My daughter sent me a copy of an email from "Norton" with an invoice for Norton Total Protection (hah hah) $470 but if I wanted to cancel the subscription and get reimbursed for the expenditure all I needed to do was call the number. I used Windows 11 in a Virtual Machine and clearly the scammer had never seen Windows 11. About all he could do was get the fake blue update screen up, but not much else. He said he lived in Columbus Ohio. Close to I-90 I asked? He said yes, but as we all know I-90 is close to Cleveland, nowhere near Columbus. Rank amateur, I *almost* felt sorry for him. He also gave me his direct number, something usually not done. I will pass it around. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TY6_68iKtQ

My, my, this scammer loses his temper. I mean, really, the insignificance of a $500 refund compared with losing the price difference on 20,000 bushels of corn. Why could he not understand that. :)

I was messing around with Windows 7 and failed to hide that it was in a virtual box, something the last guy caught on to. He could not quite believe the transactions on the little bank and it's just possible he left not quite sure whether I was for real or not. I had to cut out a lot of dead air and some hacking coughs. :) Apologies for those I missed. Note re Youtube removal: My response: I have read through the guidelines and there is no bullying or harassing of anyone, let alone a protected group. There is also nothing personally identifiable. All the numbers and addresses are fictional. This is an educational video to show people the techniques scammers use to steal people's money. Perhaps the scammers themselves filed a complaint as they certainly do NOT want their victims to understand their processes. I urge you to rescind the removal. You claim this video makes the viewership less safe. To the contrary I think I and the viewers can make a much stronger case that viewing the video makes them SAFER because it helps understand how their money is stolen by scammers. Thank you.

Talked with Alex first who didn't quite get my desire to order (2) of the Pixcels [sic] but have them sent to me instead of the hackers who had infiltrated my account (which I did not have -- it's so confusing.) For whatever reason, he got kicked off by John Wilson who said I should ignore the calls from Alex. John is not a nice person and when I suggested calling my bank descended into obscenity. If you don't like to hear such language stop after he can't pronounce Ulysses because he begins a scatological tirade. Not for the faint-hearted. Made me feel really good though. :)