and looking like a homeless person😮

[@jamielewis3833]

Here's another one, if you're staying at a motel somebody calls you in the middle of the night saying that your credit card that you used to pay for the room didn't go through . Instead of getting out of bed and coming down to the lobby they offer to take your card # over the phone.

[@rachelleelias9488]

I heard of that

[@danielst-cyr]

Great video. I had one guy tell me I had money left in a bank account. I told him it was his lucky day and keep it and I terminated the call. Can you imagine getting up in the morning and going "to work" to rip people off. I will share this episode for sure.

[@Yao-m1s]

Just don't send money or information. One sentence

[@yell0wberry]

I remember the call I got from Ghana about someone telling me that if I cashed their check for $10,000 or I had to do was send them back half. I told him to cash my check for $20,000 and send me back half.

[@Realityhere-xj9bf]

be safer everyone our place reality

[@WRITING-DRAGONS]

Good for you…and now I have an answer, too!

[@Realityhere-xj9bf]

yes everyone stay safe for free our place reality

[@betford2]

It's so important to not let yourself get upset and nervous when dealing with scammers, because invariably you will make a mistake if you act too hastily.

[@yell0wberry]

I’m surprised that narrated did not mention the moving scam where movers have your stuff in tow and you have to pay them X amount of money to get it back

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

I remeber 20-30yrs ago how I was excited to check who was called ,now it can be a dangerous device....

[@janicesouthworth1131]

I literally get 6 or 7 calls from “unavailable” or a name of a company I don’t use or a person I don’t even know EVERY DAY. I let the auto answering take the call. They almost always hang up.

[@nevertrump-z2y]

It's really very simple if you are afraid of being scammed. DON'T EVER ANSWER YOUR PHONE UNLESS THE CALL COMES FROM SOMEONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST.

[@jonipilmaier8723]

This is what I do. They can leave a voicemail if they really need me.

[@manny7886]

My phone is set to silence 24/7 and had it set to ring if the caller is on my fav list.

[@WRITING-DRAGONS]

I have a LL That warns me of possible scammer! Good deal!

[@JenniMeer]

@@manny7886Me too.

[@janicesouthworth1131]

That’s my strategy also. I get at least 6 or 7 calls from “unavailable” EVERY DAY. I never answer them.

[@thehypernana3819]

I once got a phone call from the ‘local police dept’ (that’s exactly what they said) and said they were sending officers to arrest me and they were on the way right now if I didn’t pay. I told the idiot on the phone to make sure the officers were really cute because I haven’t had a date in a while… lmao 😢Then I hung up, Sadly, the gorgeous Seal team I was waiting for never showed up…

[@bruceellenburg429]

😂😂 Nice

[@The_Whimsical_Stenographer]

😂

[@havad3938]

lolol

[@trishsavage5790]

😂😂

[@KevSm-li8yy]

😅😅😅

[@hairounagems]

The one I am getting now is from 'UPS' saying "We are holding a package here for you... there's a problem with your shipping address...verify your shipping address..."

[@GeeEee75]

I get exactly the same here in Australia, from Australia Post.

[@laraoneal7284]

I get the notification from UPS nonstop. I ignore all of them.

[@catcadenza2493]

Me too

[@alvaroq2024]

I answer those scams with a shipping address in India! I don’t hear from them again.

[@jackwaycombe]

@@hairounagems I've had literally 100s of those. Thing is, I have more than one email address. Most of which are NEVER used for business. So anything like this sent to them is automatically tagged as spam/scam.

[@LetsGoChaseThatTrain]

My response to the Sherriff Scam: "Come right on over. You know where to find me. I'll be right here waiting for you."

[@Robert08010]

"But you better be armed Copper! 'cause I'm not gonna go quietly!!!" LOL. Elliot Ness movie!

[@peterbaruxis2511]

i usually don't answer a call that isn't one of my cantacts- if they don't leave a message i ireport them as spam and block them.

[@chantellucky4565]

⁠@@peterbaruxis2511 Same here! If no message left, I delet them and blocked it!

[@JohnPaul-ol5zl]

​@@Robert08010 "Say Hello to my little friend" A.K. in my case.

[@rachelr8837]

Used to think I was very shrewd; I don't know what is real anymore these days. 😢 Family think you are being paranoid or worry wart when you mention these things. Can anyone empathize? Big TY and good luck to all out there!

[@marlenecesarotti8468]

your not paranoidn I get them all the time I dont even open them all in apam too

[@jackwaycombe]

My wife and I are retired, in Scotland. She's a member of a well-known ladies' organisation. I'd already fallen out with that organisation, after failing for years to get them to understand the difference between CC and BCC - emails containing 1000 email addresses were common. One afternoon some years ago, reading an email, she asked me how she might transfer money abroad. What??? (You're probably ahead of me by now - distressed lady abroad, had her stuff stolen, etc.) The email was of course a scam. But trusted by many because the address was valid. The organisation had very kindly forwarded, to its entire membership, a single scam message received at their HQ. It took my wife one phone call to establish that the 'distressed lady' (who she knew) wasn't even abroad, let alone in distress. Something the organisation hadn't bothered to do. People did lose money - I advised them to sue.

[@PeteC62]

Was it The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency? They dropped the ball badly on that one!

[@SGC511]

This is a good presentation about a variety of common scams. Thanks for the community service.

[@spiritmoonintuitive]

Good info! Yrs. ago I was looking for a house, rent to buy. It was listed with pics on a legitimate site. I called the "owner" and asked if we could meet so I could do a walk through. She said she was out of the state but I could go look through the windows...first 🚩I got suspicious and did some digging on the tax assessor's office. Turned out she didn't own the house, some man did, and it wasn't on the market. I called her out on this and of course she denied it all. 😊 It pays to do your own research.

[@ingenuity296]

Many years ago i received an email from a guy saying he wants to be friends, that he was a widower with a small daughter. I blocked him 😂😂😂

[@IvanB330]

I thought I was scam aware - thanks for this because I had no idea about some of these!

[@jackwaycombe]

And make no mistake - these are the top 10 - there are a lot more than this. If it seems too good to be true, that's invariably because it's too good to be true.

[@JudyC.C]

I got a call one day ,the man said he was a mediator and I was being sued. I ask why ,his response I can’t tell you what,aI kep asking questions but he kept saying the same line ,till he said 4 ,numbers and ask if that was the last 4 of my social .I laughed and said you want me to tell you something .send me papers or send the police……first a mediator is an lawyer and has to disclose why a person is being sued. So even if they have the last 4 of your social or won’t answer you hang up. The less you talk the less they get to know.

[@josephtein3835]

Its wise to never give out information to people you don't know. Why even answer the call? You can screen calls with an answering machine; no need to even speak to them.

[@Thatgirlbam]

@@josephtein3835 Sometimes they can catch you off guard and you might answer the call. I was in a noisy grocery store, and distracted, when I got the same type of call.

[@peterbaruxis2511]

sometimes you can tell that a call or a text is just a random solicitation. i've called back some & most can't connect when you call or txt, but some do connect or receive the txt. i wrote down some of those numbers and replied to other annoyance calls asking them to contact me at one of those numbers. let the annoyers call and txt the other annoyers.

[@pratchmg]

The first question I ask them is "What's my name?" They hang up because they don't know it.

[@Robert08010]

I almost fell for a banking scam but I got lucky because I realized they forgot to even ask for my name. No bank would call you up and start revealing sensitive bank account activity without first checking to see if they have the right party.

[@peterbaruxis2511]

i get a call, "i see you have $7,000 in credit card debt"- i ask him "who are you trying to reach at this number." he say's he'll have to look it up & i say ok. silence. he starts to ask questions & i ask did you look-up who it is you're trying to reach- oh, he can't do that right now he's playing golf not in his office. i tell him i know he's full of sh** & "do you want to keep wasting my time or do you want me to keep on wasting your time. (pretty sure that was a scam.) another caller ask's if i'm still selling some particular piece of property that i don't even own. (i already have good reason to believe that he's legitimately trying to reach somebody that used to have the phone number that i now have.) i tell him the person he's looking for doesn't have this number anymore and "i don't want to hear from you again." he say's ok.

[@philipwelsh1862]

@@pratchmg they know your name well most do just ask em what’s the name of the local football team that really gets em

[@thecatspajamas1442]

I always say "who are you trying to reach "? They NEVER answer this outright.

[@jackwaycombe]

@@pratchmg I tend to ignore everything they say. By halfway through their first sentence it's usually quite obvious they're a scam. I ask once, then twice "Who are you and what to you want?" After the second repeat, I hang up and block the number (though the latter isn't always successful these days.) Then - advised to do so some years ago - I restart my phone if it's a cellphone, and unplug the lead for a minute or so if its landline. I was told that some hackers have the means to make you think you've hurt g up when they still control the line. I don't know if that's true but I feel better doing it.

[@loisskiathitis8926]

What’s the matter with people? A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary!👏🏻❤️

[@HowdijamImochasingh]

😊

[@davissg1415]

Thanks for the video. There are other sites that show how these "people" go about scamming. Gotta keep your head on a swivel watching for the scammers.

[@yell0wberry]

A friend of mine once told me about a scam on a dating website where he met a female who told him to come by and meet her, but on the way, buy some PS2 video game cards for her kids so he can be occupied while they went out. He told her he would buy them after they met and all of a sudden her entire profile information got erased.

[@davidcking7]

Thank you for dispensing this advice, Gary. This is very useful and deserves a wider audience.

[@christinesaaty215]

This video was very informative and can be lifesaving for some people. Thank you for what you do.

[@kathleencooney1518]

Thank you very much for this very useful information. I am a senior who got out of school before the Internet. ❤

[@Thatgirlbam]

I had someone call me saying there is a pending case against me. They tried to get me to verify my last name and other information. I wouldn't talk to them after giving my first name and hung up. They proceeded to call my daughter saying the same thing, and also an old work number. Luckily the other calls went into voicemail. It was a tad bit embarrassing that they left messages with people I know saying I was in trouble. I ended up calling the number they left from a different phone and it was a bogus number!!! Stating the number you reached is not in service, blah, blah.

[@CarlosRuiz-nx3vm]

Thank you, Great Info.

[@Portia-oc6mr]

A couple years ago, the Microsoft computer screen scam locked my computer screen. Turning the computer on and off didn't help, so I called the number on the screen (I later learned never to do that} and got an Indian-sounding man who seemed ready to help me. Something didn't feel right, so I hung up and called my computer guy who took care of it..

[@Ivan-cr3vc]

Had 2 of these. Just hit the off switch on my surge protector then back on and re-booted. Browser asked if I wanted to restore previous pages (it's supposed to do that) and I clicked no. All done.

[@clcortelyou]

Great stuff. Shared to facebook and asking folks to share there.

[@bigwoz78]

Terrific video Gary. Everyone needs to see this.

[@willardroad]

Excellent! Really, really good, and easy to understand. I am a big ol' nerd, so I know these, but I have friends & loved ones who seem to believe anything and everything. Now, instead of telling them myself, I'll kindly share this video with them. Useful tool!

[@bobmetzger51]

Very helpful. Thanks. Also, never use a link embedded in an email or text message. Especially, if you do not know the sender.

[@JacarandaMusic]

Even if you do know the sender; people get hacked.

[@rodferguson3515]

I have to admit I ran into a situation where I met a woman on a website and she gave me this very same hard luck affair yeah she was originally from a foreign country and that she was helping children who were orphans and she was asking for money and immediately I knew it was scam. And I stopped my contact with her.😂

[@rashadthewealthcoach]

Great video. I’ve received so many “wrong number” texts in the past. I’ve even gone back and forth a few times with them. It’s kind of fun, but I know it’s stupid.

[@strongfoot2009]

Scammers are impersonating almost all the major businesses and all the major services. One should be very vigilant when dealing with strangers.

[@massterrbarber]

Great content and thank you for the awareness and transparency. Blessings.

[@K-b6s6c]

Thank you so much for you Charing your vedio .👍👍👍👍

[@SovanNay-n9c]

Thanks you I am watching almost every day.

[@gregorynp]

We need more of these and often

[@marthawoodworth6907]

I love to have fun with them. When they call, I ask "Isn't your family ashamed of you for scamming people?" or "I'm calling the police to report you." Immediate dial tone

[@nasirrasul345]

Great video very informative

[@grannypat412]

I'm glad i listened to this message. Sooo.. many scams. Unbelievable!

[@fredsamuel6817]

Thank you, Macmost. Very informative and useful video.

[@josepha.r5839]

I'm 78 and retired but get job scams all the time.

[@carolinebarlow4795]

Thanks very much, Gary, for this informative video! Some timely warnings here.

[@worldwidebirthdaycelebrations]

I'd love to see this as part of school curriculum, and a part of the AARP network! Hi, from The Bahamas! God bless!

[@worldwidebirthdaycelebrations]

.....And listen! I may live in Paradise, but because they think we're dim, they do try some stuff on us too, but usually doesn't work because of internet Police, such as yourself! Keep up the great work! You should apply to work in the White House!!!

[@yell0wberry]

That is an outstanding idea that I would like to propose to the department of education of every state. Another curriculum definitely needs to be on how kids should learn about establishing a credit score and what to avoid when trying to get credit.

[@merryhunt9153]

Excellent! Now I'm going to be alert to any attempt to get me off the legitimate platform.

[@eferlinindonesia1910]

I experienced all these ... thanks for sharing them...

[@ceyahnaikuteh6016]

Thank you, I really appreciate the information.

[@Sindi63084]

This is so eye opening. Thank you!

[@stevenjohnson1143]

I have been getting a lot of fake invoices from people are these scams

[@starrystarrynight76]

Yes.

[@sdflyer1672]

Excellent advice. Thanks, Gary!

[@chazgurrero3090]

Thanks, 🎉🎉🎉I needed to hear this.

[@JigsawPuzzleConnection]

Never open email you don't know, never click links that are not from a trusted site and don't answer your phone if you don't knowv the number. Also never click a link in text. They can't get me, I don't talk to them. I read nothing from them. Something unusual just say no. I get tired of hearing about scams. Just ignore everyone and everything and never be scamed.

[@DavidKen878]

Sounds like they already got you. You're literally living your life paranoid. Are you really that susceptible to scams that you can't answer the phone without falling for one?

[@Petra44YT]

I ALWAYS answer the phone if I don't know the number! It is often important, for instance, it could be a call about something from one of my tenants, or a doctor's office might call me about something, or similar.

[@ertsixbarf]

@@DavidKen878 Hmmm, answer with : the Buckê residence, the lady of the house speaking....like the old UK sitcom of Hyacinth Bucket.....

[@DavidKen878]

@@ertsixbarf I have no idea what any of that means. Lol

[@rrrosecarbinela]

Thanks. Shared to my social media.

[@coffeebux]

@10:25 do the police usually give heads up notices to people when they are trying to bust them?

[@fathibaccar5723]

thank you

[@ArnoudRoeland]

Thank you Gary! These are some very good tips. I haven't experienced many scam attempts on my computer, but I do get A LOT of phone calls telling me that I have some account with bictoins, which I don't. If in doubt I would hang up the phone and contact the helpdesk of the company they claim to be calling from.

[@darincampbell171]

Well, Gary, I have been scammed twice. Once, I ordered some shoes from a company in China. I got the shoes, and they must have been in Chinese shoe sizes because they did not fit at all. I couldn’t even get half of my foot in one of them. I lost $40. The second scam was where I sent $39.99 for an E-bike. The company claimed that they had a surplus and needed to make room for other products. I came to find out that they just took my money. I felt so dumb. However, I am smarter today. For one, if it has to do with money, I just reject it. Plus, if it sounds too good to be true, it is! I hardly think that I will ever be scammed again. I really believe that! Peace.

[@mikestephenson4635]

We got scammed on the e-bike thing also! Same price...39.95 and two e-boards to boot! But it was $130 total.

[@videosbyvangie0553]

Saw the E-bike one. Actually was an ad right herr on KZbin.

[@The_Whimsical_Stenographer]

Don’t feel bad. You learned from your mistakes. In the big scheme of things, you didn’t lose much money.

[@DavidSmith-sf4rl]

Was this Temu? Cheap products and they mine your data. Never put their app on your phone.

[@VandaPietrantonio]

Compared to scams involving ×++++++++ MONEY, these are poor shopping choices. They are annoying but it could have been a lot worse.

[@The_Whimsical_Stenographer]

Thank you for this informative video. You have a new subscriber.

[@davidcottrell1308]

Great info.....should be required viewing.....

[@pat-enz]

Thank you for this video. Very good all around explanation of most common camps. How about insurance scams?

[@louisebean9428]

Good advice!

[@anthonyomoko6433]

Thank you for sharing this important information

[@perrysrc]

Great video and very informative

[@JIm-w1b]

I can tell you with romance scams and some of the others, when you ask them innocent questions to get to know them, such as what did you eat for lunch, and they don't answer those questions, that's a red flag. Also, the scammers I've encountered are not very intelligent and this is another tip off.

[@ralphhenson3192]

Thank you! Really helpful stuff. I get texts weekly from someoone saying hi, how are you this afternoon? I just ignore them. Should I block them?

[@macmost]

Do you ever get it from the same number? If not, then blocking would not matter.

[@teenguyen4124]

I play along and send me videos of some guy playing with his asshole and tell them that I want my ass to be fingered by them 😂😂😂

[@starrystarrynight76]

​@@teenguyen4124LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Mrcheckh4]

Thanks for pointing out the hidden risks of using tech.

[@andrewward7042]

I sent a valuable lens to someone through a post office in Queens, the post office or someone working there were in on the scam.

[@kennygopal]

Thank you for good information

[@SovanNay-n9c]

Last week my message said I owe $6:99 short for my car payment before they are charged more and this one is easy because I didn’t have any car since 2017,but I am a victim of scammers in year 2023 I learned my lesson and I keep watching scammers KZbin tip.

[@flocela]

Thanks for making this. I was thinking of suggesting it and then you just made it. Stop reading my mind!!! : )

[@DStuart-s1q]

fantastic--thank u!

[@ronaldmondriaan897]

Thank you Gary for the warnings and yes I started a romance more than 40 years ago with my wife in those times there was no computer at all😀👋

[@ninirema4532]

Very great news 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@SomayeKhaksar]

Thanks for the informative video!

[@romecottrell6444]

This is just the video 📹 everyone should watched 👀 😂. Lottery scams , think about this crap 💩 if you didn't personally didn't buy a certain Lottery ticket at a grocery store or a convenience store , that should let you know that you didn't win the lottery 😮.

[@KeokiDude]

Great information, thanks.

[@JenniHanz]

Thank you!

[@glenndaigon6059]

Excellent vidoeo!

[@byronsbrain]

Thank you! this video is so useful I hadn't heard about most of these.

[@JosephKeenanisme]

How about all the job scams?

[@cooky_2076]

They use remote access sw as well.

[@benjamindover4033]

When I get one of those “wrong number” texts, I play along. “Is that property still for sale?” - Yes, do you want to make an offer? “Can we meet for coffee?” Sure, let’s meet at the coffee shop at 2:00pm. I try to keep it going to waste their time. But always make it as though they wrote the right person. Also, again, you can send photos and texts until they block you.

[@doorguru168888]

It's amazing that anyone would fall for these scams but in reality they do !

[@jackwaycombe]

@@doorguru168888 While I find many scams hilariously transparent ('Reginald from Microsoft' with a thick Mumbai accent? Give me a break, mate!) its important NEVER to assume you're always cleverer than the scammers.

[@yell0wberry]

Number one, there’s a sucker born every minute, number two, scams become more and more sophisticated as time goes by

[@jackwaycombe]

@yell0wberry It's never ever sensible to imagine you're eternally more clever than scammers. But to date - even at 80 yo - my response to most scammers is... Do you think I was born yesterday? You're my bank, warning of a suspicious witndrawal - with a Mumbai accent on a noisy line? I've won a prize in a competition I never entered? My subscription to a service I've never had is expiring? You're Microsoft and you've detected a virus on my device? Are you people F**KING SERIOUS???! But it's certainly true that the scam industry is becoming more sophisticated. And their success - imho - is less down to public gullibility as it is to the failures (and too often the greedy sins) of our digital device manufacturers. Their priority is NOT to protect us from intrusion - simply to protect us - increasingly unsuccessfully - from intrusions other than theirs.

[@n1iex]

Awesome and informative video!

[@mjmorrill081]

Thank you that was a very good list of possible scams. Although I can't help but feeling that if you buy Apple you're getting scammed for way too much money. Android is so much less. And it works just as well.

[@macmost]

If you think Apple's products are too expensive, then say that. But accusing them of scams (illegal fraud) is an entirely different thing. Words matter. If you want to accuse a person or company of breaking the law, a comment to one of my videos is not the venue for that.

[@RubenRubinos]

Great information, New Sub!

[@bonniewatson178]

I had the Sheriff call 😂 I told him I guess you gonna have to come and because my a$$ is broke and at least I’ll get 3 hots and cot, he hung up on me 😂😂😂

[@elmermason2185]

I have one encounter, exactly the same as in "romance scam". Well cut the story short, she's working in a navy (as she claimed) and when asked for a money to buy plane ticket to visit me in the Philippines. Well then I just ignored it and I asked for a video call if legit. Then she/he or whoever scammer was that just disappeared. :-) hahaha it's strange as working in a navy with a nice salary and asking me for a plane ticket...I don't get it.

[@kingfisch]

Excellent info!

[@NK36-gk4kf]

There's a white couple (50s or 60s) in Westchester County, who are in the rental scamming business. I paid them for the application form ($20), but when "the apartment owner" called to inform he had accepted my application, then asking me to send my rent to some Venmo or Zelle line, and pick the keys from the Super later in the day - my antennas went up and that was it! I insisted that we meet at the apartment for a "cash for keys payment", said he was out of town on vacation. Haaa!

[@yell0wberry]

That sure does steal the thunder from my timeshare story

[@smitmachinale8281]

Always check the e-mail address of the sender too!

[@macmost]

That can be very easily faked though, FYI.

[@smitmachinale8281]

@@macmost I think you are right

[@StephenCoste-j4y]

I am a retired internet tech for a major isp and I disagree about the call from tech support. Microsoft doesn't call you that is a scam. Our company does have a proactive dept. When you speak to me it will show the date time employee name and the campaign. Often I disagree with the campaign as my test equipment doesn't show any immediate issues. Bottom line is if you get a call, call back don't use the number they give but get the number from other sources you don't want to callback to a fake number.

[@macmost]

Yes, exactly. Caller ID can be faked, easily, and often is. Your ISP should have a better method.

[@Erin-Thor]

When people send me money, I just say thank you.

[@glennso47]

So do I except that I add a smile to the “Thank you!” If they want the money back,too bad!

[@BeverlyLedbetter-cb1971]

I don't acknowledge those emails; I just either delete them or change my email. I have several lined up!🙄

[@elmoworld850]

If they ask for it back, I just say it's mine now, you ain't getting sheit

[@alvaroq2024]

I get the text message scams ever since I changed my phone number! I just reported to Apple and delete!

[@sandrayoung1586]

Right

[@gailtomlinson5510]

Thank you

[@prschuster]

I sometimes get a virus that blocks internet access and gives me a number to call, which then charges me $400 to fix it. I just delete it.

[@alanjackson2540]

Hi Gary I have a question. Can you use an iPhone to access Mac OS on a VPS, and show it on a monitor with keyboard & mouse as if you was working remotely? Thank you.

[@macmost]

Yes. You need a screen sharing app (VNC) on your iPhone that works with Mac Screen sharing. Then you need to have a way to connect to it (know the IP address, and use port forwarding if needed). There are other apps that you pay for that you can install on your Mac and iPhone to make it easier.

[@alanjackson2540]

@@macmost awesome thank you!

[@alanjackson2540]

@@macmost Gary do you know the product name of any of the paid apps that would make the process easier? Thank you.

[@macmost]

@@alanjackson2540 I don't use any of them so I can't really recommend any. Check out the App Store and read descriptions and reviews.

[@ashleyking8442]

Why do people go to this expense to deal with scammers? Surely “fuck off click” is the better option?

[@oleholm5601]

The only scams i get are i recieve a text message, telling me about a package and they either try to steal money or informations. I always tell them off, cursing at them and then i block them.

[@sharonbutterfield6622]

You didn't mention text messages fron UPS saying they tried to deliver a package or a text from Amazon saying they have charged your account for something you didn't order

[@macmost]

These are 10 common scams. There are thousands more...

[@davidbrooks8809]

I got the sheriff scam before I thought it was ridiculous I talked to that man for 25 minutes it was great😅😊