Originally Posted by oneclickplus (Post 1757202)

You can have a little fun. No, you can't identify or email the scammer in these cases. As you probably know, their goal is to get you to "login" to paypal using their fake website; this allows them to capture your ID / password. I always go to their fake website to login. Here are my credentials:

Username: JustWanted@To.Say
password: PhuckYouScammer

I get the satisfaction of knowing that they WILL see this on their server.

Meanwhile, regarding paypal security ... everyone should have 2-factor authentication on all their accounts (all the ones that offer it) such as Amazon, eBay, PayPal, your bank, your brokerage, etc. A code is sent to your phone when you attempt to login which you then have to provide in order to proceed.

Even if some scammer got a password to your account, they are stopped dead because they don't have access to your phone and this one-time code. PLUS, if you get a code on your phone for Paypal (example) and it's not you trying to login, you have an immediate alert that your password has been compromised. But, relax ... nothing urgent ... no need to panic - they can't get in without the code. So, just go change your password after you finish your round of golf and take a shower.

I even put 2-factor on my email. Why? Because email is the primary method for password change / recovery; especially for accounts that don't offer 2-factor (yet). So, even if a hacker tried to do a password reset for my grocery delivery account and even if they had my email password, they could not possibly proceed because they can't even get into my email (no code) to complete the process.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1756792)

I answered and he said . Hello grandma and he was sniffing and sounding like he was crying. I said......Who is calling please, as I always do, I am hearing impaired. My closed captioning that is a few seconds delayed showed me the caller had called me grandma. No one has ever called me grandma in my family, EVER. I hung up. Be wary...and careful. Anyone who would know you are older and do this on purpose is one awful loser.

Originally Posted by vonbork (Post 1757383)

My wife received such a call and asked the "young man" to spell his last name. It's Ciacciarelli. End of call.

Originally Posted by DanBrew (Post 1757240)

Never answer a call that is not in you contacts. When you do, you legitimize your number to these criminals. If it is a call that is important, let them leave a message and then call back.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1756792)

I answered and he said . Hello grandma and he was sniffing and sounding like he was crying. I said......Who is calling please, as I always do, I am hearing impaired. My closed captioning that is a few seconds delayed showed me the caller had called me grandma. No one has ever called me grandma in my family, EVER. I hung up. Be wary...and careful. Anyone who would know you are older and do this on purpose is one awful loser.

Originally Posted by talleyjm (Post 1757559)

What an odd question. Who in the world would recognize EVERY phone number that called?

Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 1756859)

So easy. Even if you believe it is your grandchild. Why are we not facetiming ? If can't be done right now what is:

1 your grandfather's middle name
2 name your first pet
3 your siblings birth date
4 what was the last gift I gave you

A little forethought about these sort of things goes a long way.

Originally Posted by bagboy (Post 1756925)

If my grandson called from jail, I'd tell him to be careful not to drop the bar of soap.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1756955)

It was a 443 area code with a lot of twos and sevens in the rest of the number...should anyone call you. I looked it up on reverse look up and it said it was a land line in Md with no name attached. I am grateful our grandchildren have been close to us all of their lives and we know them so well, know what they call us, know their mannerisms...and I am grateful that they are independent and financially successful and employed even during this awful time.

Originally Posted by Westie Man (Post 1757604)

those prison showers can be slippery when wet

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1756792)

I answered and he said . Hello grandma and he was sniffing and sounding like he was crying. I said......Who is calling please, as I always do, I am hearing impaired. My closed captioning that is a few seconds delayed showed me the caller had called me grandma. No one has ever called me grandma in my family, EVER. I hung up. Be wary...and careful. Anyone who would know you are older and do this on purpose is one awful loser.