SCAMMER Warnings Information

[Apex]

Some bits from me:

The IRS does NOT do emails or telephone messages, it's ALWAYS via US Mail. The notices are formal and non-threatening. They're not gonna come at you in the middle of the night.

Recently I got a "Paypal" email, I forget what it said, but even the subject line looked funny. It was a spoof or phishing or whatever fakes are called. The misspelled words and
grammatical errors were too obvious. If the subject line looks suspicious, you're not supposed to open the email; I took a chance.

If you get an email from a known company etc that you do business with, and it looks suspicious, if you're registered with that company, just log in and see if there's any messages for you.

Phone calls?? My phone is set for 6 rings before the voice mail picks up. Lot of time the usual whatever will hang up before the 6 rings are up. If I do not recognize the caller on the caller ID, I don't pick up. And I keep my phone on silent most of the time. It really is best NOT to talk to whoever, even if you know they're full of it and you just want to waste their time, best not to answer to begin with.

Open your door without seeing exactly who is there? No way. I know who's coming by and when. If I didn't call the power company or the phone provider, then you're not from the power company or the phone provider.

So, do you give your hard earned money to someone who doesn't even know your name? Ah ha, but what if they do know your name? Same simple rule applies. Don't give away your stuff to unknown persons.

It really seems simple on the surface, yet some people just fall for it. Every so often the news carries a story about so and so getting ripped. My reaction is always the same: How could you NOT have seen through this?

There's a fine line between paranoia and perception. I kinda like to employ both.

[H]

Well, my e-mail address has been thrown around a bit over the first of this century, I guess. Received the following (I've done my best to include typos and errant punctuation; needed to disable e-mail link so you won't accidentally click it):
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Special Notice
O Carrilo, Anthony D <Anthony.Carrilo@aps.edu
Al Lauzon (Allauzon@me.com)
Photos

WESTERN
UNION
moving money for better

Transaction #: WUMT-MY7655****/2016 ( Your security Code )

Dear Email Beneficiary,
We wish to inform you that you are one of the seven email beneficiaries approved to receive
the sum of $1,500,000.00 USD in the on-going UN Humanitarian aid / Poverty Alleviation
Program (UNPAP)2016.

The United Nation's Organization has deposited your funds with us at the Western Union
Payout Center in Malaysia ,and they have contracted us to take full responsibility in the
transfer process of the funds to all seven beneficiaries. They hae now ordered us to take
full responsibility in the transfer process of your funds and thus commence the immediate
remittance of your funds to you. Be strongly informed that because of our Western Union
transfer policy, your funds will be paid to you via our Western Union Daily Transfer limit
of $7,600USD. This means that you will continuously receive a dally amount of $7,600USD
USD from us, and this amount can be collected from any of our numerous Western Union
outlets in your current location.

To begin receiving your daily payment as stated above, we need you to provide us with;
Your Full Name, Address, and Phone Number. Upon receipt of the requested details.
Your first transaction will be activated and we shall then proceed to provide you with the
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) for the first installment, and we will continue to
email you others after 24 hours of receiving each payment.

For more information on your payment status: Call Mrs. Franca Lee on our 24 hours Helpline
@ +601-648-453-21 or email westernunion:my@my:com for any inquiries on the above
message.

Yours truly,
Western Union Malaysia
__________________________________________________________________________

Of course, this presented me with immediate response problems. I long ago gave up my full name and lost my permanent address. I suppose I could have used my phony number to call the Helpline but I'm not sure I'd be Frank(a)ly answered -- and this rather irritates me! Now, it's true that I have some health issues, I can't feel the earth beneath my feet, don't know if I'm going to drop the egg or crush it and I've the start of cataracts -- but $1½ million each is a bit much for just seven of us when there's scores of thousands even worse off; if they gave just $1 to any of those people they'd think they were rich -- and they've chosen to put me on their poverty list?