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Scam phone call, that I think some will fall for
Received a phone call at lunch time, supposed to be from Mastercard/Visa. The recorded voice said that within the last 15 minutes, £600 had been transferred from our account into a foreign account, and to press 1.
I put the phone down, then started wondering if maybe it was true. My husband visited the bank, to be told yes it was a scam.
Hope people don't fall for this one.
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The missus got a few last week purporting to be from Amazon to say the account had been hacked, she put the phone down and they rang back a couple of times and were most insistent that it wasn't a scam. The account hadn't been hacked.
We regularly get calls from 'TalkTalk' telling us the Internet is going to be cut off, we've not been with TT for about 5 years.
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We've had plenty of the internet scam calls, but never Visa, or Amazon.
Thought about just phoning the bank up, but I think I'd read advice that you shouldn't phone straight back, as you might get through to the scammers phone line instead of the real phone number you think you are ringing.
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Originally Posted by Alikado
The missus got a few last week purporting to be from Amazon to say the account had been hacked, she put the phone down and they rang back a couple of times and were most insistent that it wasn't a scam. The account hadn't been hacked.
We regularly get calls from 'TalkTalk' telling us the Internet is going to be cut off, we've not been with TT for about 5 years.
I bet you are registered with BT!
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Originally Posted by slothy
We've had plenty of the internet scam calls, but never Visa, or Amazon.
Thought about just phoning the bank up, but I think I'd read advice that you shouldn't phone straight back, as you might get through to the scammers phone line instead of the real phone number you think you are ringing.
If you really need to phone them use another phone, landline or mobile.
As you say they will pretend to hang up but keep the line open.
Never, ever, argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
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Originally Posted by The PNP
Imo, either BT's customer database has been hacked - or there are bent BT employees in India, selling private phone numbers to scammers.
Best advice, never ever open a screenshare program with cold callers - regardless who they claim to be.....
A couple of years ago, a TalkTalk operator at the call centre they use in South Africa admitted to me that this is rife with them.
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Originally Posted by Lamparilla
A couple of years ago, a TalkTalk operator at the call centre they use in South Africa admitted to me that this is rife with them.
That would not surprise me....My (now compromised) second BT line has never otherwise rung since it was installed. I can think of no other explanation.
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Originally Posted by said
I bet you are registered with BT!
No, not in the last 12 years.
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Originally Posted by The PNP
That would not surprise me....My (now compromised) second BT line has never otherwise rung since it was installed. I can think of no other explanation.
Could it not be auto diallers, computers randomly dialling numbers until they get one that rings then transfers it to a person, hence to usual few seconds delay in hearing a voice?
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Originally Posted by gsgsgs
Could it not be auto diallers, computers randomly dialling numbers until they get one that rings then transfers it to a person, hence to usual few seconds delay in hearing a voice?
Well, that's not impossible. Yet in
over a year since line installed it's never happened before. The guy was also certain I was with BT and I didn't notice a delay when I picked up. He also sounded genuine, just like a BT employee - not like the usual midering idiots you get with broken English.
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