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Submariner

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6. They want you to click the button on the email they sent

Reply to grumpyduck (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 2, 2023, 12:21 PM

Jul 2023

and that can give them access to your entire computer, without acknowledging the fact.

Sometimes resulting in locking you down with ransomware, and then getting you to pay them to get access back to your computer.

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Is this a scam? [View all] LakeArenal Jul 2023 OP

I received two messages like that last week. spockeye Jul 2023 #1

Me, too. Midnight Writer Jul 2023 #10

It is a scam BittyJenkins Jul 2023 #2

There is a scam like that making the rounds nt Shermann Jul 2023 #3

What do they want you to do? grumpyduck Jul 2023 #4

They want you to click the button on the email they sent Submariner Jul 2023 #6

Yes, definitely a scam. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #5

Wow. Hope I get recs so people will see this. LakeArenal Jul 2023 #8

Yes it is claudette Jul 2023 #7

I get scam voice mail calls from Amazon Prime all the time saying an expensive computer has been... brush Jul 2023 #9

I'm getting them, too. I just delete them.. Deuxcents Jul 2023 #11

Scam RandySF Jul 2023 #12

Get about a dozen like that daily rurallib Jul 2023 #13