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<p><font size="4">Stan,</font></p>
<p><font size="4">While I'm not certain how this occurred on your
TV, you might want to consider taking one additional step to
further protect yourself, and your home.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">Privatize your location, IP address, etc., with a
VPN. Yes, you can and should run one on your smart TV. (Not all
of them are supported.)</font></p>
<p><font size="4">Personally, I use <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://Nordvpn.com">https://Nordvpn.com</a>.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">For a few $/month, you can run it on most of your
Internet connected devices. Five or six, depending on who you
choose.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">I have NordVPN software running on my Sony TV,
Firestick, computer, tablet, and cell phone. All are Android
devices.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">They support Apple, Windows, Android, Linux,
routers, etc...<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">I also have a Sony Smart TV. It runs Android OS.
This is good, in the sense you can install software from the
Google Play Store.</font></p>
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<p><font size="4">Drew.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/2022 12:05 PM, Stan Rose
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I am usually extremely careful in recognizing and
avoiding scams but was caught by one last month, and not by an
email, text message or web pop up.</div>
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<div dir="auto">We were about to watch a movie on Amazon Prime via
the Prime Video app on our Sony Smart TV. When we started the
app, a very real looking message came up on the TV that we
needed to renew our Prime subscription. It gave an 800 number to
call to expedite renewal. When I called that number, the person
offered a 2 year discount for $190 instead of the usual $119 per
year.</div>
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<div dir="auto">After giving him the card info, the TV went
through the normal process of asking me to enter it's displayed
code into my phone's prime video app. That all looked normal.</div>
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<div dir="auto">After that, I checked if my Prime subscription was
extended the promised 2 years and saw it wasn't. It was only
then that I rememberd I had renewed my subscription in April so
it had not expired. I called Chase and they reversed the charge
and have subsequently been told they made the refund permanent.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I guess I was sucked in by believing this couldn't
happen on the TV but now I know it can. I don't know how they
did it, but they did. I thought I had done everything to protect
my network, such as changing the WiFi SSID and password and even
changing the normal 192.168.1.1 address to something else. I've
changed the password on all Iot devices.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Anyone know how they pulled that off?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Stan</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at
12:51 AM Robert Primak <<a
href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">bobprimak@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">There are also
scams very similar to this one revolving around
hurricane relief from Ian. There was one billionnaire
who did pledge direct relief to homeowners affected by
Ian, but I think that was Elon Musk, andf it was not
in the form of free Internet, though he also is
offering that for a few areas of SW FL. </div>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You have to be
very careful about everything these days. None of
these charitable foundatiuons will use email as their
first method of contact, out of the blue. Nor a phone
call, especially to a cell phone. If it looks too
good to be ture, check with the original source. Use
an independent direct link or contact method. And
don't be in a rush -- there is never so much time
pressure that you can't use some well-known method to
verify an offer. Or a threat. </div>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">That said, I
have had to deal with a couple of truly insider scams
in recent years. Some of these problems originated
with actual fraudulent accounts opened with my
personal information, probably obtained through data
leaks from places I should have been able to trust,
like in one instance, a medical billing service. Yeah
sure, they apologized, paid and offered credit
monitoring -- but the damages were already done. </div>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Be safe out
there! </div>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">-- Bob Primak </div>
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<div style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> On Sunday,
October 16, 2022 at 10:09:14 PM EDT, <<a
href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net"
target="_blank" style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carllazarus@comcast.net</a>>
wrote: </div>
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<p style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here
is a new scam. I received an email that
says I am pre-qualified for the Scott
Mackenzie Foundation relief fund, and there
is an email address I am to contact for more
details. I think they meant Mackenzie
Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, but you can’t
get everything right. Her foundation is
giving grants to many causes, but I doubt
they are getting ready to give me money.</p>
<p style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </p>
<p style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">--
Carl</p>
<p style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </p>
<p style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Carl
Lazarus</p>
<p style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">H:
617-964-7241</p>
<p style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a
href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net"
target="_blank"
style="font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carllazarus@comcast.net</a></p>
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