THREE calls yesterday wanting to ask questions about my "customer preferences" - next time i'm gonna say "Men with handle-bar moustache"
@Saint posted:THREE calls yesterday wanting to ask questions about my "customer preferences" - next time i'm gonna say "Men with handle-bar moustache"
I never answer questions when I get one of those "survey" phone calls, and don't let the caller get to even ask a question. The reason is that the caller is ringing on behalf of businesses to collect data to pass back to those businesses so that they decide who to contact direct,
So if you start answering their questions you'll get inundated with calls from other businesses.
My phone number is registered with TPS. If you start answering questions, then you've effectively given permission for the other businesses to contact you even though you're registered.
I just had the lottery scam phonecall! By the way , Panorama tonight is about scam influencers I think .
@Baz posted:I just had the lottery scam phonecall! By the way , Panorama tonight is about scam influencers I think .
re that phone call
There's an article on the BBC site about that Panorama programme:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58223499
@El Loro posted:re that phone call
There's an article on the BBC site about that Panorama programme:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58223499
@El Loro posted:re that phone call
There's an article on the BBC site about that Panorama programme:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58223499
Just been reading it. What sort of perverted joy do they get from it?
I had another lottery call first thing this morning âĶ.I told her to naff off , in no uncertain terms !
@Baz posted:I had another lottery call first thing this morning âĶ.I told her to naff off , in no uncertain terms !
If they ring again you could say "As you have got my address, send me a cheque, I won't give you my bank details for security reasons"
@El Loro posted:If they ring again you could say "As you have got my address, send me a cheque, I won't give you my bank details for security reasons"
Nice one El
The Postcode Lottery scammers have rung me again. This time they said I had won a discount card - I ended the call at that point as my suggested response above wouldn't have worked.
Found this on the Trustpilot website:
https://uk.trustpilot.com/revi...w.supercardblack.com
@El Loro posted:The Postcode Lottery scammers have rung me again. This time they said I had won a discount card - I ended the call at that point as my suggested response above wouldn't have worked.
Found this on the Trustpilot website:
https://uk.trustpilot.com/revi...w.supercardblack.com
The alert at the top of that page is very telling...
"Warning! Weâve detected misuse on this page
We take the integrity of our platform very seriously, and when we uncover misuse, we put a stop to it."
@Eugene's Lair posted:The alert at the top of that page is very telling...
"Warning! Weâve detected misuse on this page
Weâve detected a number of fake reviews for this company. Donât worry, weâve removed them.
We take the integrity of our platform very seriously, and when we uncover misuse, we put a stop to it."I'm not really familiar with Trustpilot, so don't know how common that sort of thing is there, but still...
It sounds as if Trustpilot had identified suspicious reviews and had removed them. What we don't know is if those reviews were positive or negative,
@El Loro posted:It sounds as if Trustpilot had identified suspicious reviews and had removed them. What we don't know is if those reviews were positive or negative,
Would it matter though? If they were suspicious/incorrect then they would be giving an incorrect impression, good OR bad.
Also had someone supposedly from Amazon ringing me about a phone I had ordered and they were wanting me to check my emails about this. No such emails.
The scammer might have used an old email address I used to have which ceased years ago but they wouldn't know that. They were wanting me to click on a link in that email which would have taken me to a fraudulent site or something.
Also had an email the other day which had gone into the junk folder. Apparently they had put $45 million in a ATM card for me to access and had sent it to me via DHL. But there was a $35 charge to pay. The likelihood of that being genuine is about one in a googolplex
A googolplex is 10 to the power of (10 to the power of 100). To write it out in full would take far longer than the age of the universe.
@slimfern posted:
Thanks for the heads up Slim .Barstewards
@Baz posted:Thanks for the heads up Slim .Barstewards
it's the number to call that is the scam .....maybe I should have said that in my original post
@El Loro posted:There's been a lot of these parcel scams of one sortor another
@El Loro posted:There's been a lot of these parcel scams of one sort or another
They've got my Dad too frightened to go onto his email....in case he let's one of those 'baggages' in
And if it wasn't for me being here...he probably would have by now.
@slimfern posted:They've got my Dad too frightened to go onto his email....in case he let's one of those 'baggages' in
And if it wasn't for me being here...he probably would have by now.
New hotline number for reporting financial scams as they happen.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58722201
159 to be automatically connected to your bank's fraud prevention service,
However, not all banks and building societies are signed up.
The following banks are part of it:
Barclays
Lloyds (including Halifax and Bank of Scotland)
NatWest (including Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank)
Santander
Starling Bank
TSB will not join until January.
More info on 159:
https://stopscamsuk.org.uk/159
@El Loro posted:New hotline number for reporting financial scams as they happen.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58722201
159 to be automatically connected to yourbank's fraud prevention service,
However, not all banks and building societies are signed up.The following banks are part of it:
Barclays
Lloyds (including Halifax and Bank of Scotland)
NatWest (including Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank)
Santander
Starling Bank
TSB will not join until January.
Thanks El
I don't usually look at Mr Fluffy Thing's e-mail, but with him in hospital I'm checking for anything that needs attention that can't wait 'til he's home again. It's chock-a-block with scam e-mails!
There's one wanting him to 'just click the link' to reactivate something - which he doesn't actually have.
Another to renew his Macafee subscription - again he doesn't have one.
And regular e-mails reporting on the performance of his Bitcoin account - a third thing he doesn't have!
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:I don't usually look at Mr Fluffy Thing's e-mail, but with him in hospital I'm checking for anything that needs attention that can't wait 'til he's home again. It's chock-a-block with scam e-mails!
They're a bloody nuisance Fluffy.....Just as well you know what you are looking for
Sorry to hear Mr Fluffy is in hospital....a speedy recovery I hope