NCIC Phone Scam

Jul 14, 10 NCIC Phone Scam

Posted by Nelson in All, Featured, Puerto Rico, Scams

I was scammed, twice, by Network Communications International Corp. (NCIC). Here is how the scam works. My wife was in town and she couldn’t find a working pay phone, even tough she had plenty of spare change. So she made a collect call to me that lasted maybe, 30-seconds. It went like this: My wife: “I just got out, come pick...

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XP Antivirus 2008

Jun 23, 08 XP Antivirus 2008

Posted by Nelson in All, Internet, Scams

The Internet to most, like me, is familiar territory by now, so we can navigate its more stormy areas with ease. But many, like my wife's uncle, are not that savvy. I am the tech that keeps his computer running. And I have installed software like AVG's free antivirus and have helped him to understand it enough to use it himself. But...

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