Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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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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Despicable!
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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