chat window on NGC web site 0

[Just1hoein]

hello everybody i was just on the NGC web site and a chat window popped up with somebody that said they will give me an appraisal and there was a fee of five dollars and it was payable with paypal when i went to pay the five dollar price had changed to $70.00 is this a scam or is it legit?

Edited January 9, 2023 by Just1hoein

[J P M]

On 1/9/2023 at 10:40 AM, Just1hoein said:

hello every body i was just on the NGC web site and a chat window popped up with somebody that said they will give me an appraisal and there was a fee of five dollars and it was payable with paypal when i went to pay the five dolklar price had changed to $70.00 is this a scam or is it lejit?

Wow.  I never heard of that one before?

Edited January 9, 2023 by J P M

[Just1hoein]

yeah and so i hit the back button and now i cant seem to get the link back sounds fishy to me too 

 

[Just1hoein]

On 1/9/2023 at 7:46 AM, J P M said:

Wow.  I never heard of that one before?

yeah mee too i hope i wasint hacked on my paypal for $70.00

Edited January 9, 2023 by Just1hoein

[Just1hoein]

On 1/9/2023 at 7:52 AM, Just1hoein said:

yeah mee too i hope i wasint hacked on my paypal for $70.00

it was a little bit sneaky if you ask me they could have just quoted the price in the first place i don't mind paying for a service like that but not when they get all squirrely on me and say one thing and do another when your back is turned

 

[J P M]

On 1/9/2023 at 10:52 AM, Just1hoein said:

yeah mee too i hope i wasint hacked on my paypal for $70.00

PayPal has a lot of safety's. Just go to a different log in and check your account.  

[Just Bob]

That sounds like a scam. If I were you, I would contact PayPal immediately. I would also let NGC know by email, or by posting on the Ask NGC forum, that this occurred on their website. They may not can stop things like this from happening, but at least they will know about it.

[Coinbuf]

That was 100% a scam, NGC is an upstanding company and does not operate like that.   I would be sure and do as Bob suggested.

[Sandon]

   As it doesn't look like anyone else has had this problem on this site, it may be @Just1hoein's computer that has been compromised.  Although I'm not a computer expert, I would recommend that he run a scan with current antivirus and antimalware software to hopefully identify and eliminate any such problems.  He should also activate pop-up blockers on his browser if he has not already done so.

[VKurtB]

I use iOS devices exclusively for communication these days and they can all be “purified” by hard restarting them. 

[pigeonman333rd]

Be aware of lexus nexus they tried to charge my pay pal account for $1,444.

[pigeonman333rd]

baidu popups are bad to the virus quarantined on my computer is DRC

[pigeonman333rd]

Just1hoein if you do get a virus don't send you computer to HP China just get a new one like I did get one of you Chemistry buddies to soak it in sf and dispose of the computer.

[EagleRJO]

On 1/19/2023 at 4:31 AM, pigeonman333rd said:

just get a new one like I did

Why not just restore the drive or wipe it with a factory reset instead of trashing the whole computer.

[pigeonman333rd]

Didn't know you could do that why hasn't anyone suggested that?

[EagleRJO]

It just happened to me by chance. This isn't a computer tech forum.

[VKurtB]

On 1/19/2023 at 6:00 PM, EagleRJO said:

Why not just restore the drive or wipe it with a factory reset instead of trashing the whole computer.

Just ask Hillary Clinton’s IT guy about Bleach Bit.