You may also get Email asking to re-new your computer Virus software from Norton and others I keep getting them but do not respond because I have never used them but they state your account has expired do not respond to them I get many Emails from sights saying I WON another asking questions to receive free gift another saying I Inherited a large sum of money from a place I never heard of and one saying my relative needs help getting home do not respond to them unless you actually know for sure they are legitimate I still to this day get them but I know they are Spam as well as Scams and do turn this in to Federal Trade Commission, Attorney General and AARP in hopes to prevent others from being robbed of there money and personal information. These Notifications help more than ever to stay awhere of. the bad things going on

This is why we need bigger ships to mount bigger laser systems. Sounds a bit circular with the first half of the last century, but worked out well enough. Joking here

The standard 5″/54 can pump out rounds until the ship runs dry, the magazine is integrated with the mount. CIWS is good for 1-2 engagements before it needs to be reloaded, because of it’s ROF. Missiles, again shoot until you’re dry.

“5-10 seconds”? What? Hypersonic missiles will be huge honking targets that are spotted at LEAST 30 to 40 seconds out (figure hypersonics will be traveling at a little over 1 mps) by CSG’s. Lasers will light them up early and often, from multiple ships. Hypersonic missiles are fast, relatively slow to maneuver, stupid and easy to spot. A single frigate would have a problem with one, as would a single destroyer. But an ESG or CSG would be able to deal with several of them relatively easily. The question is can China build enough hypersonic weapons to overlaod a laser defense system and the answer is, “possibly, with great difficulty”.

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You know, the VERY FIRST thing that should be available is a link to send in our scam emails and texts. Instead of hiring 800 thousand IRS agents to squeeze the citizens, why don't we hire 800 thousand cyber experts to eliminate the evil citizens "have to be prepared for"!!

I agree on both counts. In order to provide necessary consumer protection like cyber experts and other services, a government needs additional income which is only possible if we all pay our fair share in taxes.

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SeaRAM CIWS: $25 million for automated launch system & 11 missiles. Each additional missile costs $905,330. LASER cost per round: $0. This guy’s argument is seriously flawed. But what would one expect out of a blogger with no military procurement chops?

The US Navy estimates the per unit cost of a 60 kW class laser with relatively mature beam control and combat system integration at moderate production rates will be approximately $100M [million] in limited quantities. For weapons at greater power and/or beam control complexity, the estimates range up to $200M/unit for lasers in the 250 kW class (inclusive of laser, beam director, beam control, power and thermal management, combat system integration, and installation) but with significant uncertainty bounds based on numerous assumptions.

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The industrial base (commercial) for major sub-systems and components for laser weapon systems is not yet mature when it comes to production capacity.

What to do about unwanted calls, emails, and text messages that can be annoying, might be illegal, and are probably scams.

Fiber Lasers can reach 50% efficiency, so a 100KW laser needs a source of just 200KW, which the Tesla M3 battery can easily gives. The Tesla Semi Battery can easily support a 300KW Laser. The two main questions are 1. The required burst duration with gives the total number of shouts per minute. 2. Cooling down the Laser from the residual 50% heat, where ships can use the sea water to do that, but ground and airborne platforms will need powerful AC systems.

The beam spot from a laser on an escort ship (not likely to be directly in front of the missile) would be on the side of the missile.

The scammers send bogus messages by email or text. The message might say that you missed a delivery attempt and ask you to click on a link to re-schedule the delivery. Or it could say that your item is ready to ship but you need to update your shipping preferences. Some create a sense of urgency by saying if you don’t respond right away, they'll return your package to the sender.

First and foremost, ask yourself: have I really ordered anything recently? And if I did, and they "lost my address", how come they have my phone number?

I clicked on a texted link to a package delayed because of wrong address. It looked like it was from the USPS. I did type in the correct address and was asked to give my credit card number to pay .30 cents for a redelivery. I backed out at that point, didn't give my credit card info and when I tried to get back to the text it was gone.

You should trace these live fraudsters and throw them in prison for a long time to deter others from trying to make TAXFREE! money.

So true. and I am paying for scammers and others to be identified and stopped. Why even have this purching software on my phone!!

It’s the district stand dirty cops doing it not scammers why are you allowing them to do it and not prosecuting them for embezzlement and fraud

I am on a mission to stop these annoying emails. My email provider has a site where I send all such emails which I cannot verify as legitimate. The FTC needs such a site and also an army of young cyber experts to track these people down and hold them accountable for the damage they cause.

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Avoid purchasing from Bed, Bath and Beyond. I purchased an item Dec 1st, was promised delivery by Dec 7th. Received a email changing delivery to Dec 9th. Long story short my delivery was never received. Some "anonymous" person (probably from Bed, bath and Beyond) rerouted the delivery on Dec 18th. I contacted the company for a resolution and am still waiting for a refund!

I agree Chris about hiring cyber experts although we also need to collect taxes from the super rich who often avoid paying their full share. I am sick of these phishing emails. My email provider has a site that I send all these emails and any others that are suspicious . The FTC needs such a site so everyone can have access to it, and hire cyber experts to check these things out instead of just compiling a data base.

ON MY HONOR I SWARE THAT I WILL NEVER ORDER ANYTHING ONLINE OR OTHERWISE. I’VE LEARNED MY LESSON! DON’T TRUST ORDERING SOMETHING BY MAIL OR OTHERWISE EVER! WHAT A MESS!

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From that perspective, “What’s cheapest to install?” and “What would low tech adversaries find most useful after we run away?” are the operative questions.

I’ve had these ridiculous text,emails, etc…. Most recent, was a phone call to verify my husband’s information having to do with a personal matter.. of course I didn’t give any information But questions made this scammer hang up on me.. I just wanted to know why he didn’t call my husband, how he got my phone number, and to verify information he had about my husband. Turned the table 😊

The US Navy combat laser program is getting stalled with $55 million per year for prototypes but no combat deployment. The US Navy does not want to start spending billions to deploy small numbers of lasers that will probably live up to expectations of effectiveness. When the US Navy says a weapon system is too expensive, then you can believe it is too expensive. The US Navy is looking to pay $3.4 billion for each new DDGX Destroyer and $7.2 billion for each attack submarine. The Navy has been paying $12B+ for each new aircraft carrier.

They want you to click on the link without thinking about it and enter your personal or financial information. But the site is fake. A look-alike of a real website. And it’ll capture all the information you enter. The link could also install harmful malware on your phone or computer that steals your information. Things like your usernames and passwords to your online banking, email, or social media accounts that scammers could use to steal your identity and open new accounts in your name.

The site is secure. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

The US Navy has about 300 combat ships. If they were to put one 250 kilowatt combat laser onto each ship that would cost $60 billion.

If you are spending $3.4B on a ship that will be at the bottom of the sea a few hours after the war start, it economical to add few hundreds $M to enable them to survive all of the war.

So why do you let them do it, you never arrest them but I bet if I did it the Feds would be on my door step first thing in the morning garenteed. The only people putting a stop to it are youtubers which you won't even give funding to. There's something fishy going on between the governments and these scammers, it's like they have some kind of deal going on that let's them do do it. Just saying.

the congressional report on lasers says they are too expensive to deploy now. Yes, the cost per shot of laser is the electricity cost and amortized cost of the life and maintenance of the laser. It is not zero, but what would I expect from someone who is a troll.

They email me and say that I need to contact them because they need an address because my package was delievered to a wrong address

Don't answer surveys regarding, "How did we do?" or "How do you like your new [whatever]" for a week, or a month; that may be phishing/not sent by the shipper/business.

The .gov means it’s official. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Completely true maybe a year ago. However, now there is a looming invasion of Taiwan and the realization that all conflicts from now on will feature massive swarms of drones that cost maybe $1000 each. Maybe it would be wise with at least a certain mix of laser platforms with enough power to disable modest drones. This will facilitate some practical experience and development of doctrine without burning the bank accounts.

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From a procurement cost perspective, kinetic and non-kinetic weapon system costs are relatively comparable to those of laser systems, ranging from $70M to $150M, with installation costs that vary, depending on whether they are [for] new construction [ships] or back fit [onto existing ships]. After procurement, the costs for engagements by laser weapons are substantially lower than any comparable kinetic system, with estimates ranging from single dollars ($1.15 – 60 kW) to at most several 10’s of dollars per shot (estimated $9.20 for 480 kW).

I get these all the time. I know when, where and if I'm expecting a shipment. The ones that are alarming is when you get an invoice telling you something has been renewed and they take your money. Fortunately, I don't have the accounts that say that. I also check the email domain if it ends with Gmail I just delete and report spam

A war in the Taiwan Straits will be a battle of volume and velocity. Taiwan and allies will quickly run out of munitions.

I have Gmail for my email provider, which auto sends about 99% of the scammers to my spam folder. Then I peek at the first 80 characters of their message, without opening the email (this avoids their pixel trackers from spying on me) to keep up with what's hot in spam country.

I GET THESE MESSAGES EVERY DAY FROM (UPS). YESTERDAY I RECEIVED 10 OF THESE IN A ROW. I NEVER ANSWER THEM, JUST DELETE THEM.

So – lasers are currently only profitable compared to kinetic weapons if they are actually going to be used to destroy a lot of stuff. Higher investment but much lower per kill cost. Hard choice…

I always go back to where I ordered the item(s).Walmart or Amazon....sign up for USPS informed delivery...you can log in and see the status of packages coming in the mail....legitimate orders don't need an update of address or delivery.....I have never had to contact a "warehouse" to update delivery information

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This is good article to read help me to be aware what is fake messages or legit email. I received many times text and emails about packages. Thanks FTC to educate the public scammers online are everywhere. Learned a lot reading this article.

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I have to think that the age of capital ships is passing, they just can’t be hid, and make such valuable targets. Wouldn’t it be lovely to go to war, and find out your adversary had actually bothered implementing Project Thor?

I just got caught up in that scan but thankfully I mentioned it to my friend and they said it was a scan so called my debit card # on the card and put a freeze on my debit card and went to the post office on Monday the next day and they said it was indeed a scam and then I went to my bank and they checked my account and there was nothing taken out (0.30) and they are sending me a new debit card. But after reading this I'm afraid they still have my name and address. I don't know what they can do with just my name and address but I'm so angry that I fell for that. I usually, always delete those texts but I am expecting a package from out of country so I fell for it. The post office cite they send you too looks real. They even have all the different tabs that you can go to for different information. Ugh!!!!!!

The legitimate messages from carriers are not always truthful. I recently bought a very expensive computer through Amazon which the seller sent FedEx. When the computer did not arrive on time I received daily messages excusing the delay which were absolutely untrue. ("The customer wasn't available" "The business was closed" "Weather delay", etc.) When I pointed this out to Amazon and the seller and they began to investigate, FedEx reported that they had proof that they delivered the item a day PRIOR to their last notice of delay. After I suggested that the incident be reported as a crime, the computer showed up the next morning with no explanation or apology.

Nov.29, 2023. Add for 8 Henley style shirts on special. I ordered. Within 3 min got a received and thank no you. Next day search and it took me to London site with scam all over the page. Contacted my bank, useless. Then every 2 days since get email package is here, package moving the arrival at usps in my hometown. Today email tracking says out for delivery then delivered to me. Nope did not get. I see this article couldn't believe step by step just what they are doing. I give up.

This morning I received a text from USPS to verify my shipping address. I am waiting on various last minute shipments before Christmas. I will admit, I did click. The site looked very real. I provided my address and then it asked for payment. Immediately, I got out of it! I went to all of my emails notifications for my deliveries and none of them are using USPS. I guess I will learn if I was scammed with using just my address.

Every.single.day. I report the junk to Apple and delete the text but nothing happens and they don’t stop. You would think there would be a way to stop it.

I never taught of that.. Thanks for that suggestion. Too bad that people who are smart enough to develop these scams use their intelligence for good things.

I received what look like a legitimate email from the United States Post Office. I was expecting a package filled out some info but the following page wanted my credit card information and to charge me .30 cents. These scammers are truly tech savvy and its getting scary. Thank you for the articles that you send out, as they are very helpful.

I just recieved a package in the mail from Avienda de Parque De Africa with a cheap pendant that I did not order. They have my name address and phone number on the package, I researched and saw that this is happening to alot of people and it said to come here.

Israel with the help of Lockheed Martin will deploy a less capable 100MW laser in a year or two. Good enough to shoot slow short range rockets and drones from 10 km. The insistence on a system than can do everything on first iteration has its drawbacks.

When you order something online, you might get several emails or text messages about your order: Confirming your order. Telling you it shipped. Saying it's out for delivery. Notifying you about delivery. Did you know that scammers send fake package shipment and delivery notifications to try to steal people's personal information — not just at the holidays, but all year long? Here's what you need to know to protect yourself from these scams.

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I want the lasers deployed, but I also served through the SM-1/2 generation; where the hardware and software were custom built in small quantities – not a great experience in upgrades or maintenance. Naval designs have screwed up by the numbers too much, Whidbey Island class cylinder alignment; the entire LCS program come to mind in the surface community. Wait three years and see where we are.

But unless china is planning on walking their people over on the backs of dead guys floating in the sea it is going to he hard to get an army there. China is never going to do that they will just buy out the US and then Taiwan. Apparently they have the only population of people that actually want to work.

A laser won’t stop hypersonic missiles, you have only 5-10s to disable the missile and a missile forebody designed to take 1000’s of degrees air temperature, with tremendous air-cooling, adding some ablative protection to missiles would be trivially easy.

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The cost estimates that I am citing for the US Navy are Congressional Budget Office estimates from the last pages of the April 2023 report Navy Shipboard Lasers: Background and Issues for Congress.

I get frustrated and angry with so many scam emails and messages. Those from PayPal are the worst. I have never had an account and them demanding I pay them hundreds of dollars is ridiculous. I never open the link, return a phone call from the sender who gives a name and number and block them immediately. It’s ridiculous how far scammers will go these days.

I keep reading about how the new AI chatbots gives scammers new abilities to fix their broken English, but I'm not seeing any improvements there. I wonder if this is because there are so many people still falling for their scams.

Adding...my order seemed very legit to a place in California. Problem is it then went to a London site but by the time I found that the order suddenly went to China. Then cannot find order in our system, please reenter tracking. Then order found Then order shipped bounced around China Then USA then shipped to a usps site then my town po, then out for delivery, then delivered. Nothin All this was done with usual delivery times of my local po.

That IS the obvious application for lasers, burning down drone swarms. Gonna be hard on the seagull population in war time, of course, since you can’t risk disguised drones. And won’t do anything against the underwater drones.

Thank you for the reminder. Coincidentally, just before your email, I received an email that caused me to pause and ponder it. It stated, "Thank you for your purchase..." and was a group send. It wanted me to click on a pdf and I deleted instead not recognizing the "purchase", though I made too many to remember. It felt wrong. Thanks so much for confirmation of these scams.

Thank you the FTC for bringing this to our attention.. it is overwhelming and scary. Congress needs to allocate more money to the FTC. To safeguard the American people.

Dear consumer advice I had a weird email from a scammer 724572107 that was created for Branch CO2 from 2200 Parkway Gray's lake Illinois that was set up by a scammer for FedEx that I never even ordered and now they are going to try to deliver but i don't want it because I never ordered it. So can have the scammer removed please.

There’s also the energy budget to consider. yes ships have big power plants, but they are designed and sized to run the systems they were built with. That’s one reason they never tried to refit the old Spruance’s with phased array radars, they couldn’t power them.

It’s apparently an easy choice, because our military currently isn’t actually planning for sustained combat, just standing around looking intimidating, and occasionally fighting a 3rd world country then running away leaving behind munitions.

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Very fast response anti-missile missiles, perhaps on circling high altitude drones for faster response and maybe CIWS for conventional warheads are only ways to defend yourself.

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I been finished all of my holiday shopping in November and already have the cute gifts that the children wanted me to have

What’s the cycle time on these lasers, do you have to let components cool between shots, how long? Continuous energy feed, or wait until you recharge capacitors?

I made.a LG order and have been waiting for too long. I ordered from a store on facebook. Don't they have some kind of responsibility to protect your member from fraudests go

As the Navy continues to mature Laser Weapon Systems and analyze their integration into the overall combat system, the cost per kill metrics will be refined to specify adequate return on investment.

Very good info and at the right time. I get messages like that all the time , but I know I am not expecting any packages , so I don’t click as asked . Thanks.

Nonsense they have lasers that can kill hypersonic missile even with that protective coating wen it re-enter . To say that a laser can’t is ridiculous, and if anyone took your advice on how we should protect our selves ,We,ll all be Dead , they don’t have no other real options or choice but to pay the cost 🤨

Another way to tell real emails from the frauds, is almost all real companies use my real name, but the scammers are clueless, so just use none or address me by my email.

Yes, me too exactly the same. Looks like the USPS website and has links that take you to real link on the postal service website. But why ask for my credit card for an incorrect address entry? I’m sure there have been a lot of victims of this scam.