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One of the recurring scams you’ll run across on Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, and anywhere where a scammer can operate is the free PS5 or free high end notebook. Substitute any free item really, the scam is the same.
There’s usually a backstory on the gaming systems about how either their kid died and they want someone to get enjoyment from the thing, their kid is terrible and they want them to suffer. The backstory on the notebook is usually cheating husband/wife/whatever and now it’s time for revenge in a fashion in which you actually are agreeing to be part of an illegal transaction (you can’t give someone else’s stuff away, that’s called stealing).
But illegalities aside, you know it’s a scam but what is the scam?
Comes down to it costing $20 or so to ship because even though they’re local somehow this laptop, gaming system, etc requires shipping and possibly an insurance fee against damage and you have to pay it to the scammer. Now, $20 or so for mailing doesn’t seem like a lot for them to gain, but they’re doing it to a whole lot of people simultaneously. Quite often you’re paying a compromised Paypal/Venmo/cash app that the owner isn’t aware yet they’re involved in scamming people.
In my neighborhood we had people offering to purchase homeless people’s identity for use on Cash App / Venmo / etc to use as a “legitimate” looking cash app tunnel for a few hundred dollars. It’s fairly easy to get a formerly legit identity and when you go after the person, well, they sold that to someone else and what are you going to take from them?
Short of it becomes are you going to spend 8-12 hours fighting with PayPal or Mastercard over being scammed $30? File a police report? At least some people are not, saying something to the effect of they didn’t get that much and I’ll be smarter in the future, and thus we have a thriving scam running barely checked until the end of time.
It falls under Advance Fee scams although that page (run by the US govt evidently,) doesn’t address it exactly.
How to identify a scam – what is that free dead kid PS5, or cheating husband Mac notebook? by Paul E King first appeared on Pocketables.
Had an interesting thing happen earlier in the day and that is that every time I opened Chrome my camera notification came on.
I’ll save the long an unnecessary SEO improving pages of why you should be scared of the camera kicking on…
I killed all my chrome tabs, killed chrome, and every time I would come in the camera notification would kick back on.
Earlier in the day I had accessed a web page sent by car insurance people that had me line my car up and take pictures of some damage, and I highly suspect that was where this started as I had to answer yes to allowing Chrome to access the camera to take photos.
Why Chrome kept accessing the camera even with all the tabs closed, I don’t know. It has no need for it other than to report body damage to my car.
There seemed to be no extensions running, no weirdness, but no matter what I do the camera active icon pops on when opening chrome. To disable / calm my paranoia down, I went into app permissions and revoked the camera permission I had granted it earlier in the day and now things are back to normal.
Or my phone’s been hacked because T-Mobile wouldn’t get me the critical firmware update until yesterday.
Whatever the case, the fix appears to be to manually revoke permissions.
Chrome triggering camera? How it happened to me / fix by Paul E King first appeared on Pocketables.
One of the recurring scams you’ll run across on Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, and anywhere where a scammer can operate is the free PS5 or free high end notebook. Substitute any free item really, the scam is the same.
There’s usually a backstory on the gaming systems about how either their kid died and they want someone to get enjoyment from the thing, their kid is terrible and they want them to suffer. The backstory on the notebook is usually cheating husband/wife/whatever and now it’s time for revenge in a fashion in which you actually are agreeing to be part of an illegal transaction (you can’t give someone else’s stuff away, that’s called stealing).
But illegalities aside, you know it’s a scam but what is the scam?
Comes down to it costing $20 or so to ship because even though they’re local somehow this laptop, gaming system, etc requires shipping and possibly an insurance fee against damage and you have to pay it to the scammer. Now, $20 or so for mailing doesn’t seem like a lot for them to gain, but they’re doing it to a whole lot of people simultaneously. Quite often you’re paying a compromised Paypal/Venmo/cash app that the owner isn’t aware yet they’re involved in scamming people.
In my neighborhood we had people offering to purchase homeless people’s identity for use on Cash App / Venmo / etc to use as a “legitimate” looking cash app tunnel for a few hundred dollars. It’s fairly easy to get a formerly legit identity and when you go after the person, well, they sold that to someone else and what are you going to take from them?
Short of it becomes are you going to spend 8-12 hours fighting with PayPal or Mastercard over being scammed $30? File a police report? At least some people are not, saying something to the effect of they didn’t get that much and I’ll be smarter in the future, and thus we have a thriving scam running barely checked until the end of time.
It falls under Advance Fee scams although that page (run by the US govt evidently,) doesn’t address it exactly.
How to identify a scam – what is that free dead kid PS5, or cheating husband Mac notebook? by Paul E King first appeared on Pocketables.
Had an interesting thing happen earlier in the day and that is that every time I opened Chrome my camera notification came on.
I’ll save the long an unnecessary SEO improving pages of why you should be scared of the camera kicking on…
I killed all my chrome tabs, killed chrome, and every time I would come in the camera notification would kick back on.
Earlier in the day I had accessed a web page sent by car insurance people that had me line my car up and take pictures of some damage, and I highly suspect that was where this started as I had to answer yes to allowing Chrome to access the camera to take photos.
Why Chrome kept accessing the camera even with all the tabs closed, I don’t know. It has no need for it other than to report body damage to my car.
There seemed to be no extensions running, no weirdness, but no matter what I do the camera active icon pops on when opening chrome. To disable / calm my paranoia down, I went into app permissions and revoked the camera permission I had granted it earlier in the day and now things are back to normal.
Or my phone’s been hacked because T-Mobile wouldn’t get me the critical firmware update until yesterday.
Whatever the case, the fix appears to be to manually revoke permissions.
Chrome triggering camera? How it happened to me / fix by Paul E King first appeared on Pocketables.
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As the newest arena shooter on the charts, XDefiant is yet another great choice if you love playing with friends. But, whether they’re friends you already have or friends you’ve yet to meet, your Display Name is the first impression anyone will have of you. Luckily, changing your Ubisoft name is simple and easy!
Read on to discover exactly how to change your Ubisoft display name so your friends can find you on XDefiant!
Display names in multiplayer games are a great way to show who you are. Whether you opt for a version of your name, or something funny and memorable, it’s important to pick something that resembles you. Just remember not to choose any words the system won’t allow!
Once you’re on the XDefiant home screen, go to Ubisoft Connect and click it. From here, you’ll need to scroll down to Account Management. Your username will appear at the top of the box, and from here, you can change your display name.
For Ubisoft, you can change your display name once every 30 days. So, make sure you’ve typed exactly what you want before hitting confirm, as you don’t want to be saddled with a mistake for a month!
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The Symbiote suit in Spider-Man 2 is very cool looking and for sure one of the best new additions to the series. Despite the suit looking so iconic, sometimes looking at the same color might become boring.
Luckily, the game allows you to change the Symbiote Tendril colors quite easily. We will be looking at how you can do that in Spider-Man 2.
To change the Symbiote Tendril color, you will need to go to the game’s settings. The game’s settings can be found through the Settings option in the pause menu. You can open up the pause menu using the Options button on your PS5 controller.
Next, you will need to select the Gameplay Settings option. All gameplay-related settings that you can alter can be found here.
Once you are in Gameplay Settings, scroll all the way down and you will find Swing Assists. The Tendril Color option is the last one right at the bottom. You can scroll through the colors and pick the one you like. Just back out from the settings and the color will now be changed.
You can alter this setting whenever you like. So if you don’t like the new color, just go back and change it through the Gameplay Settings.
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In Nexus War Civilization, if you’re going to rebuild your city, you need resources. That takes a considerable amount of effort, time, and manpower. Luckily, with just a few Nexus War Civilization codes, you can start off on the right foot.
Codes are a fantastic way to get resources in the game, which is incredibly handy if you just started playing. Naturally, you should redeem them in Nexus War Civilization before they expire.
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