Another Computer Scam

On May 10, 2017, my wife was called by a person claiming to be a representative of VIPRE, a provider of computer security software. The person said the company was going out of business and wanted to refund money she recently paid for a VIPRE software upgrade. The person wanted to do a direct deposit in the amount of $399.00 into her bank account. She allowed them into the account. They then appeared to deposit the amount of $3999.00. Afterwards the person said they'd made an error on the decimal point and, not being able to do a withdrawal, wanted me to send them a money order in the amount of $3600 to repay the excess deposited. When she told them she wouldn't do that they gained control of her computer mouse so she couldn't break contact with them. She was however able to regain control by another means and broke off contact. She then checked her bank account and the $3999.00 had magically disappeared. 

Phone Number of scammer: 888-406-8710

No email given but a helpline number of 850-78-0678 was given as a help line by scammer.

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Brief description:

Can a young woman who’s seen her family slain by renegade Indians come to love one of them?

It’s 1781. While the Revolutionary War winds down east of the Allegheny Mountains, in western Pennsylvania, a tribe of Delaware Indians take to the warpath. A 19 year old girl, Rebecca Walker, witnesses the killing of her parents and brother by a raiding party and is captured herself. After unsuccessful escape attempts, she falls in love with a member of the tribe, Mamalachgook. She convinces him to run away with her; but further adventure awaits Rebecca.

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Brief description:

Imagine being one of a 7-man team in the middle of a jungle where any person you might encounter will try to kill you.  This is enemy territory, inhabited by an unknown number of enemy combatants.  You might encounter 1 or 2 of the Viet Cong or North Vietnamese Army or just as easily 50 or more.  In addition, there is the danger of man-eating tigers and poisonous snakes!

Your mission is to find the enemy without them finding you.  You are to report their position so that artillery batteries, bombers or helicopter gunships can destroy them without risking the lives of infantrymen in a hazardous jungle assault.  You must keep quiet lest you be detected.  The brush is so thick it’s hard not snap twigs or crunch brush.  You find a trail; but you can’t walk on it because it may be booby-trapped with land mines. What sort of men would willingly undertake such a mission?

Swift, Silent & Deadly tells the story of Recon Marine heroes in Vietnam.  Many of the men covered in the book are no longer with us.  Some were casualties of war. Others just haven’t survived the years that have passed since the end of the war.  There are still plenty around to tell their story, however, and some of those are included in this book

This afternoon I heard a noise on the patio. My wife had a plastic container where she stored sunflower seeds for the birds. Squirrels gnawed their way into it before to get at the seeds. This time the container was empty. There was, however a plastic cup inside Judi uses to scoop out the seeds. This afternoon a squirrel tried to run off with it.