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Coronavirus and Computers

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2020 20:06

We keep getting phone calls telling us variations on the me "Your Visa Master Card ................ "

I hang up immediately cos neither of us has a Visa Master Card so it must be a scam :-D

OH just has to listen to it to see what else she is going to say!

They come in sometimes 2 or 3 times a day :-|

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 20 Mar 2020 08:12

Seems to be nothing wrong with my computer either, but came home yesterday to find a message on my ansaphone.
The start if the message hadn’t recorded but the voice was a elderly man, I think he was trying to get me to invest my post brexit funds. Can,t wait for another call just to see if I understood it.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 19 Mar 2020 21:47

I've had the same idiot (or poorly paid person who took the only job he could) phone me for the third time about the insulation I 'recently had put into my loft'
Previously, I've suggested he phone my landlord, and I put the phone down.
Today I had a conversation. Well, he told me about my insulation.
My response 'and...'
Him - more talking
me:'and...' - after a while this appeared to flummox him.
Eventually I (yet again) said,'I am a tenant, I can't do anything, do you want my landlords number.
He put the phone down.


.....but that's not my computer

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Allan

Allan Report 19 Mar 2020 21:06

:-D :-D :-D

I suppose that I'm tempting fate with this post, Sylvia :-D

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Mar 2020 20:59

aren't you lucky!!

It hasn't worked for me :-(

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Allan

Allan Report 19 Mar 2020 20:42

Amazingly, since the dramatic increase of COVID-19 worldwide, it appears that my computer has become immune from virus attacks as I have not received one phone call about them anymore