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abqtommy

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6. Oddly enough, I use e-mail and pay bills online and very seldom get any e-mail spam.

Reply to AZLD4Candidate (Original post)

Sun Jan 23, 2022, 05:52 PM

Jan 2022

My live-in son (with the very poor vision) doesn't use e-mail and doesn't do any online
finances and every day I'm cleaning spam outta his 'puter. We just have to deal with
what comes our way.

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Since I have come back, I've gotten and seen a lot of scams that we're around before [View all] AZLD4Candidate Jan 2022 OP

Not on Kik, never even heard of it. Don't have Venmo/Cashapp, not on Snap or Instagram chia Jan 2022 #1

i get occasional 'unauthorized activity' text messages from 'banks'. mopinko Jan 2022 #2

In addition to the others listed... Archae Jan 2022 #3

A few zipplewrath Jan 2022 #4

Watch out for the Grandma/Grandpa scheme. vanlassie Jan 2022 #7

Agreed, about the proliferation of text spam on my cellphone. ShazzieB Jan 2022 #10

"Someone wants to talk" lol. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #5

Oddly enough, I use e-mail and pay bills online and very seldom get any e-mail spam. abqtommy Jan 2022 #6

I've never had children, there are none in the entire family. Runningdawg Jan 2022 #8

old school scams on landline Skittles Jan 2022 #9