Tuesday
Dear Elsie,
Today was the day I had the 2nd scam attempt in the last week, so I thought I’d write about it so others can be warned!
The first one was a work one. Someone from Nigeria took a random email address and put the Managing Director of the company for whom I work as the name of the sender. This is what it looked like. I’ve taken out Diane’s surname but she’s the MD. I just saw her name and didn’t notice that it came from the wrong email address. I just read the email.
Diane is very innovative and it’s common for her to be using technology to make us more efficient and I thought she was trying something out with her technology team. It was entirely plausible. English was fine – no glaring errors.
So I replied, Sure, and dropped in my cell number.
Then came the Whatsapp. I immediately smelt a rat. It asked for me to go as soon as possible and buy some gift cards. I am sorry I didn’t take a screen shot so I could post it here, but I blocked it and reported it. The number was +234 8124585956 – Nigerian.
So watch out for that one.
The next Scam was an invite from someone on Instagram. Now I’m always deleting and blocking invites from good looking men who claim to be in the US army, have a cat, a kind heart and 2 adorable grandchildren. They are scamsters preying on women in the hope to get some money out of them. Yesterday’s was slightly different. I got an invite from a guy who had won a huge amount of money and was very generously going to give some of it away. Ja, right.
Interestingly, Dave Johnson exists. He did win the powerball. Only this dave_johnson5413 is not him. It’s someone using his name to get my details so he can say he will send me $30k, but all I need to do is something like send him the bank admin fee and the money will be mine! I found this story on CBS17.com
Don’t be lured in. It’s a scam. If it looks too good to be true it most likely is.
It’s been a good day for Raiku and Claw’d. They got a little balcony time, but more than that, I introduced them to the front courtyard as well as the courtyard off Mike’s study. Claw’d has claimed David as his favourite port of call. This photo was last night.
And tonight, he’s in the same spot.
The experts say to keep new cats inside for 2 weeks. Today is 5 days so we have some time to go before they are allowed outside with no supervision. They have got a really unusual routine. They wake early and play and eat, then from about 9am to 3pm they retreat to their hiding places and pretty much sleep. Then they come out to play, wrestle, stretch, eat some more and hang out in the lounge or my bedroom. They are around until we go to bed, at which stage I herd them back to Mike’s study and close the door. Then we can get some sleep. For all I know, they could be awake all night. At least we sleep uninterrupted by flying fur from feline friends.
I worked about 6 hours and with work being a little quieter, I also got to take Julian to the airport.
Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx