20 March (Part 2) - Beware of scams
I receive remarkably little spam email, almost none in fact and that is because I am able to take
precautions and protect the various addresses I use. It’s the same with the
landline, no nuisance calls get through to me but it seems to be impossible to protect a mobile number.
I used not to give the number to anyone but the banks and some retailers now
demand it; and they must leak it and so the number spreads around. I have never
actually been involved in a road accident but my phone tells me I have every week or two.
Last week the following messages arrived and the first was momentarily
concerning because I was due a first ever package from HMV - they were cheaper
than Amazon. Then I remembered that my excellent postman had handed me the parcel earlier in the day.
As for PayPal, I am not even absolutely sure what it is. I have never used it and certainly wouldn’t open an account with them.
