El Loro posted:I think the scammers got hold of very old passwords on hotmail and outlook email accounts and sent the scam emails hoping to con people. The password it mentioned in the email sent to me would have been many many years ago and I'd changed it many times since.
I’ve had the Spotify scam....and an Apple scam in the last week ....and I used to be on outlook decades ago ....so you might be right El 
....needless to say they are on a hiding to nothing with me 
Posted on the BBC site by Jo Whalley today:
El Loro posted:Posted on the BBC site by Jo Whalley today:
I had a text today purporting to be from the council asking me to confirm my mobile number ....I’ve no idea if it’s genuine , but I’m not replying to it just in case If they want me they have my address
Baz, it's better to be safe than sorry 
At long last action has been taken against those fake Microsoft support phone calls we've been pestered with:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46357007
Microsoft estimate that fraudsters make £1.2 billion a year from these calls.
I'm hacked and I know it.
And they're pro's.
The polis were at the door the next day after I said goodnite.
June I think.
It's your IP.
velvet donkey posted:The polis were at the door the next day after I said goodnite.
June I think.
It's your IP.
