@@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.
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😮
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.
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..."
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.😂
.....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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
I swear, I make sped up edits so I have to download songs. However almost all mp3 downloading sites have scareware pop-ups everywhere and its just so annoying.
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!
If you even answer a call, you can say to anybody "i don't believe you." Any legitimate caller would understand and if they can't absolutely prove to you anything without getting information from you- hang-up, mark them as spam, block them- accept that they interrupted your quiet enjoyment of life for a couple of minutes, hate them for it and forget about them.
Amazon will not call you about your personal information or recent orders. If there is a legit issue, they may email you, but for the most part, you have to reach out.
Someone said that they found fraud on my PayPal account and i,need to reply immediately I closed my PayPal account 5 yrs ago for the same shit.We senior. Citizens having a hard time with these scams.😡
I’ve taken to texting back to them repeatedly using texts and unidentifiable photos. You have to do it quickly as they will block you. Which is the reaction you want.
This Sunday my church will have an event to bring awareness and teach the seniors of the church to avoid be scammed and I will be using this video for sure. Thank you very much.
Ordered a roof top aerial for my car from a Chinese company via eBay and they sent me an aerial for a completely the wrong car with a different roof mount. Has taken me over 2 months of back and forth emails until eBay finally made them give me a full refund. At one point they asked me to meet them half way and they would refund me 30% of the purchase price. I was never good at maths but 30% for half way? 😂😂😂
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.
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.
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.
Recent I have seen a rash of these on facebook and got one myself just today: "Hey I really like your homepage and I have tried to friend you but its not going through. Would you please try from your end?" Now obviously I know it's a scam but I don't know how it plays out or what the objective is. Do you know what its objective is? I should mention that these appear as replies to comments rather than IMs.
@@Robert08010 Do you mean the "grow a Facebook" idea? By that I mean it is not a scam (at least not this type) it is just someone with a Facebook page looking to get more followers to boost their page and doing it in a dishonest way.
I responded to two of these when i was still naive. They led to people telling me they were ex USA soldiers in agfanistan or iran and giving me stories about themselves (lies) with many pictures of them and their dogs or cats, then asking for money to get themselves out of one trouble or the other. Now I just delete or ignore those requests.
I usually ask the caller how they live with themselves, ripping people off. That usually leads to them swearing at me. I like to think of it as playing a game of cat and mouse. They try but so far it’s scammer 0, me 👍
Facebook Market place , offer ridiculous prices for new mobility scooters new £45 , or a quad bike for £65 , Beware always pick up and they will tell you carnt pick up .
Scammers want you to select friends and family on pay pal because PayPal will not guarantee the money. Instead select goods and services. If the seller insists friends and family it definitely a scammer
Sailingyemaya: I have been scammed a couple of times using PayPal. On both occasions I had pressed the Friends and Family option as the other person said they were charged a fee from the money I was sending, if I chose the other option.
Yes it happened to me long time ago yes and I learned by mistake but the second time it doesn't work in me must of those clowns they have some kind of speaking problem
Back then, doors where never ever locked, we could shop and pay later, strangers whos car broke down in winter where invited to warm up by the stove with coffee, now most of us live in bunkers with more locks then you can swing a stick at, that is what you call progress ? and if it was not enough yet, we have now AI as well, son of my friend phoned, he was in trouble, needed 2000 euro, ques what ? money gone to an AI scammer,
Need an advanced version that includes things like spoofing your bank text number, hacking into emails and altering wire instructions in real estate transactions, ect.
In 2008 I fell for the scam of voting for Obama. Never again folks! I will not vote for anyone who is a Democrat. Regardless of whether they are local candidates or candidates for national office.
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.
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.
Do you suspect it has? If not, there's nothing to do. macOS has malware protection built in. There are apps that say they will check, but none are 100%. I suppose if you think there is an issue, go to a security expert to have them check it out. (I'm assuming you have already looked at your System extensions, profiles, login items and browser extensions).
So many scams these days. This should be required viewing for anyone, particularly the older folks among us.
It seems like everyday I get a text scam.
As a "particularly older folk" I take exception to that remark! LOL JK.
yes I agree
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.
Yes. Years ago I took a class in information technology and it taught me things about internet scams.
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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.
I’m looking to sell swamp land I acquired a few years back. 🤣
@@alvaroq2024.....my property on Mars should have trippled in value by now! 😂😂😂
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😮
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.
My response to the Sherriff Scam: "Come right on over. You know where to find me. I'll be right here waiting for you."
"But you better be armed Copper! 'cause I'm not gonna go quietly!!!" LOL. Elliot Ness movie!
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.
@@peterbaruxis2511 Same here! If no message left, I delet them and blocked it!
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..."
I get exactly the same here in Australia, from Australia Post.
I get the notification from UPS nonstop. I ignore all of them.
Me too
I answer those scams with a shipping address in India! I don’t hear from them again.
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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.
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.
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.
We got scammed on the e-bike thing also! Same price...39.95 and two e-boards to boot! But it was $130 total.
Saw the E-bike one. Actually was an ad right herr on UA-cam.
Don’t feel bad. You learned from your mistakes. In the big scheme of things, you didn’t lose much money.
Was this Temu? Cheap products and they mine your data. Never put their app on your phone.
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.
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…
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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.
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?
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.
@@DavidKen878 Hmmm, answer with : the Buckê residence, the lady of the house speaking....like the old UK sitcom of Hyacinth Bucket.....
What’s the matter with people? A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary!👏🏻❤️
The first question I ask them is "What's my name?" They hang up because they don't know it.
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.
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.
@@pratchmg they know your name well most do just ask em what’s the name of the local football team that really gets em
I always say "who are you trying to reach "? They NEVER answer this outright.
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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.
It's amazing that anyone would fall for these scams but in reality they do !
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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.
I thought I was scam aware - thanks for this because I had no idea about some of these!
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.
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.😂
Scammers are impersonating almost all the major businesses and all the major services. One should be very vigilant when dealing with strangers.
Thank you for dispensing this advice, Gary. This is very useful and deserves a wider audience.
When people send me money, I just say thank you.
So do I except that I add a smile to the “Thank you!” If they want the money back,too bad!
I don't acknowledge those emails; I just either delete them or change my email. I have several lined up!🙄
If they ask for it back, I just say it's mine now, you ain't getting sheit
I get the text message scams ever since I changed my phone number! I just reported to Apple and delete!
Right
I'd love to see this as part of school curriculum, and a part of the AARP network!
Hi, from The Bahamas!
God bless!
.....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!!!
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.
Excellent! Now I'm going to be alert to any attempt to get me off the legitimate platform.
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.
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.
Very helpful. Thanks. Also, never use a link embedded in an email or text message. Especially, if you do not know the sender.
Even if you do know the sender; people get hacked.
Terrific video Gary. Everyone needs to see this.
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.
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!
Excellent advice. Thanks, Gary!
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.
Thank you, I really appreciate the information.
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 😂😂😂
I experienced all these ... thanks for sharing them...
Great content and thank you for the awareness and transparency. Blessings.
I swear, I make sped up edits so I have to download songs. However almost all mp3 downloading sites have scareware pop-ups everywhere and its just so annoying.
Good advice!
Great stuff. Shared to facebook and asking folks to share there.
I was desperate for a job, and got conned from a fake job offer. If anyone offers u high paying job, block them. Its a SCAM
Thanks very much, Gary, for this informative video! Some timely warnings here.
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.
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!
Thanks for making this. I was thinking of suggesting it and then you just made it. Stop reading my mind!!! : )
Always check the e-mail address of the sender too!
That can be very easily faked though, FYI.
@@macmost I think you are right
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?
Do you ever get it from the same number? If not, then blocking would not matter.
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 😂😂😂
If you even answer a call, you can say to anybody "i don't believe you." Any legitimate caller would understand and if they can't absolutely prove to you anything without getting information from you- hang-up, mark them as spam, block them- accept that they interrupted your quiet enjoyment of life for a couple of minutes, hate them for it and forget about them.
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😀👋
Thanks. Shared to my social media.
Thank you, Great Info.
I get a lot of calls bout computer and Amazon bank query sfrom India and Chinese accents so I just mess em around and they go away
Amazon will not call you about your personal information or recent orders. If there is a legit issue, they may email you, but for the most part, you have to reach out.
Thank you
So as I watch this video, I get a text from UPS that my package can't be delivered. Hmmm, not expecting anything to be delivered. Nice try *delete*
Someone said that they found fraud on my PayPal account and i,need to reply immediately I closed my PayPal account 5 yrs ago for the same shit.We senior. Citizens having a hard time with these scams.😡
I’ve taken to texting back to them repeatedly using texts and unidentifiable photos. You have to do it quickly as they will block you. Which is the reaction you want.
I'm receiving texts from UPS every other day 🤣 looks like I have a lot of items waiting for me 🤣🤣
This Sunday my church will have an event to bring awareness and teach the seniors of the church to avoid be scammed and I will be using this video for sure.
Thank you very much.
I just got two from Amazon Prime that my payment didn’t go through!
Excellent info!
Thank you! this video is so useful I hadn't heard about most of these.
Ordered a roof top aerial for my car from a Chinese company via eBay and they sent me an aerial for a completely the wrong car with a different roof mount. Has taken me over 2 months of back and forth emails until eBay finally made them give me a full refund. At one point they asked me to meet them half way and they would refund me 30% of the purchase price. I was never good at maths but 30% for half way? 😂😂😂
Awesome and informative video!
I got screwed out of $250 on the apt scam
The beekeeper movie goes into the first one in detail.
Thanks for the informative video!
Thanks Gary great video 🙂👍
Thank you so much
Never click a link in an email
But… that’s how I found the MacMost channel! 🤣🥰
I had the Sheriff call 😂 I told 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 😂😂😂
Great information, thanks.
Thank you for this informative video. You have a new subscriber.
Great video and very informative
Thank you for good information
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.
Excellent video.
Scams can happen to anybody at any time. Let's be careful out there! Audience wishes hapless victims all the best. Cheers!
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.
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.
My friend has a Masters Degree was a VP at a bank and fell for the 'wrong number' scam. He was $15K in the hole before he realized what happened.
@10:25 do the police usually give heads up notices to people when they are trying to bust them?
Great Video!
You forgot 4. Share this channel with all Mac users you know :)
#10 is called the Pig Butchering Scam, not without good reason.
Recent I have seen a rash of these on facebook and got one myself just today: "Hey I really like your homepage and I have tried to friend you but its not going through. Would you please try from your end?" Now obviously I know it's a scam but I don't know how it plays out or what the objective is. Do you know what its objective is? I should mention that these appear as replies to comments rather than IMs.
Could be the same as the Wong Number Scam in this video. Or it could just be a way to grow a Facebook page.
@@macmost But how can that be useful to a scammer? Friends that you don't even know.
@@Robert08010 Do you mean the "grow a Facebook" idea? By that I mean it is not a scam (at least not this type) it is just someone with a Facebook page looking to get more followers to boost their page and doing it in a dishonest way.
The objective is to get into ur appl and get to your friends to scam like coming from you .😮😂
I responded to two of these when i was still naive. They led to people telling me they were ex USA soldiers in agfanistan or iran and giving me stories about
themselves (lies) with many pictures of them and their dogs or cats, then asking for money to get themselves out of one trouble or the other. Now I just delete or ignore those requests.
I usually ask the caller how they live with themselves, ripping people off. That usually leads to them swearing at me. I like to think of it as playing a game of cat and mouse. They try but so far it’s scammer 0, me 👍
Facebook Market place , offer ridiculous prices for new mobility scooters new £45 , or a quad bike for £65 , Beware always pick up and they will tell you carnt pick up .
Scammers want you to select friends and family on pay pal because PayPal will not guarantee the money. Instead select goods and services. If the seller insists friends and family it definitely a scammer
Sailingyemaya: I have been scammed a couple of times using PayPal.
On both occasions I had pressed the Friends and Family option as the other person said they were charged a fee from the money I was sending, if I chose the other option.
Yes it happened to me long time ago yes and I learned by mistake but the second time it doesn't work in me must of those clowns they have some kind of speaking problem
Well done!
Back then, doors where never ever locked, we could shop and pay later, strangers whos car broke down in winter where invited to warm up by the stove with coffee, now most of us live in bunkers with more locks then you can swing a stick at, that is what you call progress ? and if it was not enough yet, we have now AI as well, son of my friend phoned, he was in trouble, needed 2000 euro, ques what ? money gone to an AI scammer,
I don't usually share anything but this one I did.
I've had scam calls from Chinese folks....speaking Chinese...lol
nice job chap
Theives have turned into technology experts, its tiresome constantly filtering out the criminals.
what about the people who want to send you money from American Express or on Cashapp?
Not sure what you mean. Don't accept money from anyone you don't know and trust.
Need an advanced version that includes things like spoofing your bank text number, hacking into emails and altering wire instructions in real estate transactions, ect.
Good look👍
I am 70 but I fell for a scam!
In 2008 I fell for the scam of voting for Obama. Never again folks! I will not vote for anyone who is a Democrat. Regardless of whether they are local candidates or candidates for national office.
Scamming for fun and profit? 😂
I’m not too smart to avoid being scammed.
I'll guess if you can trace Norton back to India you have a problem.
Not only for Mac users. Listen to this.
What about pocket atm App?
I don't know what you are referring to.
Email spam is hard to deal with. Please talk something about it.
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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.
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.
@@macmost awesome thank you!
@@macmost Gary do you know the product name of any of the paid apps that would make the process easier? Thank you.
@@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.
Why do people go to this expense to deal with scammers?
Surely “fuck off click” is the better option?
Wow, Thank you, Gary. Great Info. I need your help to promote my books on Amazon. Interested?
Sorry, I don't do anything like that.
You forgot sbout the loan scam.
I know Macs are very secure but is it possible to tell if a Mac is infected with spyware?
Do you suspect it has? If not, there's nothing to do. macOS has malware protection built in. There are apps that say they will check, but none are 100%. I suppose if you think there is an issue, go to a security expert to have them check it out.
(I'm assuming you have already looked at your System extensions, profiles, login items and browser extensions).
LMAO, no such thing as a free lunch, unless you are sleeping with the cook and are dam good in bed.
If I hear an Indian or Nigerian accent on the my phone click even if they are legit
Paranoia is your friend