@jeffwM to News • edit-21 year agoGen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents dowww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square167arrow-up1562arrow-down141cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up1521arrow-down1external-linkGen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents dowww.vox.com@jeffwM to News • edit-21 year agomessage-square167cross-posted to: technology
minus-squareQueen HawlSeralinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIt was someone pretending to be a valve employee who had shut the account down for suspicious activity and said that restoring it would cost $200. In reality the account was still active it was just spamming people with the same scam
minus-squareQueen HawlSeralinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYeah, never pay these creeps, just contact REAL staff and explain what happened
Was it a ransom?
It was someone pretending to be a valve employee who had shut the account down for suspicious activity and said that restoring it would cost $200. In reality the account was still active it was just spamming people with the same scam
damn
Yeah, never pay these creeps, just contact REAL staff and explain what happened