I have had ransome ware many times, it does not actually lock up my computer.
Bringing up task manager then kill the page or use task manager to shut down, if that fails shut down the computer using the power button.
Even after restart I clean all cache and cookies, run virus scans, and clean.
These ransomare sites mostly lock your browser, all other options with my computer are always available.
I never known it to be so serious for anyone.
Sorry about your Dad.
Topic: Fuck sakes, my 78 yr old dad fell for the biggest scam evar -NEW Update TODAY! - page 3. (Read 2511 times)
March 09, 2016, 05:25:14 PM
March 09, 2016, 05:22:04 PM
Dad doesn't seem to use Bitcoin that I remotely can fathom. He has never mentioned to me that he would use it. Sounds like he paid with a V/MC type card.
ANDDDDDD
He is allowing time to elapse to prove it wasn't a fucking scam. OMFG DOES HE EVER LEARN!? NO!!!
There is a Statute of Limitations, I believe on a V/MC card dispute and I have a sinking feeling that he
won't do anything until it runs out. Harebrained things have happened before but this
TAKES THE FUCKING CAKE!
ANDDDDDD
He is allowing time to elapse to prove it wasn't a fucking scam. OMFG DOES HE EVER LEARN!? NO!!!
There is a Statute of Limitations, I believe on a V/MC card dispute and I have a sinking feeling that he
won't do anything until it runs out. Harebrained things have happened before but this
TAKES THE FUCKING CAKE!
March 09, 2016, 05:15:51 PM
Did he by chance pay with a credit card or something he can dispute with his bank?
Scammers typically ask for Western Union or Bitcoin for this very reason...
Scammers typically ask for Western Union or Bitcoin for this very reason...
March 09, 2016, 05:12:51 PM
Update:
I called Mum back and said that I was never more sick and tired of this shit.
To indicate this I said "Soon as dad bought the computer at his age, I thought "Here we go"! Here we go as in many more
harebrained ideas and scams. Mum said he'd try to prove that it wasn't a scam. HOW!? I was like. Mum was like "Let him
prove it somehow." I got more angry. I hope that he doesn't somehow convince her, as I seriously think it is a goddamn
scam. My Dad plays with fire, so to speak and gets his crotch burned. Every. Time.
I called Mum back and said that I was never more sick and tired of this shit.
To indicate this I said "Soon as dad bought the computer at his age, I thought "Here we go"! Here we go as in many more
harebrained ideas and scams. Mum said he'd try to prove that it wasn't a scam. HOW!? I was like. Mum was like "Let him
prove it somehow." I got more angry. I hope that he doesn't somehow convince her, as I seriously think it is a goddamn
scam. My Dad plays with fire, so to speak and gets his crotch burned. Every. Time.
March 09, 2016, 05:02:27 PM
Maybe put some restrictions on it like you would a kid. You can get decent software for this. Just limit him to browsing, don't allow downloads, maybe allow Skype or his favourite apps, etc.
March 09, 2016, 04:43:07 PM
I try over and OVER again to teach him the GOD DAMN basics and he still won't catch on. Fuck sake he IS stubborn. I told him as much as
I knew and he either won't or doesn't somehow fucking catch on for God Sakes. Hell, Mum knows and smells a scam from MILES away. I told him,
no I SHOUTED at him to at least FUCKING CONTACT ME before calling a number posted on a locked computer with bars or whatever on it. Jeeez.
I would have fixed his goddamn motherfucking machine for a GODFORSAKEN LOT LESS than the CAD$600 price he paid to the fucking scammer.
I didn't feel shame as of yet, but so furious that I hollered, screamed and cursed, very much unlike most times. This is the worst fail by him that I
have evar encountered with him and his actions, or lack thereof.
I KNEW when dad got the computer that he'd be burned eventually. I FUCKING DAMN WELL KNOW NEVER PAY $600 to get my FUCKING computer "fixed".
I just had to be that fucking sitting duck by the lakeside watching the game slowly, unfold, crash and burn.
I knew and he either won't or doesn't somehow fucking catch on for God Sakes. Hell, Mum knows and smells a scam from MILES away. I told him,
no I SHOUTED at him to at least FUCKING CONTACT ME before calling a number posted on a locked computer with bars or whatever on it. Jeeez.
I would have fixed his goddamn motherfucking machine for a GODFORSAKEN LOT LESS than the CAD$600 price he paid to the fucking scammer.
I didn't feel shame as of yet, but so furious that I hollered, screamed and cursed, very much unlike most times. This is the worst fail by him that I
have evar encountered with him and his actions, or lack thereof.
I KNEW when dad got the computer that he'd be burned eventually. I FUCKING DAMN WELL KNOW NEVER PAY $600 to get my FUCKING computer "fixed".
I just had to be that fucking sitting duck by the lakeside watching the game slowly, unfold, crash and burn.
March 09, 2016, 04:33:42 PM
Teach him some basics and all will be fine.
March 09, 2016, 04:29:12 PM
So Mum, Dad and I go for coffee today and dad tells me that something happened in his computer that smelled SO MUCH of ransomware.
So I figure it WAS ransomware and it gave a phone number to call to get "rid" of it and unlock it. So dad calls the number and:
first of all, there are 10 voices talking 4 different languages in the background, AKA sounds of a boiler room.
Next, they got into his computer, he thinks,
No proper English,
Never heard of ransomware with a phone number attached to it until lately,
Cost was atrocious and didn't sound even remotely right
Claims to have been from Microsoft, AKA the Microsoft scam.
Actual cost of this was CAD $600!
Mom revealed to me what had happened that he hid from me earlier when I asked HER and not dad. Dad did not seem ashamed. I got so FUCKING MAD!
Dad finally "confessed to me after" to confirm this. Now he is out CAD $600.
I couldn't have been madder or my language at its worst around my parents, and I NEVER talk shit like that unless real true shit happens. I was saying pardon my French a few times.
I am so embarrassed for Mum. When Dad got that computer at his age, I KNEW dad was playing with fire,m I just knew it. Now he got burned.
I was a sitting duck on the lakeside watching this whole FUCKING affair crash and burn
So I figure it WAS ransomware and it gave a phone number to call to get "rid" of it and unlock it. So dad calls the number and:
first of all, there are 10 voices talking 4 different languages in the background, AKA sounds of a boiler room.
Next, they got into his computer, he thinks,
No proper English,
Never heard of ransomware with a phone number attached to it until lately,
Cost was atrocious and didn't sound even remotely right
Claims to have been from Microsoft, AKA the Microsoft scam.
Actual cost of this was CAD $600!
Mom revealed to me what had happened that he hid from me earlier when I asked HER and not dad. Dad did not seem ashamed. I got so FUCKING MAD!
Dad finally "confessed to me after" to confirm this. Now he is out CAD $600.
I couldn't have been madder or my language at its worst around my parents, and I NEVER talk shit like that unless real true shit happens. I was saying pardon my French a few times.
I am so embarrassed for Mum. When Dad got that computer at his age, I KNEW dad was playing with fire,m I just knew it. Now he got burned.
I was a sitting duck on the lakeside watching this whole FUCKING affair crash and burn
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