[BITList] Cyber Crime

[michael J Feltham]

This is from a Jazz Newsletter.  Beware !

Mike


> I was quite concerned to read on Facebook that jazz vocalist =========  had been caught out by cyber crime, and I mention it in the hope it may help other people avoid the same fate. ==== was looking to change her antivirus software and searched for a respected well known commercial provider of security software. Unfortunately she landed on a fake page that had been fraudulently set up and the software she downloaded didn't work. After ringing to complain she was told it was incompatible with Windows 10 and was offered a refund to her debit card. The bank sent a text to ask her to confirm the transaction, which with hindsight Sue realised was the alarm bell she missed. Banks would not normally ask you to authorise a credit, so as you may now have worked out, the fraudsters carried out a debit and cleaned her current account out!  Unfortunately there is likely to be no help from the bank as ==== authorised the transaction.  So let's be careful out there.
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