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Barefoot’s Lovely Aunty shares a shocking story
I’ve been doing a kitchen renovation. My builder, who I’ve known for many years, emailed me his invoice. What I didn’t know is that a scammer had intercepted the builder’s email and changed the bank details. I transferred the money, and kissed goodbye to my $11,000! The bank has not refunded me. Something good has to come from this, can you please share this with your readers?
Kochie Gets Into Bitcoin?
I have always liked David Kosch … and now he appears to be advertising Bitcoin trading. The ad promises, like other get-rich-quick schemes, instant wealth. My question is, though Bitcoin has recently crashed, is it OK now as the ad is saying?
Life-Changing Money
I am currently listening to a crowd who are selling a trading program to get into ‘call’ and ‘put’ options. I do not understand a thing about the stock market…
He Threatened to Kill Me
Hi Scott, I read your column on scams and wanted to share my story. I got a call a couple of years ago and knew straight away that it was a scam due to the guy’s funny accent, but I decided to play along for fun.
The Day My Dad Got a Viral STD
Hi Scott, Recently I noticed my elderly father had gone downhill, was very quiet and was looking a bit depressed. When I asked him, he told me that he was on a website he ‘probably shouldn’t have been’ on when the screen started to flash “YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH A VIRUS — DO NOT SHUT DOWN AS YOU WILL DAMAGE YOUR COMPUTER PERMANENTLY”.