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no_hypocrisy

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1. I clicked for more info on a post on FB (not my Friends)

Reply to Tetrachloride (Original post)

Sat Aug 13, 2022, 06:00 PM

Aug 2022

and I was transferred to a page that told me that my computer was now in danger of a Trojan virus. I couldn't click off the page. They gave a Microsoft phone # for help.

Yes, I knew better than to call it. (Phish, phony, etc.)

I hit Control + W to make the screen go away.

I was lucky.

Don't click unless you know the site.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

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Privacy by you on Facebook. Do not answer quizzes. [View all] Tetrachloride Aug 2022 OP

I clicked for more info on a post on FB (not my Friends) no_hypocrisy Aug 2022 #1

My roommate called that number. Essentially he was Tetrachloride Aug 2022 #2

I cringe every time I see the "results" from a family member. QED Aug 2022 #3

So many people I know MuseRider Aug 2022 #4