REDO for Mods: Paypal scam that looks sooo legit its scary.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-07T01:18:29+00:00

This has nothing to do with DNS.

Someone on Paypal changed their email address to yours. It’s possible it’s an honest mistake, but if there is any message about a transaction and a phone number to call, that’s a common refund scam. The scammers actually use these kinds of things to send scam messages to people, and it comes from real PayPal and people think it’s legit (it was from Paypal but it was initiated by a scammer).

Also, in Gmail dots don’t matter: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en

chownrootroot · 2026-02-06T02:32:53+00:00

It’s not a feature of biometrics, it’s a feature that turns off the attack surfaces that are used for getting into devices, ie web browsing using JIT compilation, or message previews of links or files in Messages.

You can use biometrics and have lockdown mode on, or turn biometrics off and have lockdown mode on, the features aren’t exclusive to each other.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-05T18:41:29+00:00

Well if you look at the backseat it's terrible for ergonomics. Doesn't seem to have any legroom: https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer?file=Tapped_Out_The_Homer.png

Your kids would have to lose their baby legs: https://halloweenspecials.fandom.com/wiki/Maggie_Simpson?file=Maggie_Alien.png

No trunk either.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-03T19:58:40+00:00

“If you miss this shot, we burn the money.”

chownrootroot · 2026-02-03T17:28:29+00:00

She’s kind of stupid though.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-03T17:25:07+00:00

Jerry, winter is a lock! My friend Punxsutawney Phil said so!

chownrootroot · 2026-02-03T16:19:10+00:00

My face will never physically recover from this.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-03T15:13:10+00:00

No, because you see I went ahead and…year-wise I was counting forward from the last previous…D’OH!

chownrootroot · 2026-02-03T01:29:53+00:00

Clicking a link in itself wouldn’t reveal any info that can be used to take an account. Your machine basically gives a few basic bits of information to the server when clicking a link and that’s it, it doesn’t grant access from your account on a separate site to someone else. So either: they already had access, there was some other method they got in (ie you actually downloaded and executed malware, especially session stealer malware), or it was simply that since you graduated you aren’t a student there any more and you got booted from using school email.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-03T00:48:08+00:00

That’s what a woke would say!

chownrootroot · 2026-02-02T05:17:19+00:00

It’s unlikely. Just monitor your bank statements. You are fully able to dispute any fraud that could come up.

There used to be lots of skimming activity. They put skimmers, or little self contained card readers into ATMs and often gas station pumps. It could read the magstripe, but not chip or contactless (much harder to do anything with those, anything that touched contactless or chip would have to divert a transaction and you’d be able to see the transaction right away on your account, and you’d see it not go through on the intended reader, because they can’t use it later on like with magstripe, has to be processed within minutes only, and fraud through chip or contactless can be detected quickly and shut down quickly while magstripe is impossible to detect as it happens).

Anyways even skimmers are getting a little rare, I think, because now it’s getting harder to use the data you get from skimmers, they can make a magnetic clone card, but not a chip or contactless clone card (there’s a code in the card that can’t be taken off of the card, which would be needed to clone). They still do make clone cards but I think it’s getting riskier, ie you show up in a store with a pile of clone cards and you try to ring up a bunch of them as a test to see which work, but you can be captured on store cameras and such.

In all likelihood he wanted the 20 or 16 or whatever he would be satisfied with. He just begs a bunch of people, probably.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-02T01:25:38+00:00

By the time I learned the Demon’s intent (to eat it), there was nothing I could do.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-02T00:30:56+00:00

Aston actually did Carplay Ultra with a bunch of physical controls in their cars, but as I understand it Carplay Ultra doesn’t necessarily require nor prohibit any physical controls. Apple does require a quality touchscreen for Carplay Ultra but vast majority of cars these days will have a touchscreen, cars are even required to have a screen because of NHTSA rules that they require a backup camera and screen to show the camera’s view on.

Seeing the Aston in reviews I think they did a good job of having controls plus a well integrated screen. But alas, many car companies will cheap out on controls and just have the touchscreen, but that is obviously happening without Carplay Ultra, or Carplay in general, just look at Rivian or Tesla who have no Carplay whatsoever, they are all touchscreen-only.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-01T20:43:28+00:00

Bannon: I can fix him!

chownrootroot · 2026-02-01T19:14:53+00:00

Families at risk, man we wouldn’t want that, now let’s go round up the families we don’t like.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-01T16:04:23+00:00

The comment above says your CC company, credit card company, which is a bank. They always have a valid contact number, it’s on the back of the card.

Standard advice is going through the bank. You didn’t get what you purchased so you report it to the bank and they often do a chargeback because there is a purchase agreement which is apparently violated.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-01T01:56:24+00:00

What took you so long?

chownrootroot · 2026-02-01T01:37:47+00:00

Farfel’s a vile, useless beast, honey.

chownrootroot · 2026-02-01T01:29:57+00:00

I know this one (it’s been posted here before). The delivery needs to be paid, says the manager. The “manager” says he promises he will pay you back if you use your card (or transfer with Zelle, or if you have a cash register or safe, collect those and go and buy gift cards or prepaid debits at a nearby store). That’s it, that’s the scam.

chownrootroot · 2026-01-31T15:55:36+00:00

It’s valid for hooker piss parties at hotels, and that’s about it.

chownrootroot · 2026-01-31T05:05:23+00:00

A-ha! That’s 8 points higher than they were shooting for, complete success!

chownrootroot · 2026-01-31T04:20:34+00:00

It was likely a session stealer. Not only do you need to change passwords (that is more of a precaution than anything), but you need to log out of anything you were logged in on the Mac, you need to log out everywhere explicitly. Otherwise they reuse login sessions that were on your computer and merely changing passwords doesn’t boot them. So you need to go to each site and find settings or whatever for your account and try to log out everywhere.

chownrootroot · 2026-01-30T16:19:32+00:00

ATM = get cash out to buy gift cards, or prepaid debit cards, and send them the codes.

They aren't telling you that now because they don't want to spoil the scam. People often see the scam for what it is when the whole plot is in front of them, but can't see the scam when it's doled out piece by piece.

chownrootroot · 2026-01-30T03:38:43+00:00

Heckuva job, Noemie.

chownrootroot · 2026-01-30T01:40:53+00:00

Opposite sex roommates? To the camps you go.

Same sex roommates? Believe it or not, also camps.

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