30 ways to stop scams article discussion

cefynbach

As a 72 year old I have just entered my detials into the pwned site and it has com up wityh three breaches. One is October 2016, two is August 2017 and three is January 2017 none of which I have heard of, the last two have spam list in brackets.

Totally confused

AndyPix

^^ It just means your email address has been found on a known spam list.


Dont worry too much about it .
But for belt and braces you may want to consider changing your important passwords (online banking , email etc)


Andy

pogofish

cefynbach wrote: »

Totally confused

I'm somewhat confused as well - what has your post got to do with this?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=41225446&postcount=1

Harryjames1298

Hi Wondering if anyone can help me.

I have been scammed by a forex Instagram trader and can not get him to delete my profiles (I am concerned he may come to me and say I owe debt) - as the account is in my name. Luckily, it was only a few hundred pounds. He has blocked my number and email. He is in America. I deposited the money through coinbase and then he gave me a link in which he took the money out of my account and then sent me an email saying I must put $4,000 dollars into my account otherwise I will lose all of my funds.

How can I get him to delete my account?

How can I ensure he doesn’t come back to me saying I owe debt?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I am still a student and only 20:/

hollydays

If he's a scammer you can't make him do anything

LadyDee

Harryjames1298 wrote: »

Hi Wondering if anyone can help me.

I have been scammed by a forex Instagram trader and can not get him to delete my profiles (I am concerned he may come to me and say I owe debt) - as the account is in my name. Luckily, it was only a few hundred pounds. He has blocked my number and email. He is in America. I deposited the money through coinbase and then he gave me a link in which he took the money out of my account and then sent me an email saying I must put $4,000 dollars into my account otherwise I will lose all of my funds.

How can I get him to delete my account?

How can I ensure he doesn’t come back to me saying I owe debt?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I am still a student and only 20:/

Stay in school, and stop looking for get rich quick schemes.

robatwork

robatwork wrote: »

Gotta also watch for the magicians who just use sleight of hand and not real magic, astrologers who just make it up a bit, and diviners, dowsers and seers. I'm looking at YOU Uri.

This post more relevant in 2019.

forgotmyname

Interpol with a rocketmail email.. so funny...

You win the wooden board award. 8" wide and an inch or two thick, really dense material.

Sounds good but not very useful it seems.

DoaM

Holy Thread Necromancy, Batman!

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DoaM wrote: »

Holy Thread Necromancy, Batman!

To be fair, although it originally dates from 2011, the thread has been regularly bumped since then...