this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2025
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Failed scam attempt. I've worked for geeksquad for years. We never used "O" for 0. And we certainly never had a product called "CyberCore Shield - 48937" ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] TokenEffort 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah that's the point. They want to find vulnerable people who aren't knowledgeable. Then they use scare tactics to make them pay.

If I recall correctly they would say the charge went through and they need to refund you, install a remote desktop program, make you log in to your bank then hide your screen with the program. They'll take money from your savings and put it in your checking then inspect element to say it's from geek squad, then say they overpaid!!! oh no!! And that if you keep that money you're getting deported or imprisoned! So you need to buy gift cards and send it to them, with your own money. It's horrible. Just get a fucking job.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You watch Jim Browning Kitboga, don't ya? Lol

[โ€“] TokenEffort 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I also went down a rabbit hole of this stuff on some old school forums ages ago lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It's good to educate yourself on this stuff

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Was there meant to be an an image attached to this post? Maybe you can edit the post and add it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is and I can see it on both Voyager, Jerboa and the browser. Here it is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Hmm, I use Connect. I guess I'll open a bug report. Thanks!