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tic icons and actual links to the site. The tour de force was crowned by an ironic message of reassurance as to Best Buy’s meticulous fraud-prevention practices.</p><p id="83c1">I knew it was a scam one way or the other. Even had Best Buy been the sender, given I never had an account, I would have inferred that someone was trying to get me to set one up for their use.</p><p id="2d97">What is especially disheartening is that this latest hack occurred two days after I purchased virus detection software — Malewarebytes — at my son’s recommendation. Yesterday, it gave me a false “negative” as to infection with the latest variant: “solicitron.”</p><h2 id="f5cd">Hack #1</h2><div id="f981" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/scam-warning-pc-lockdown-22ddf44d16a4"> <div> <div> <h2>Scam WARNING: PC Lockdown</h2> <div><h3>Happily, there’s a workaround thanks to te

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Laptop Blues: Hack Job #3

Busy week for scammers: a pox on trolls!

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Yesterday, I got an email from “Best Buy” informing me of an attempt to change my password but that there was no account registered to my email and thus I would need to create one. It helpfully provided the link for me to do so.

Thanks to friends who’d learned the hard way, I knew to go to Best Buy’s official website and contact customer service. They did not send the email. The diabolical genius who did crafted a persuasive document that included realistic icons and actual links to the site. The tour de force was crowned by an ironic message of reassurance as to Best Buy’s meticulous fraud-prevention practices.

I knew it was a scam one way or the other. Even had Best Buy been the sender, given I never had an account, I would have inferred that someone was trying to get me to set one up for their use.

What is especially disheartening is that this latest hack occurred two days after I purchased virus detection software — Malewarebytes — at my son’s recommendation. Yesterday, it gave me a false “negative” as to infection with the latest variant: “solicitron.”

Hack #1

Hack #2

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