Another scam !

This evening I have had an e.mail from Douglass (sic) Funeral Home in Dundee saying they had been asked to inform me that my friend (no name given) had passed away on the 23rd March and I should click on the link for details of how to pay my respects. Now, I currently have no friends in Dundee though I have a few who are from Dundee but the whole tone of the message sounded American so I googled the name - nothing in Dundee, Scotland but there is a Dundee in NY. No friends near there either so obviously a scam of some kind and I didn't activate the link.

I think this must qualify as the sickest piece of scam I have seen. My first thought was of a friend who has been very ill and has not replied to my last e.mail. I am sure we will all have friends or relatives who would spring to mind immediately and upsettingly. Hope no other Gransnetters get this message but please don't panic if you do.

Actually, jingl, you are allowed to have more than one sentence per post.

sorry for the surfeit of actuallys

(I haven't actually got a clue what Adobe Acrobat actually is either. )

I hope not NFK! I always "allow" those!

Aww sugar!

Adobe Acrobat are often popping up with updates. Are some of them fake?

You have FAKE Microsoft plus Adobe Reader all trying to add bits see my experience.
Go into internet options security and change settings to default.
Mick

Or say "Oh thank you for telling me that! I must get my IT manager onto it at once. Goodbye" and put down phone

You can have a bit of fun with this one by sounding really shocked. What, I've been infected with a virus, oh my goodness, what should I do, can you help me? They are so pleased you've fallen for it - until you tell them you don't have a computer. Small pleasures...

I keep it light though - the people doing the ringing up won't be the ones making money from the scam.

I've answered my son and his partner's phone to that scam on several occasions while I've been looking after their house. I always tell them that it can't be a problem with their PC because they have an Apple Mac. They haven't, but it does shut the caller up.

Thank you for putting it up. Just as well to keep it fresh in our minds.

They keep doing it, Tiggy as more people go online and are ready to be scared into taking them seriously. This scam has been around quite a while, but they must be making enough money out of it to be worth their while.