Page 16 BBB warns con artists are posing as tech experts who are eager to help resolve your computer problems I n this support scam twist, con artists are posing as tech experts who are eager to help resolve your problem – for a price. The “issue”? Someone in your house has been watching online pornography. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is seeing an increasing number of similar cons reported to BBB.org/ScamTracker. How the scam works: Something is wrong with your home computer or internet connection, so you search online for a customer support phone number. In a rush, you click to dial the phone number listed in a top result. A company “representative” answers and asks you a few standard questions about your deTHE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 ELECTIONS | FROM Page 1 vice, such as the make and model number. The call seems normal at fi rst, but it soon takes a turn. This “tech support rep” has some creative stories to explain the issue. They may insist that someone in your house has been watching pornography, and that has resulted in your computer being hacked. In one recent report, the “representative” asked if the caller had a teenage son and then insisted the boy was to blame. In another case, “tech support” claimed that “thousands of people” had been using the caller’s IP address to view pornography. This scam is a setup for sellPROBLEM | SEE Page 17 Help Wanted - Grocery Delivery Assistant Fahey. “I wasn’t here 10 years ago, but when that was set up in 2012, there was a need for three sub-precincts. Currently, there is only a legal requirement for one, which is 2-3a.” The redistricting created a problem in Ward 5, precinct 1, where there was no legal requirement for a 5-1a sub-precinct at the Jack Satter House. “The reality … is that the Jack Satter House has been a very active polling location, with close to 300 people there registered to vote under the 5-1 confi guration,” said Fahey. The residents registered at the senior housing development are now required to travel to the Point of Pines Yacht Club to vote, Fahey said. “What we did in this [primary] election, and what we will do in November in addition to mailin voting and early voting under the Votes Act, is special early voting sessions at the Jack Satter House,” said Fahey. “We had a fairly good turnout there over the one week that we had early voting for the primary, and under state law, we will have two weeks of early voting for the general election. We will have our regular early voting location in or near City Hall [and] we will also be back at the Jack Satter House.” While there will be early voting at the Jack Satter House, Fahey said the election board and the Mayor’s Offi ce have discussed the reestablishment of the sub-precinct there. “There is no requirement that there be a sub-precinct, but we want to serve those people and the people in that neighborhood,” said Fahey, adding that that is what is being proposed in the home rule petition. At its regular meeting, the City Council approved sending the home rule petition to the state legislature for a vote. Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky noted that he would like to see the city working toward a consolidation that eliminates the 2-3a sub-precinct, which has fewer than 200 registered voters, and combine it with Ward 2, precinct 2. “It is by far the smallest precinct in the city,” Fahey said, noting that the city would continue to work with Novoselsky on the issue. If the state legislation is approved by next spring, Fahey said, the sub-precinct at the Jack Satter House should be in place for the 2023 municipal elections.
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