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    <p><font size="4">Stan,</font></p>
    <p><font size="4">What about your TV's Android security patch level?
        How old? <br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font size="4">You'll have to go into settings to check.<br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font size="4">Sony only provided me with limited updates before
        they stopped updating my TV altogether. I no longer receive any
        security updates. My TV is not that old, perhaps 2 years. Only,
        it stopped receiving updates over 1 year ago. <br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font size="4">Your TV is likely running some version of the
        Android operating system. Mine is running version 9. <br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font size="4"><br>
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    <p>Drew.<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/2022 5:01 PM, Stan Rose wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">I certainly did mean WPA2 (I never use
          WPS!).<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Stan<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Robert Primak
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com"><bobprimak@yahoo.com></a> <br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 17, 2022 4:58 PM<br>
              <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stan_rose@alum.mit.edu">stan_rose@alum.mit.edu</a><br>
              <b>Cc:</b> 'Lex Computer Group' <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us"><lctg@lists.toku.us></a><br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG]
              Scammers are so creative<o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
        </div>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">You
                mean, WPA2. WPS is the automatic connection protocol
                with the security flaws.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">It
                looks like you are being more careful with the network
                and the smart TV than most people. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Could
                be, the smart TV itself has a security flaw, but that's
                just a guess. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">--
                Bob Primak <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On
                  Monday, October 17, 2022 at 04:45:47 PM EDT, Stan Rose
                  <<a href="mailto:rosesta@gmail.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rosesta@gmail.com</a>>
                  wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Bob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">I
                        am using WPS2 with a fairly long password. I
                        tried using WPS3 but found that some of my
                        devices don’t support WPS3, yet, so I had to
                        drop back to WPS2. The router’s firmware is up
                        to date (it’s actually a new Netgear RAX70
                        router). The TV is actually connected over
                        Ethernet, not WiFi, and is fully up-to-date. The
                        only apps I’ve installed on the TV are standard
                        streaming apps, like Hulu, Prime, Netflix,
                        Disney+ etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">I
                        use the FING app to monitor the network,
                        although I don’t have their hardware device.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Stan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">
                              Robert Primak <<a
                                href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">bobprimak@yahoo.com</a>>
                              <br>
                              <b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 17, 2022 4:33
                              PM<br>
                              <b>To:</b> Stan Rose <<a
                                href="mailto:stan_rose@alum.mit.edu"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">stan_rose@alum.mit.edu</a>><br>
                              <b>Cc:</b> Lex Computer Group <<a
                                href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>>;
                              <a href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carllazarus@comcast.net</a><br>
                              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer &
                              Tech Group/LCTG] Scammers are so creative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                        </div>
                      </div>
                      <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                      <div>
                        <div>
                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Stan
                              -- </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">I
                              assume all your devices, especially that
                              Smart TV, have their own internal
                              security, receive signed firmware updates
                              only, and do not do WiFi "over the air"
                              updates. And that all devices are using
                              WPA2 or WPA3 encryption. I also assume
                              that WPS (WiFi Protected Setup, which can
                              bypass your network security and has known
                              malicious exploits) is turned off in your
                              router and on all connected devices.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">If
                              any of these conditions was not met, you
                              may have your answer right there. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Otherwise,
                              somewhere, somehow you may have clicked on
                              something else which was not genuine, or
                              downloaded and installed a malicious app
                              into the smart TV. Without auditing your
                              Smart TV and your network in person,we
                              can't offer anything more definite or more
                              specific. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Hiding
                              the network SSID no longer works for
                              providing extra security. Hackers know how
                              to unhide hidden networks these days. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">There
                              are security appliances you can buy for
                              $$$ but these really are leveraging the
                              same security measures we can apply for
                              ourselves. We can limit the number of open
                              ports in our routers and modems, but this
                              is a bit more tedious and technical than
                              many of us want to do for ourselves. Some
                              home network security suites include port
                              stealthing. Most of these apps cost
                              subscription money. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">--
                              Bob Primak </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                        </div>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On
                                Monday, October 17, 2022 at 12:05:20 PM
                                EDT, Stan Rose <<a
                                  href="mailto:stan_rose@alum.mit.edu"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext">stan_rose@alum.mit.edu</a>>
                                wrote: </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <div>
                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                <div>
                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                </div>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                </div>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Anyone
                                      know how they pulled that off?</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Stan</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                </div>
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                                  <p class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                        <p
                                          class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On
                                            Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 12:51
                                            AM Robert Primak <<a
                                              href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com"
                                              target="_blank"
                                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                                              class="moz-txt-link-freetext">bobprimak@yahoo.com</a>>
                                            wrote:</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <blockquote
                                        style="border:none;border-left:solid
                                        #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in
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6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
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                                          <div>
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                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Be
                                                  safe out there! </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">--
                                                  Bob Primak </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p
                                                class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                            </div>
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                                            id="yiv9060442475m_3216857231903204993yahoo_quoted_6117285019">
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                                                <p
                                                  class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On
                                                    Sunday, October 16,
                                                    2022 at 10:09:14 PM
                                                    EDT, <<a
                                                      href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net"
                                                      target="_blank"
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carllazarus@comcast.net</a>> wrote: </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p
                                                  class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <p
                                                  class="yiv9060442475msonormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                              </div>
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                                                  id="yiv9060442475m_3216857231903204993yiv7713810109">
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                                                    <div>
                                                      <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">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.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                      <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                      <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">--
                                                          Carl</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                      <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                      <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Carl
                                                          Lazarus</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                      <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">H:
                                                          617-964-7241</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                      <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><a
href="mailto:carllazarus@comcast.net" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carllazarus@comcast.net</a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                      <p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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