How to stay safe from email and website scams
In January 2019 Cheshunt Computer Club member Martin Bailey gave a presentation showcasing various common scams, what to look for and how you can stay safe. This has now been made into a video.
In January 2019 Cheshunt Computer Club member Martin Bailey gave a presentation showcasing various common scams, what to look for and how you can stay safe. This has now been made into a video.
The phone rings, you answer, and someone says they are from Microsoft and have detected a virus on your PC. What next?
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We all get them. Emails from our bank, PayPal, eBay, Skype etc, all telling us that we've received a file/payment or that something's gone wrong and we need to log in to address the issue. But which are real and which are fake?
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Laura Trott Leisure Centre
Windmill Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9AJ