This is why I won't pay for parking, except to put a few coins into a machine.
This is why I won't have a smart phone/iphone hand held gadget.
This is why I have a basic Nokia and top up the card with cash at Tesco.
This is why I don't want to be connected to the internet 24/7
This is why I don't bank online.
This is why I never order goods online.
This is why I won't sell my art online.
This is why I ignore all online advertisements.
This is why I don't make any charitable donations online.
This is why I won't monetise my blog or my yoootooob channel.
To all those people who say a bank card, a phone loaded with apps, makes life so easy. You do it your way, and I will watch when it all comes crashing down.
Be careful.
Catch ya later. Toodle pip. ilona
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Apparently this video is not available worldwide
Another one along similar lines has just been posted from ITV News.
Try this one.
Hundreds of fake companies. Thousands of scams. An estimated billion euros swindled. But just one entity apparently behind it all.
ITV News has helped uncover a global scamming network - targeting victims around the world - which appears to use ordinary suburban homes across the UK to hide their operation.
Darn. Can't view the video. Says video uploader has made the video unavailable in my country (I live in the US). Can you provide a written synopsis about how the scam unfolded and what happened? Thanks. Lizzie
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame. It's mainly about scamming on a massive scale. Car parks here have machines where you scan a QR code with your phone, and the payments comes directly out of your bank account. A lot of these machines have had false stickers put over the top of the code but it's hard to detect them. The stickers look real and people are in a hurry to scan them. The problem is once someone has used their phone to scan them, thousands of fake companies have access to your bank details. Then you find that they help themselves to your money at a later date. Usually small amounts because the fake company tells you that you have signed up for something, when you haven't. The scammers are registering private homes as a business address, from which they operate. They are paying the people who live there money, so it is with their consent. Always check that a QR code has not had a fake sticker put over it. When a fake sticker has been detected and removed, it isn't long before someone comes along and replaces it with another.
DeletePost edited. Try the link to ITV News.
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