When it's so obviously fake, what can you do? I've seen fakers doing such good acting jobs they should try out for Hollywood! Maybe they'd make better money that way. Maybe next time they come knocking, we should suggest that to them! Tee hee hee.
I had that happen to me! This is what happened. I had just come off the bus. I had been using my laptop while on the bus, then walked home. I am well aware that I could be followed home from the bus stop, so usually each time I walk home, a short distance, I take a different route, so my path cannot be easily predicted. Also, I take shortcuts so I cannot be followed by vehicles. Unfortunately, this time, someone followed me home, apparently.
I heard my dog barking. Someone was knocking only a few minutes after I had come home. This was young man, probably in his 30's, and fit, average height and build, wearing work clothes such as utility workers wear. He flashed a badge with a bar code on it. Anyone can make one of these, even me, maybe I will do that sometime just for kicks. I did not believe him for one second. He said, "You must have seen that utility bills were high last month. Did you see the notification on your bill?" He claimed he was here to do something to lower my bills. "Didn't you see it on the bottom of your bill?" I said I would check later. He insisted on pointing it out to me.
I said, "No thanks, I can do this myself. Goodbye." I tried to get rid of him. I did not allow him inside. My dog, too! She kept barking! I hope she scared him! I told him I get electronic bills and I'd check. LATER.
Then he had the nerve to say, "Oh good, that's even better. Let me see your laptop and I'll check on there."
Oh no! I did not let him in. I wanted him GONE. I would have called the cops but since I can't see well I would never have been able to identify him beyond "he looked like a utility worker." I got rid of him and then, called the electric company immediately. They told me that these guys are most likely not thieves, but people who scam you into changing companies without your consent. This has been in the papers. Still, I'm not sure he wasn't just a simple thief out to steal from someone who clearly cannot see well and owns an old second-hand laptop he can resell for a few bucks.
People here are so poor and out of work, they'll do anything. If he was that desperate he should have asked and I would have given him some food for his kids or something.
I've also gotten two fake calls recently from " Your windows computer is hacked." This is fake. They don't call people.
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I heard my dog barking. Someone was knocking only a few minutes after I had come home. This was young man, probably in his 30's, and fit, average height and build, wearing work clothes such as utility workers wear. He flashed a badge with a bar code on it. Anyone can make one of these, even me, maybe I will do that sometime just for kicks. I did not believe him for one second. He said, "You must have seen that utility bills were high last month. Did you see the notification on your bill?" He claimed he was here to do something to lower my bills. "Didn't you see it on the bottom of your bill?" I said I would check later. He insisted on pointing it out to me.
I said, "No thanks, I can do this myself. Goodbye." I tried to get rid of him. I did not allow him inside. My dog, too! She kept barking! I hope she scared him! I told him I get electronic bills and I'd check. LATER.
Then he had the nerve to say, "Oh good, that's even better. Let me see your laptop and I'll check on there."
Oh no! I did not let him in. I wanted him GONE. I would have called the cops but since I can't see well I would never have been able to identify him beyond "he looked like a utility worker." I got rid of him and then, called the electric company immediately. They told me that these guys are most likely not thieves, but people who scam you into changing companies without your consent. This has been in the papers. Still, I'm not sure he wasn't just a simple thief out to steal from someone who clearly cannot see well and owns an old second-hand laptop he can resell for a few bucks.
People here are so poor and out of work, they'll do anything. If he was that desperate he should have asked and I would have given him some food for his kids or something.
I've also gotten two fake calls recently from " Your windows computer is hacked." This is fake. They don't call people.