[Finance] ******** The Scam Thread *********

[Rogero]

Perhaps we could have a thread to inform each other what Scams are doing the rounds.
This morning I had a very realistic E mail from the TV Licence office saying they were having trouble with my direct debits and could I update details. Last month I did in fact change bank accounts. Beware it is a scam.
Perhaps keep all Scams to one thread.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Next door neighbour asked me about an email from "Microsoft" yesterday but just the usual phishing stuff.

 

[ringmerseagulltoo]

Apparently hoax meter readers are going round saying that remote reading is off line and physical reading is necessary

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

There is this thread from yesterday.......

https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?378918-Amazon-prime-com

 

[Magic Sponge]

Had a couple of scam emails in the last 2 days, one from BT and one from TV Licensing, both saying that my direct debit could not be taken and with a link to renew my direct debit emails.
When I hovered over the email address where they were sent from both had a .be domain.

 

[A mex eyecan]

wife had a pop on i phone saying it was infected with 13 viruses which would start to corrupt her photos and sim card. attached a link to disinfect it

 

[Birdie Boy]

I've had a similar one for TV license, saying I had 2 days to pay it. I'm on dd, so knew it was fake.
For anyone that doesn't know, by hovering on the email address you or if your on a phone you can do a reply and then click on the sender and see who has sent it. It is usually very obvious if it is a scam, i.e with TV license, not from BBC.Com etc.

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[astralavi]

if bordedom sets in this is surreal watching , trolling scammers
https://youtu.be/J-p9JkH4RY8

 

[vegster]

I usually get e-mails from HMRC claiming I have a refund ( Quit being self employed about 6 years ago ), iTunes about my recent purchase ( never bought anything to do with Apple, ever ) and yes, the fake tv licence demand. Did have one which was a tad unusual though the other day, has something purporting to be from PayPal saying that my account had "Been temporarily suspended due to an unusual transaction " they handily had put a little link in the e-mail for me to click on to resolve this...

Today I have had several calls on my landline that are a bit dodgy, I rarely use it unless I'm stuck in a long call to insurers or banks etc so no one I know calls the number except spam or conmen. I just do the 1471, and look up the number on one of the number checking web sites.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Pretty safe to assume that just about anybody that rings a landline nowadays is a scammer

 

[Seasidesage]

Just had a text saying I was entitled to 458 GBP from the Govt for Convid 19 which would be nice if I believed it.....

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I believe I'm quoted in a report in the Mail on Sunday today about coronavirus scams - I'm in the industry. I'm not sure as I won't buy that toilet paper myself.

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

Pretty safe to assume that just about anybody that rings a landline nowadays is a scammer

Absolutely. My lying, cheating, scamming Mother.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Pretty safe to assume that just about anybody that rings a landline nowadays is a scammer

Not in my house. Plenty of genuine callers on the landline. Mind you, we do have a shield, so scammers can't get through unless we invite them through!

 

[Weststander]

Perhaps we could have a thread to inform each other what Scams are doing the rounds.
This morning I had a very realistic E mail from the TV Licence office saying they were having trouble with my direct debits and could I update details. Last month I did in fact change bank accounts. Beware it is a scam.
Perhaps keep all Scams to one thread.

Yep, I had that one a few months back, I mentioned it on NSC at the time. Very plausible, they copied the text/font of letters from the real authority.

I almost fell for it, as I was busy with work and I was rapidly dealing with all tedious emails, to reduce admin. Just a few clicks and characters away from authorising a DD to cnts.

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

I believe I'm quoted in a report in the Mail on Sunday today about coronavirus scams - I'm in the industry. I'm not sure as I won't buy that toilet paper myself.

So you're a scammer then? [emoji23]

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[swindonseagull]

Apparently hoax meter readers are going round saying that remote reading is off line and physical reading is necessary

My Mum has at last started taking it seriously, I have told her to open the door to no one....when I went to cut her grass today I knocked the door she shouted...'who is it' I said me...your son...Prove it she said!!!!

there have been reports in this area of scammers on OAP doorsteps......what sort of low lifes do we have on this earth?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Pretty safe to assume that just about anybody that rings a landline nowadays is a scammer

No it isn't.

I use my landline because the current deal gives me free calls.

The mobile deal also gives me 500 minutes, but some some strange reason I prefer speaking on the landline. The quality tends to be better as well.

 

[Dick Head]

No it isn't.

I use my landline because the current deal gives me free calls.

The mobile deal also gives me 500 minutes, but some some strange reason I prefer speaking on the landline. The quality tends to be better as well.

Only 500 minutes? What a swizz!

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

No it isn't.

I use my landline because the current deal gives me free calls.

The mobile deal also gives me 500 minutes, but some some strange reason I prefer speaking on the landline. The quality tends to be better as well.

My experience over the last 10 years is 90% of all callers to my landline are scammers. Three or four calls a day (when I was working at home). After I got call screening the phone would ring maybe twice a month. I have never had a scam call to my cellphone.

There again, I am exquisitely antisocial and yet almost impossible to shut up once a conversation has started. Back in the day I actually had a scammer hang up on me after my fifth or sixth question about his business model and why he was asking me certain questions if he apparently already had a big file on the 'householder'.