LALG Shop, c/o Create Community, 25 Commerce Way, Garden Square Shopping Centre SG6 3DN.
We meet in the LALG Shop to help with smartphones, tablets, social media, online banking, etc.
Content Editors welcomed for help with editing group web pages, adding events/articles.
We have the facility at meetings to take card payments or receive cheques for joining or renewing membership.
Booking ahead essential, with a brief description of help required, so we can make sure we have the right person to help with a specific issue.
Scroll down for some useful articles related to living in an online world.
This article from Which? talks about spear-phishing, where scammers obtain your personal data in many ways – from data breaches to trawling social media and then send threatening messages demanding money.
If you receive a scam email claiming to have access to your data, don't engage with the scammer. You can report the email by forwarding it to report@phishing.gov.uk. It's important to not respond to these scam messages.
The article contains lots more useful advice.
Which? has published an article about fake parking tickets.
Remember that if you get an email or text claiming to come from any official body, ask yourself how they got your contact details. And whether that is the contact method they would use.
Whenever you suspect a scam, go to a search engine (Google, Safari, Duck Duck Go etc) and type in "scam about xxx". Or ring the organisation involved (such as your bank) to check the message really was from them.
New rules introduced in October 2024 will compel banks to refund money stolen from your account through a scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/
Some members of our group are now on Facebook. Our thanks to Amy for this handy How To guide.
