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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter
what is my being VERY worried going to do to solve the problem?
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I didn't say anything about solving this problem but we ALL should be worried enough about the "cyber mafia" to be extremely vigilant. Those who choose not to worry may be surprised to find their bank accounts cleaned out one of these days. These crooks are very smooth and will find a way to get your social security number, thus your identity. It's a free ride for them after that. Watch the program. I guarantee you will be VERY worried after that. And, you will feel helpless. To NOT be worried about this very scary activity that is going on in this world now is to have our heads in the sand. Information is power and the only way we can hope to save our identities and our money is by making it as difficult as we can for the thieves to get in. Even then, we are at the mercy of all of the businesses and services we do business with, hoping and praying that THEY can keep the criminals out. The program pointed out that this "mafia" has computer programs that they are using that can do something similar to a "Google search" that we all do, at times. They enter your name and they have at their fingertips everything there is to know about you, including your social security number. It's just a few steps from there to your bank account. With a social security number they can get mortgages , new credit cards, etc. all in your name. Not one of us is safe. If the experts in this field are worried, and they are extremely worried, WE should all be worried. I am not asking everyone who reads this to agree with me. I am only relaying information that felt very worrisome to me and my husband. Those who choose to ignore this very real warning are entitled to do so. Would you be worried and would you attempt to protect yourself if a tornado was bearing down on you? There is a very large "storm" brewing in cyberspace that is wreaking havoc at this very moment. All you have to do is click on a link in an e-mail and you may have downloaded one of these identity-stealing programs. The e-mail will look legitimate. This is just one of many ways these thieves can get our personal information. You won't even know what happened until you start getting bills from accounts you never opened and you check your bank account balances to find out you have been cleaned out. Knowing about this won't solve the problem and I never said it would. But knowing about this got my attention in a very big way. I worked pretty hard all of my life to get what I have and I will go to my death keeping it out of the hands of some crook in Mexico or China. This is where a lot of the cybercrime is originating, right across our own borders and in a country we are supporting by buying all of the mostly inferior products they make. If they don't already own us it won't be long before they do, and they won't have to fire a shot to do so. It is entirely possible that the "attacks" we have been subjected to here on TOTV are coming from a faction that we can not defend against.