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Senior Online Safety: Useful Tips to Stay Safe and Secure for Seniors, Both Online and Off
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Christopher Burgess brings his voice to Senior Online Safety with a practical guide for safety and security, both online and off. Regardless of age, you will find value in the content, as device configuration, practicing good cyber hygiene or being security aware has no age boundaries.
And while this is an online safety guide, included are descriptions and analyses of various criminal scams and techniques which are being used to prey upon all of us, both online and off; these range from the infamous “one-ring scam” to “identity theft.”
In two sections, the discussion on passwords and on anti-virus software, I make specific recommendations and/or draw from industry reviews which identify “best-of-class” products. Prevendra (the publisher) reached out and established direct relationships so as to avail these to you directly from the pages of this e-book.
And while this is an online safety guide, included are descriptions and analyses of various criminal scams and techniques which are being used to prey upon all of us, both online and off; these range from the infamous “one-ring scam” to “identity theft.”
In two sections, the discussion on passwords and on anti-virus software, I make specific recommendations and/or draw from industry reviews which identify “best-of-class” products. Prevendra (the publisher) reached out and established direct relationships so as to avail these to you directly from the pages of this e-book.
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Senior Online Safety - Christopher Burgess
Closing
Chapter 1 - The One Ring Scam
Know what to do when the phone rings once and the criminals reach out and touch you.
The infamous one-ring scam has been present since the first premium telephone service offering was provided by telephone companies and will be around as long as those numbers continue to be available. While no evidence has been availed which indicates the specific targeting of senior citizens, the bulk nature of the criminal’s modus operandi ensures that a good number of senior citizens will be caught up in the scam.
The One-Ring Scam Dissected
The hook: You receive a phone call on your cell or land line telephone. The caller allows the line to engage and ring one time. The caller then hangs up. Your caller-id shows the number from which the call originated. It may or may not, depending on your service provider,show you the geographic point of origin.
The play: You see the number and while you don’t recognize it, you immediately call the number back. When you do, the call is answered and you may be put on hold, or provided to a live person, or asked to listen to a recording – all have been encountered.
The payout: The owner of the phone number you just called back has one goal and one goal only, to keep your phone connected to their phone for as long as possible. The number which you called is a premium-call number
— a premium number for which the owner garners anywhere from $1 to $20+ per minute for your call from their telephone company. The criminal’s phone company receives its payment from your telephone company, and they collect the money from you via your telephone bill. The current (January-February 2014) rash of calls are originating from a number of Caribbean
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