Not sure if this would work for domestics, but for the wild ones I've found a 2 foot high fence has kept them out (I see them making night nests outside the fencing now). This is the cheapest good stuff I found:
Rabbits. Pretty much every time I look in my back yard there is at least one and often two or more rabbits, munching away in my garden. Not even native rabbits/hares, they are domestic rabbits. When I block off their routes into the yard they just dig new ones, and don't seem that bothered by rabbit repellent spray.
Have you considered....a rocking chair, a chew habit and a shotgun?
You could get one of those hats like Elmer Fudd!
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The level of unchecked fraud that is occurring these days with all these scams. Doesn't seem like authorities or even corporations put enough safeguards in place or are willing to pursue the obvious suspects.
My parents are pretty diligent and they had an issue with their Telus mobile phones I assisted them with at a local store. A week later they got a call on the home phone discussing details and wanting more account information, email address etc. My mother gave some details like account number and email that she probably shouldn't have. I suspect this was a SIM card swap scam and trying to be diligent. Their digital footprint is a lot smaller than most but want to be on top of things.
Call Telus and bank and speak to fraud departments and it's pretty laissez faire, barely any ****'s given.
You hear these stories all the time and other major frauds like immigration scams, cyber, romance and a lot more and it's out of control. People need to be smart but we need to demand a lot more from our leaders, our companies and our security agencies.
This is an old person issue. They seem totally oblivious to the dangers of giving away old computers or phones without completely wiping them. They just lack tech savvy. The other thing is, they don’t tell you that they’ve potentially had their security compromised until later. Every child should be giving their senior parents a safety course on passwords, authenticator apps, etc.
On the other hand, you might be paranoid about this being a sim swapping scam. I mean, if you just had a conversation with Telus and then a Telus rep calls, it kind of tracks.
The level of unchecked fraud that is occurring these days with all these scams. Doesn't seem like authorities or even corporations put enough safeguards in place or are willing to pursue the obvious suspects.
My parents are pretty diligent and they had an issue with their Telus mobile phones I assisted them with at a local store. A week later they got a call on the home phone discussing details and wanting more account information, email address etc. My mother gave some details like account number and email that she probably shouldn't have. I suspect this was a SIM card swap scam and trying to be diligent. Their digital footprint is a lot smaller than most but want to be on top of things.
Call Telus and bank and speak to fraud departments and it's pretty laissez faire, barely any ****'s given.
You hear these stories all the time and other major frauds like immigration scams, cyber, romance and a lot more and it's out of control. People need to be smart but we need to demand a lot more from our leaders, our companies and our security agencies.
It’s probably not sim swapping. Likely the login to the account, change address and then order a new device that becomes part of the next bill scam.
This is an old person issue. They seem totally oblivious to the dangers of giving away old computers or phones without completely wiping them. They just lack tech savvy. The other thing is, they don’t tell you that they’ve potentially had their security compromised until later. Every child should be giving their senior parents a safety course on passwords, authenticator apps, etc.
On the other hand, you might be paranoid about this being a sim swapping scam. I mean, if you just had a conversation with Telus and then a Telus rep calls, it kind of tracks.
I respectfully disagree to an extent. Calling someone on a landline phone to try and get information, account and banking info would generally fall into an elderly person's bucket of scams.
Having been in banking for years, I can tell you that a huge portion of younger clientele are beyond brain dead when it comes to a lot of things. They don't reconcile, they don't question transactions to to the same degree. They are clicking on a lot of emails DM, PM's on various social media sites and more.
For every old geezer falling for a romance and landline scam is some young guy who has e-transferred funds to some landlord without even viewing the apartment or knowing who it belongs to or buying dozens of Taylor Swift tickets at discounted prices.
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Went to Earls where I haven’t eaten since before the pandemic but always liked their burgers. Burger was $25 and it had 2 sliced tomatoes that were at least twice as thick as the hamburger. The pattie was like big mac thickness. Felt ripped off.
Now the one that really had me raging. I went to Sundridge Mall to go to Tommy Gunns. I arrive at the mall walk inside go to Tommy’s, grab lunch at Edos and buy a phone charger. I come out to a $84 parking ticket. What made me crazy was I had never left the mall, I walked directly in and left by walking straight to my truck and leaving. It said I left the property and they just made it up. I had to call Tommy’s and get a receipt and they told me they get over a call a week who have a similar complaints. It would be enough for me to not go back. Is parking enough of a problem there that they have to hire a terrible crooked enforcement company?
Pay very close attention to the flood of user agreements, terms and conditions that you get from your FI's and the crumbling of consumer protection that you received as a client. A lot of those recent updates will usually have changed provisions for your protection and what your legal recourse is with dealing with it.
In the media you get the odd success story of CBC or CTV consumer affairs contacting the bank and the issue getting resolved. The others are where the bank is able to demonstrate a series of screw ups on the clients behalf and a please **** off with your nonsense claim.
Biggest issue I always found is that your common moron talks too much and gives away too many details to the bank and it does them case wise.
I respectfully disagree to an extent. Calling someone on a landline phone to try and get information, account and banking info would generally fall into an elderly person's bucket of scams.
Having been in banking for years, I can tell you that a huge portion of younger clientele are beyond brain dead when it comes to a lot of things. They don't reconcile, they don't question transactions to to the same degree. They are clicking on a lot of emails DM, PM's on various social media sites and more.
For every old geezer falling for a romance and landline scam is some young guy who has e-transferred funds to some landlord without even viewing the apartment or knowing who it belongs to or buying dozens of Taylor Swift tickets at discounted prices.
You didn’t mention them giving out their banking info before. That all seems like a giant red flag for most people.
I don’t see a lot of the “go public” type shows talking about younger adults falling for these scams. Obviously there’s a reason why you hear about “grandson is in jail and needs itunes gift cards for bail” scams and not “grandpa is in jail and needs spotify gift cards to be released”.
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This is an old person issue. They seem totally oblivious to the dangers of giving away old computers or phones without completely wiping them. They just lack tech savvy. The other thing is, they don’t tell you that they’ve potentially had their security compromised until later. Every child should be giving their senior parents a safety course on passwords, authenticator apps, etc.
On the other hand, you might be paranoid about this being a sim swapping scam. I mean, if you just had a conversation with Telus and then a Telus rep calls, it kind of tracks.
I'm a 67 year old retiree who knows about all the stuff you talk about. I may not be the most tech savvy person but I sure as hell wipe my computers or phones before I give them away. I'm also well versed on passwords, authenticator apps, etc. Be careful when you label it as an old person issue
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You didn’t mention them giving out their banking info before. That all seems like a giant red flag for most people.
I don’t see a lot of the “go public” type shows talking about younger adults falling for these scams. Obviously there’s a reason why you hear about “grandson is in jail and needs itunes gift cards for bail” scams and not “grandpa is in jail and needs spotify gift cards to be released”.
My elderly mother who passed away 3 years ago could spot those scams you mentioned. She would often mess with those scammers by taking up their time and later telling them to eff off when they wanted her to respond to their demands. She was a feisty SOB
Sure, I am not saying every elderly person will fall for a scam, but I’d say there’s a reason why scammers target them and are more successful at it than with other demographics.
You didn’t mention them giving out their banking info before. That all seems like a giant red flag for most people.
I don’t see a lot of the “go public” type shows talking about younger adults falling for these scams. Obviously there’s a reason why you hear about “grandson is in jail and needs itunes gift cards for bail” scams and not “grandpa is in jail and needs spotify gift cards to be released”.
My mother didn't actually give them banking info but it's a common theme with these types of scams. My mother is usually very diligent and my father never deals with this stuff ever. She screwed up and provided acct info, email and confirmed address which is way more than she should have when she is usually savvier.
Thankfully I got ahold of it right away and am taking precautions. My original gear grinder still stands in that corporate security, laws, security agencies, consumers, consumer protection, government leaders and law enforcement should all do a much better job and trying to prevent and recover losses as much as possible.
There should be more action for foreign actors who use Canada as a safe haven for this and harsher penalties for people who do these type of associated crime on Canadian soil.
