And Then, Wot To Believe…

   It’s been a busy time wot with one thing an’ another. Anyhoo, here’s a possibly unnecessary ‘warning’ to y’all.
   Recently, I’ve been receiving an Email from LinkedIn with the same subject line, every two or three daze. No idea. Just delete. Then, out of the blue, I got an Email from an almost forgotten buddy I worked with a very long, long time ago asking for help stating he was very ill and unable to use the inter-web thus asking if I’d go up that big river online shop and purchase a phone voucher for an equally ill relation of his. He’d send details of where to send voucher details and he’d reimburse me right away. Yeah, right. Delete. Had one of those? Be on your guard; after a quick search on Giggle I got some details here.
   Then a phone call from my neighbourhood energy advisor. Yet another yeah, right.
Damn! Is anything safe these daze? Do you have to think through every call and mail you receive? Consider every clicky thingy you’re about to do? Short answer, yes... Suspect phone call asking questions? Never answer and never, never answer ‘Yes’ as they record all and can edit calls and possibly use ‘yes’ for other nefarious purposes.
   Net result? Just in case, It all brought forward the annoying, time consuming, various critical password changing task.

Quote; Frank Stallone.

“Curiosity pulls people into the scam.”

And Then, Sorry For The Absence…

 ...but the urge to sit and tap stuff on the tap-top seems to be rapidly diminishing. As for the old saying early to bed early to rise makes a a man happy, wealthy and wise, well, hard to be happy with the state of things is it not? Wealthy as it’s tax paying month? As for the wise bit, wot does that even mean?
   Anyhoo, also recently had a couple of brushes with naughty stuff. First was a phone call pretending to be from a bank pertaining to the use of bank card at a supermarket. Y’all had one of those? Then an Email from DVLA stating I’m late paying my road tax. Even knowing it to be fake, I clicked the link to see how good a copy of the official Web sight it might be.
   Then it got interesting as, after doing the clicky bit, I was greeted by Fire-Fox showing me a bright red screen and text telling me they will NOT allow access as the address is very naughty.
   This got me thinking regards a world over crowded with scams and powered by computer. If a browser can spot and block a bad boy  you would think, as every phone number is known to land-line and mobile operators and Email providers likewise with addresses and with the modern might of computers showing they can find you in a heart beat if you send a supposedly naught tweet, that they’d be able to detect bad stuff and owners of bad numbers an’ such, block ‘em and alert the relevant authorities, right?

Quote; Joseph Addison.

“They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.”

And Then, Another Enters…

  In and out because y’all will have more to do today than looking into a Foggy Mirror, so here’s wishing one and all the very best wishes for the new year and remember, wot ever ‘they’ try to throw at us, always look on the bright side of life. Hard to do at times but give it a go, okay? All the best.

Quote; Bill Vaughan.

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”