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A friend of mine called the Apple help line the other day to see about taking care of a problem with his laptop. It turns out that the scammers now have the ability to intercept calls to the legitimate help line. He ended up talking to someone in Eastern Europe who informed him that he needed to go buy three $100 Apple gift cards, then call back and give them the numbers off them, and then they'd see about helping him with his problem.
Needless to say, he recognized this as totally bogus and did not do what they told him.
What will these scammers think up next?
You bet, these thing come up ALL the time complete with "official" company logos and/or letterheads. The phone number was more than likely one or two digits off from the correct Apple numbergot a false phone number,
You're a kind and generous person. Personally I prefer: Mujhe gadhe kaat do"Namaste, Agent Richard!"
This cannot be over emphasized. The most innocuous question if answered with a YES will be recorded and appended to a sales pitch and you are SOLwill answer "yes". You are now done for because your "yes" has been recorded
The so called "shredders" that just cut long strips are almost useless. I use a heavy duty confetti-type shredder that chews paper into pieces about a quarter inch square or smaller.shredded paperwork and piece two of them together enough to get the card numbers