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@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.

El Loro
@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! We’ve detected misuse on this page

We’ve detected a number of fake reviews for this company. Don’t worry, we’ve 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...
Eugene's Lair

The alert at the top of that page is very telling...



"Warning! We’ve detected misuse on this page

We’ve detected a number of fake reviews for this company. Don’t worry, we’ve 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

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.

El Loro

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.

El Loro
@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

Baz

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
Last edited by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing

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

slimfern