Man arrested in Marion County after scamming elderly woman

[The Gazette]

A scammer has been arrested in Marion County after attempting to scam an 82-year-old woman out of over $50,000, according to a press release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The scam began when the victim’s computer began emitting a loud persistent alarm with multiple pop-up windows — one of the windows flashed a phone

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[Taltarzac725]

A scammer has been arrested in Marion County after attempting to scam an 82-year-old woman out of over $50,000, according to a press release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The scam began when the victim’s computer began emitting a loud persistent alarm with multiple pop-up windows — one of the windows flashed a phone

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That has happened to me. I had to turn off the computer to get the noise to stop.

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

Despicable!

[Normal]

Anyone who attempts to steal from the vulnerable needs to be made an example of. Seniors who worked for a living most of their lives so they could retire shouldn’t be the “mark” of these predators.

[lpkruege1]

A scammer has been arrested in Marion County after attempting to scam an 82-year-old woman out of over $50,000, according to a press release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The scam began when the victim’s computer began emitting a loud persistent alarm with multiple pop-up windows — one of the windows flashed a phone

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I have had this happen more than once when clicking what looked like a real link. Amazon and others. It beeped constantly, pop-up windows all over the place. Call some number for windows help they said. Don't turn off your computer it said.

Guess what. That's the best thing you can do. Turn off the computer with your power button, reboot it. Run a virus scan if you have an anti virus software. It's worked great every time. DO NOT CALL THE NUMBER.

[ResQme]

Scammers, especially the ones who prey on the elderly, are the lowest form of life. Sometimes I wish I can just "Thanos" them out of existence.

[Taltarzac725]

I have had this happen more than once when clicking what looked like a real link. Amazon and others. It beeped constantly, pop-up windows all over the place. Call some number for windows help they said. Don't turn off your computer it said.

Guess what. That's the best thing you can do. Turn off the computer with your power button, reboot it. Run a virus scan if you have an anti virus software. It's worked great every time. DO NOT CALL THE NUMBER.

I did call that number and eventually had to get a new computer after a family member read me the riot act.

[Cuervo]

I spend a bit of time on my computer and this has happened a few times to me.
You see something that is interesting, and you click onto it and a siren starts to blare and a message comes on that your computer has been compromised, and you need to call a certain number. Whenever this happened to me as a previous poster had suggested I would just shut down my computer and restart it and it would be gone. These scammers will continue to do this because it works for them and they're making money.