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Another creative scam doing the rounds…….

This one involves one of your contacts being hacked. The hackers quickly start sending out emails similar to this:

“Sorry to bother you, I'm unable to speak over the phone due to a serious throat pain caused by laryngitis.
can we catch up on email for a few minutes?

Many thanks”

If you respond then the hacker tells a tale of how their relative is gravely ill, and they want to cheer them up with a gift. They ask you to visit a local shop and purchase a gift card on their behalf and ‘promise to repay you’. Obviously you would never see the money again

These types of scams evolve over time but they all have a similar theme. If you get an email from someone in distress, then contact them in another way, or even better, visit them in person.

Stay safe and happy holidays to everyone

Stock clearance of laptop batteries - mainly MacBook Pro Retina models from 2011 - 2015, with or without fitting service. Some HP, Dell and Acer models too.

PM with your model and if I have it in stock, I can give you a price for the battery, and fitting too if required.

If you only watch one video today, let it be this one. For the inexperienced and perhaps novice computer user, this could save you a fortune and a lot of heartache in the long run.

Criminals on CCTV: Scammers caught red-handed The man who hacked into a criminal call centre to expose scammers at work.