Why am I wasting my time on people trying to scam me on my own phone??????

Time, where does it go??? 

It seems like there is not enough time to do everything I want to do!

Anyways, last time I posted I said I had something to share but didn't want to say anything until I confirmed it.  Well it has been confirmed!

We have new owners where I live.

They asked the tenants to sign up for a newsletter (delivered to email box approx 4 times a year) well I said why not and signed up.

I was the only one in the building to do it, how sad.

Anyways every new person to sign up was entered in a draw to receive $100 off the next month's rent.

My name was drawn!

So I will have an extra $100 that I do not have to pay out!

Guess what that means?

New Tattoo!

Might get it on Friday before work, if not, may have to wait until next week or so.

Either way can not wait!

I will finally feel even, felt lopsided with a tattoo only on one side.

(I always said I was weird LOL)

Now to talk about something more serious.

The phone calls are back.

I want to warn everyone not to listen to these people when the call.

Never listen to someone who says that they are from Windows unless you, yourself contact them, if the call than get a phone number to call them right back.  Why anyone would call Microsoft instead of the registered seller/dealer of your computer.

Any ways, the best way to protect yourself is never give out your real name, email, passwords or and I stress this:  never give anyone remote access to any of your computers or tablets etc.

Also if you computer or table has a camera, cover it with tape when not in use, or disable/ remove.

Hackers are smart, very smart.  I myself always turn off remote access on all my computers etc.

Only only once did I ever open it, and that was for a company I worked for and knew.

Once they were done I turned it off again.

There are many ways to protect your self, but the best way is to never give out password or access to your electronics.

Here is what the call, that came in, looked liked to me.

This guy, James Williams, called and said he was from Windows, and that my computer was sending Windows messages and that it (my computer) was downloading a lot of stuff. Give me a break, windows (Microsoft) would not call me. Also the name came up V01220236530035 (if that an online phone number?) Most importantly I know my computer inside and out literally! There is nothing wrong with it. PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!!!!!! Never allow anyone remote access and never EVER give out you password or any personal information on the phone or an email!!! I told "James" that I would call all my friends and warn them and if any got a call from him that I would report him! He hung up! Please be careful of information you put out there and warn friends and family not to fall for this scam! 

Now I registered this information on 3 different sites:

http://who-called-me.net/

http://whocalledme.com/

and my personal favorite:

http://800notes.com/

All these sites you can enter a phone number and see if others got the same call/scam or a different one.

You can add new numbers with you own experience.

If every put what they knew on these site maybe finally the governments around the world would do something about these people.  

Many are threatening, bullying, rude etc.

Not only are they breaking the law calling us, they invade our personal life, threatening to call back or worse break into you computer and more.

I had one call me every day at-least 10 times, for over a month.

He changed his phone number it seems every other day.

but the calls all came form the same area.

But because it was out of country the police here only took a report with the info I had.

I have a good cell phone service that changed my phone number for me (charged me than put a credit on bill so I did not have to pay it.)

Okay don't normally do this but I really love Fido!!!

Well yesterday was Hug day!

Hope everyone got lots of hugs!

I think everyday should be Hug Days, Hugs make you feel good, and lets you know someone cares!

{{So here is a big hug for you!}}

  

Well must go see you all soon!

Alice M

Its not your bank DO NO CLICK THE LINK!

Okay, been getting these emails lately. 

They are supposed to be "my bank".

Well I knew they weren't.  First of all the first 5 or so came from the Royal Bank.

Guess what?

I do not deal with them. 

This is what it looked like:

Please do not click the links in side!

In fact forward Royal Bank notices like this to  phishing@rbc.com !!

Now a few days later I got this: 

Now this is my bank!  Funny thing was that I found it in 2 emails that the bank didn't have.

I knew it was not real.

First thing I did was call my bank and tell them of the email and they gave me the address to send it too, which is : phishing@scotiabank.com !!

Now if you are getting these please report them to the bank they claim to be.

The Royal Bank email I found on their site.

If you can't find the phishing address for the bank please email me the name of the bank and will find the email to forward it to for you at: alicem@fortheloveofalicesfamily.com , 

 I will gladly find it for you, we need to stop these people from stealing from innocent people, we work hard for our money and these people think they can just come and take it!

So please report these phishing emails.

Now this also goes for things like Facebook etc.  They send messages to people, get into their Facebook accounts than resend the message to all of the persons friends. On so on and so forth.  All they need is one account to get access to many.  Since many have payment methods or phone numbers on their profile, as soon as they get in, they buy credits and transfer them (in some cases through games by losing to themselves.)  Also when they take control of an account they rename it to Facebook Security (or something like it)  

I always tell people report them!  Go right to the page and report that you believe the account has been taken over by another.  Also report the message as well.

One of the reasons why all my accounts are set up to contact my by phone if I or anyone tries to log in to any of accounts from anywhere other than my home (even with a password).  Also if anyone requests a change of password, it is sent to my phone and an email that notifies as well (really do love cell phones when it comes to security)  Even when I forget password at home my phone notifies me! 

Now this doesn't happen just on the internet.

If someone calls you and says they are from any computer(internet) company and they are from support and were told to contact you and check you computer or phone and need a password etc.  It is not real.  No company or organization (including banks, phone companies etc) will ever ask you for your password, NEVER!

And if you want to register a phone number that you know is a scam, you register (and check to see if any others got the same call) at 800notes.com.

Well I hope that helps some of you and remember this information should be passed along, tell everyone, save those from the headache of trying to reclaim lost money or email accounts etc!

And if you need my help with finding who to send emails to me do at alicem@fortheloveofalicesfamily.com