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Jeremy Falcon20-Dec-17 2:42

Jeremy Falcon

20-Dec-17 2:42

Ha ha. Great minds think alike.

Jeremy Falcon

DaveAuld19-Dec-17 23:21

DaveAuld

19-Dec-17 23:21

I get another Dave Auld's emails relating to;

Nat West Mortgage Account
Sky TV Sub
Various Clubs

because they have used a wrong gmail address.

I managed to unsubscribe from some of the easier ones, but just can't get the NatWest and Sky ones to stop! It makes for interesting reading, particular when they were behind with payments a couple of times! Unsure | :~

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Richard Deeming20-Dec-17 2:57

Richard Deeming

20-Dec-17 2:57

Maybe time to start making noises about GDPR? If they're sending someone else's personal data to the wrong person, they're not going to be compliant.

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lopatir20-Dec-17 0:15

lopatir

20-Dec-17 0:15

I got an email from Bank of America (which I have no business with),
wanna swap? I think they mixed up their email addresses.

Not that I have a netflix either but I figure if we all start swapping these message around it'll finally get to the right person.
It's the time of the year to do good deeds isn't it?

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Jeremy Falcon20-Dec-17 2:41

Jeremy Falcon

20-Dec-17 2:41

glennPattonWork wrote:
1) I don't have a Netflix's account

Then how the hell you plan on having booty calls then sir!!?

Jeremy Falcon

GuyThiebaut20-Dec-17 2:42

GuyThiebaut

20-Dec-17 2:42

I once opened an account with smile bank which is an online bank.
Half an hour after I had done that I got a phone call from someone saying they were from the bank asking me to confirm my username and password - I politely told them to bogoff and asked them if many people refused to hand over these details.

My surprise was their answer 'Yes, only a few people refuse to give us their user names and passwords."
I asked them to let their manager know that it was ridiculous to ask for security details.

I think the call was genuine, however perhaps the biggest crime they committed was in giving their clients the idea that it was safe to hand over credentials via an incoming call.

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jeron120-Dec-17 4:25

jeron1

20-Dec-17 4:25

I received a text supposedly from an area cable/internet provider (that I have never used), that they renewed my subscription for $436(USD) WTF | :WTF:

and to click on the provider link, which is an impossible task for my flip phone (yes, that's right a flip phone). Still though I had to confirm my credit card balances, an unnecessary pain in the @ss.

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jsc4220-Dec-17 22:25

jsc42

20-Dec-17 22:25

glennPattonWork wrote:
) I was addressed by my Email address rather the Dear Mr Patton

I once had an email addressed to my password!
That was several years ago when I had one password used on all internet locations. I now have a formula for my passwords (no, I'm not telling you what it is) which will enable me to work out which a/c has been hacked if I ever get a similar occurrence in the future.

Free games

Jochen Arndt19-Dec-17 21:32

19-Dec-17 21:32

For the PC game players here.

Ubisoft gives away three games for free: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Watch Dogs, and World in Conflict: Happy Playdays 2017[^].

A_Griffin19-Dec-17 21:35

A_Griffin

19-Dec-17 21:35

For the uninitiated, what does "on uPlay PC" mean /require...?

Jochen Arndt19-Dec-17 21:50

19-Dec-17 21:50

You have to register (or use an existing account) and install Uplay. That is the Ubisoft game portal application from where you can download and start games, and manage your account.

A_Griffin19-Dec-17 22:02

A_Griffin

19-Dec-17 22:02

OK, ta... as you can gather, I'm not much into these... haven't played a PC game in anger for 20 odd years... I go back to the original Wolfenstein, and then Doom and Quake a few years later... I quite enjoyed Wolfenstein, and the others were OK, but I found myself feeling so "wired" (for want of a better word) after playing that I soon gave up on them. IT wasn't a nice feeling - on edge and tense.... weird, really - but it wasn't nice or fun. Maybe they're different now.... but finding the time for them now is another matter - I seem to recall hours could pass....

Dan Neely20-Dec-17 3:03

Dan Neely

20-Dec-17 3:03

It's their crappy knockoff of Steam.

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HobbyProggy19-Dec-17 21:48

HobbyProggy

19-Dec-17 21:48

Oh thanks, watch dogs is still missing in my library.

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Mike (Prof. Chuck)19-Dec-17 22:11

Mike (Prof. Chuck)

19-Dec-17 22:11

Watch Dogs has been free for several weeks now - but I still don't own Assassin's Creed.
Thanks for pointing this out!

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OriginalGriff19-Dec-17 22:18

OriginalGriff

19-Dec-17 22:18

They don't make it easy, do they?
I've lost count of the number of times I've logged in - on the same PC, using the same browser - and finally worked out how to access the UPlay launcher: find the download link, and right click it, then select "open in a new window". Then it'll download.
My confidence in their games is not high ... Laugh | :laugh:

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Jochen Arndt19-Dec-17 22:47

19-Dec-17 22:47

Uplay was already installed here.

But you have to login on the web page to get the games. Did not found the passord anymore; so I had to reset it in Uplay. Configured for 2-factor auth. Had to pick up the mobile to get the GoogleAuthenticator code and enter it, set new password, login on web page ...

At least people like us should be able to get it finally Laugh | :laugh:

Munchies_Matt19-Dec-17 22:21

Munchies_Matt

19-Dec-17 22:21

Jochen Arndt wrote:
Free games

today...

Name that song! Smile | :)

den2k8819-Dec-17 23:02

den2k88

19-Dec-17 23:02

Woah thanks, this evening I will take them!

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dandy7220-Dec-17 3:44

dandy72

20-Dec-17 3:44

So...you are allowed to play those games beyond that Dec 18-23 timeframe, or is that just the time during which you can download the games for free? With my connection speed, I probably won't even be done downloading the games...

Jochen Arndt20-Dec-17 3:50

20-Dec-17 3:50

The time frame is for getting them via the provided link. They are added to your games and can be played forever. I would also expect that you just have to add them to your account and can download them even after the time frame like which any game from an account (can be removed to free disk space and downloaded again later to be played once more).