Barb's Computer Virus

Barb got an email from Paypal saying she had two suspicious transactions for $200 each. When she phoned the number for Paypal she asked how were they able to access her account. The Paypal lady said that the fraudsters must have her account number and password.  She said that she would start an investigation about the fraud and reverse the charges to Barb's account.

I checked Barb's computer. Her computer had a virus. I looked up the details about the virus. It said that this virus was able to access your financial information. When I used the virus scanner to remove the virus, it came right back when I rebooted the computer. Fortunately, Microsoft provides a one-time only scanner that could get the virus off permanently.

When I was telling my friend at the bar after fastball about Barb's problem, I said that Barb watches television through the internet. Sometimes she uses some sketchy websites. My friend said that was funny because it usually the husband that uses some sketchy websites.

Bank of America Fraud

Barb got a notification that someone had illegally used her Bank of America card number to purchase a $1 item in Burlington Ontario. She phoned the Bank of America to find out what it was all about. She was surprised that the purchase was in Burlington Ontario because that is where I grew up. The Bank of America said they would reverse the charge but Barb was supposed to destroy her debit card and they would send her a new one in the mail.

A couple of days later Barb received her new Bank of America card in the mail. When she looked at the bank account online she saw that the $1 purchase was reversed but the bank charged her $20 for an Express Post mailing of the card. So it cost $20 to reverse a $1 transaction.

Dreaming in my Blue Chair

I have been having trouble sleeping some nights. I wake up early in the morning.  I get out of bed quietly so that I don't wake up Barb. Then I go down to the living room where I read in my blue chair. Sometimes when Barb gets up for the day, I will go back to bed and try to sleep. Other times, I  try to sleep in the blue chair. One day I was up early.  Eventually, I went to sleep in the blue chair. While I was sleeping, I dreamt about going up to bed and sleeping.