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Post by sheepy on Feb 18, 2024 10:28:47 GMT
How many of you get them?
I had one the other day and an email from another one trying to tell me I had 18.000 euros waitng for me in the EU which is because I had invested in a dodgy crypto scam, but I must go online and give them my full details so they could return it, so I thought rather than my usual just fuck off and cut them off, I was in the mood for a little fun, So I said that is so kind of you, he said so I will give you a web address where you will need to fill in your details, why is that I said? he said so we can return your money, but I said if you have my name phone number and address just forward the cheque, nobody using them any longer we must bank transfer it, crack on then I said, but we need your full details, you must have them already, because I must have invested through a bank, so you don't want your money back he said, yes just transfer it using my details, we don't have your full details he said, well we are both fucked then, he put the phone down this time.
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Post by Dogburger on Feb 18, 2024 15:54:43 GMT
I used to get so many I disconnected my land line . I've never had a cold call or scammers on my mobile ,I don't know if thats luck or not but long may it continue
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Post by Red Rackham on Feb 21, 2024 13:39:51 GMT
We occasionally get scam calls or calls I think sound a bit iffy lol, I don't engage in conversation I just put the phone down. We never get scam emails probably because we don't do online shopping or banking, in fact we do very little online.
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Post by Orac on Feb 21, 2024 13:51:13 GMT
I used to get so many I disconnected my land line . I've never had a cold call or scammers on my mobile ,I don't know if thats luck or not but long may it continue I did the same. I concluded that a land line in the UK was unusable. Until they start cutting off or restricting the connection from certain countries as punishment, the governments there will likely continue to do little about it |
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Post by Dogburger on Feb 21, 2024 15:59:20 GMT
I used to get so many I disconnected my land line . I've never had a cold call or scammers on my mobile ,I don't know if thats luck or not but long may it continue I did the same. I concluded that a land line in the UK was unusable. Until they start cutting off or restricting the connection from certain countries as punishment, the governments there will likely continue to do little about it Ive just plugged mine back in to see if the connection is still there , as I did so a woman said "hello is that the homeowner" . I'd like to think it was the same woman that asked the same question 3 years ago as I disconnected and she has been hanging on for my answer . |
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Post by Red Rackham on Feb 21, 2024 16:22:28 GMT
I wish people weren't so willing to carry a mobile phone 24/7, we are willingly walking into a surveillance society. It's remarkable isn't it, if the government decreed that everyone must carry a tracking device that records all your calls messages and movements, there would be riots. Yet here we are.
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Post by Orac on Feb 21, 2024 17:38:53 GMT
They don't get much information about my movements, I leave the thing at home. If i had my way, cell phones would be banned and the RAF would be tasked with bombing scam call centres
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Post by Red Rackham on Feb 21, 2024 18:48:41 GMT
They don't get much information about my movements, I leave the thing at home. If i had my way, cell phones would be banned and the RAF would be tasked with bombing scam call centres I applaud the sentiment, we would indeed be better off without cell phones. As for bombing scam call centres, again I agree however, and call me a doubting Thomas, but if I'm honest I suspect the RAF bombing Mumbai may cause diplomatic difficulties. |
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Post by Ripley on Feb 21, 2024 20:07:02 GMT
Whenever I see calls coming in on my landline that I don't recognise, I immediately disconnect. If it's a legitimate call, they'll try again. I only occasionally 'drop' a legitimate call. My mobile phone doesn't take messages, so unwanted calls to that phone just die a natural death. I do get almost as many annoying spam and phishing emails as legitimate ones.
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Post by johnofgwent on Feb 24, 2024 13:12:40 GMT
I did the same. I concluded that a land line in the UK was unusable. Until they start cutting off or restricting the connection from certain countries as punishment, the governments there will likely continue to do little about it Ive just plugged mine back in to see if the connection is still there , as I did so a woman said "hello is that the homeowner" . I'd like to think it was the same woman that asked the same question 3 years ago as I disconnected and she has been hanging on for my answer . 😂😂😂😂😂 |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Feb 24, 2024 14:19:12 GMT
I used to get so many I disconnected my land line . I've never had a cold call or scammers on my mobile ,I don't know if thats luck or not but long may it continue It's only if you give your number out to some people. For example, when you do online orders there are always some companies that are prone to using your contact info for spam purposes. These mailing lists can sometimes fall into the wrong hands, and then you are buggered. It happened to me because I had a Talk Talk account which was hacked. The stupid bitch that ran the firm then went on to manage the covid pandemic. I got millions of scam calls via that leak. Another time was when I enquired about a job to some Asian firm who then sent my details to a mega spammer sending me recommendations to buy various stocks and shares. For a long time when firms asked for my number without good reason i always used to give it to them with one digit wrong. However I do find the number I give which gets sent to the delivery firm for the purpose of delivery issues is never abused. I very rarely get a scam call now. |
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Post by johnofgwent on Feb 24, 2024 14:32:38 GMT
I used to get so many I disconnected my land line . I've never had a cold call or scammers on my mobile ,I don't know if thats luck or not but long may it continue It's only if you give your number out to some people. For example, when you do online orders there are always some companies that are prone to using your contact info for spam purposes. These mailing lists can sometimes fall into the wrong hands, and then you are buggered. It happened to me because I had a Talk Talk account which was hacked. The stupid bitch that ran the firm then went on to manage the covid pandemic. I got millions of scam calls via that leak. Another time was when I enquired about a job to some Asian firm who then sent my details to a mega spammer sending me recommendations to buy various stocks and shares. For a long time when firms asked for my number without good reason i always used to give it to them with one digit wrong. However I do find the number I give which gets sent to the delivery firm for the purpose of delivery issues is never abused. I very rarely get a scam call now. Ah yes talk talk I have two communications here that will tell you everything you need to know about those shitheads The first is a letter with a reminder talk talk will never ask you to disclose your password, the body if which asks me to supply my password ..... I checked the message headers and it came from a server inside their security firewall... The second is a really, really stroppy missive threatening me with a court summons and debt recovery action and a huge bill to reconnect my service if they choose to disconnect it ... Sent a week after I left them for someone else, and bitterly complaining that their demand for payment of my my bill of zero pounds and zero pence had been returned unpaid..... Just think about that for a moment I emailed back suggesting if they wanted to go to court to press their demand for £0.00 they should knock themselves out |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Feb 24, 2024 17:07:28 GMT
It's only if you give your number out to some people. For example, when you do online orders there are always some companies that are prone to using your contact info for spam purposes. These mailing lists can sometimes fall into the wrong hands, and then you are buggered. It happened to me because I had a Talk Talk account which was hacked. The stupid bitch that ran the firm then went on to manage the covid pandemic. I got millions of scam calls via that leak. Another time was when I enquired about a job to some Asian firm who then sent my details to a mega spammer sending me recommendations to buy various stocks and shares. For a long time when firms asked for my number without good reason i always used to give it to them with one digit wrong. However I do find the number I give which gets sent to the delivery firm for the purpose of delivery issues is never abused. I very rarely get a scam call now. Ah yes talk talk I have two communications here that will tell you everything you need to know about those shitheads The first is a letter with a reminder talk talk will never ask you to disclose your password, the body if which asks me to supply my password ..... I checked the message headers and it came from a server inside their security firewall... The second is a really, really stroppy missive threatening me with a court summons and debt recovery action and a huge bill to reconnect my service if they choose to disconnect it ... Sent a week after I left them for someone else, and bitterly complaining that their demand for payment of my my bill of zero pounds and zero pence had been returned unpaid..... Just think about that for a moment I emailed back suggesting if they wanted to go to court to press their demand for £0.00 they should knock themselves out So just the kind of people you don't want running the covid pandemic. Anyhow it seems their stupidity has now spread across many industrial sectors. |
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Post by seniorcitizen007 on Feb 26, 2024 5:04:43 GMT
When I lived in a Sheltered Housing scheme in London I became suspicious of a Nigerian staff member and rang the MET advice line. After a long conversation describing my suspicions I asked the policeman if he thought something criminal was going on. He said he did and this is what I should do ... then the phone went dead. I rang back .. and another guy came on. He restricted his replies to "Yes" and "No" ... but his voice sounded "African". I waited a while and rang the MET again ... and got through. They told me that they'd only had one earlier call from me. A couple of days later I rang the Nigerian Embassy and spoke to someone there about him. I later rang them again ... and my call got diverted to the Passport Office. The next day when I returned to my flat I found an old lottery ticket that had been in my waist bin beside my phone ... with two taxi cards for travel to the airport each side of it. He had a key to my flat and had left me a "message" which could be interpreted as "take your money and go". There are cheap devices that can be attached to phone lines that can send people's phone conversations to a computer. He was spending time in the office after work, sometimes quite late. He appeared to be listening to tenants phone conversations. There were instances of tenants answering their doors and people barging their way in and robbing them. I stayed away for a while ... until he got the sack for something or other they caught him at.
Do not engage in conversation with scam callers .. they can clone your voice and use AI to send messages to relatives asking for money.
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