Tag: cell phone

• Is Your Cell Phone Number Being Used in a Scam?

  

  Mine is — and I can’t stop it  In March, the IRS contacted me to let me know someone had filed my taxes for me. Someone had finagled the math on a tax return to get a refund in my name. Worse, someone had gotten enough of my personal information to file as me. I was frightened. What…

  Sara

  September 15, 2020

  identity theft, phishing, protection, scam

  caller ID spoofing, cell phone, identity theft, smart phone

• Held hostage by a cell phone…

  It was the first day of NaBloPoMo, and I was trapped inside a McDonalds without a computer, without even a sheet of paper and a pencil. NaBloPoMo is National Blog Posting Month, and the first time I heard of it (and immediately attempted it) was last November. The goal is simple: Post something – a…

  Sara

  November 2, 2014

  blogging, character, Humor, life

  cell phone, downloads, McDonalds, NaBloPoMo

• A call from the past…

  This year I entered the land of the living and bought a phone that was smarter than me. Similar to how I use my brain and my gym membership, I use my smartphone to about 10 percent of its capacity. Maybe. I text, I check email, I “like” friends’ statuses on Facebook, I monitor my…

  Sara

  December 31, 2013

  life, memories

  Bell Telephone, cell phone, cell phones, NaBloPoMo, pay phone, pay phones, smartphones