Another Phone Scam

[george]

Hi.
Another phone scam this morning, a call from Sandanter Security asking
me to press 1 to authorise or 2 to cancel a pending purchase 0f 345 pounds.
Guess someone will press a button and get a hefty charge on their phone bill.

George S.

[baz1]

i have pressed 1 a few times and when they answear I say Fraud Detection how can I help they soon hang up, phone bill as never been affected, also you you get internet calls through the land line.

[Vulcan74]

Watch out for Apex Assure ( Premier Protect 365 ) insurance offering cover for white goods etc!!

[pg1610]

Easy to deal with these sort of calls DON`T Answer the phone to numbers you don`t know

[Mike]

Also be on the lookout for texts from HMRC saying that you owe tax or you have a tax rebate, they would never text you.

[baz1]

Also be on the lookout for texts from HMRC saying that you owe tax or you have a tax rebate, they would never text you.

had all of them and some

[iainpeden]

Also be on the lookout for texts from HMRC saying that you owe tax or you have a tax rebate, they would never text you.

Wife had a similar one from "DVLA" yesterday offering a refund on road tax.

[baz1]

and now Texts from British Gas, if you reply to the text it comes straight back with whatever you put in the reply written into the original text, don't you just love em!!

[timb]

Mine was from amazon

[paddyboy]

Just had one purporting to be from HSBC, telling me someone had accessed my account and to please click onto the link below

In your dreams, matey

[Blackcat1]

Are any of these numbers a 01622 number?

[Supra]

Just yesterday I received a call on my never knowingly used landline from an "Agent" advising my internet would be cut-off within 24 hrs unless.... My reply, Just do it, bye!
Today... The more common (apparently, now I have checked ) call on my mobile from 0515 (India). The guy was yabbering in such a thick accent I had no idea what he said! Upshot was he advised me of a security breach on my BT Internet Service. I asked him for my name, A/c number, first line of address, to which he had no idea. I knew he wouldn't anyway as I'm not with BT.!!!

[baz1]

Just yesterday I received a call on my never knowingly used landline from an "Agent" advising my internet would be cut-off within 24 hrs unless.... My reply, Just do it, bye!
Today... The more common (apparently, now I have checked ) call on my mobile from 0515 (India). The guy was yabbering in such a thick accent I had no idea what he said! Upshot was he advised me of a security breach on my BT Internet Service. I asked him for my name, A/c number, first line of address, to which he had no idea. I knew he wouldn't anyway as I'm not with BT.!!!

Snap, they are so darned thick it beggers belief

[Rugbyref]

Before I installed Skytalk Shield, I used to annoy them by answering them in German or French. My son went one better and just used random words ‘elephant, seventeen, water, bicycle.’

[Rugbyref]

Also be on the lookout for texts from HMRC saying that you owe tax or you have a tax rebate, they would never text you.

Indeed, they are most unlikely to have your phone number or email, let alone use that as a medium.

[Condor68]

I had one similar to Supra but I let him finish then asked him a lot of technical questions based on being an ex broadband engineer.once I got bored giving him abbreviations i had made up as they will have changed since I left.I told him he had been tracked to the extensin he was using.Instant hang up.I then reported it to the local police who are trying to do something about it.After I hung up guess who called ?

[Rugbyref]

In these housebound times you find amusement where you can. My wife has just had one of the scam emails, and we check to see how many factual, grammatical or usage errors we can find. Mixed singular and plural, £ after the amount, etc etc. Sad eh!

[welshandy]

Just yesterday I received a call on my never knowingly used landline from an "Agent" advising my internet would be cut-off within 24 hrs unless.... My reply, Just do it, bye!
Today... The more common (apparently, now I have checked ) call on my mobile from 0515 (India). The guy was yabbering in such a thick accent I had no idea what he said! Upshot was he advised me of a security breach on my BT Internet Service. I asked him for my name, A/c number, first line of address, to which he had no idea. I knew he wouldn't anyway as I'm not with BT.!!!

Snap, they are so darned thick it beggers belief

I've had about 12 of these calls in the last 2 Days on my Landline. 11 of them where "we have missed you, to prevent your internet being disconnected press 1. The Indian Guy I did speak to said he was from BT Technical. My reply was "so am I" & he hung up!!

[Condor68]

Just had 2 today one allegedly HMRC ,on a Saturday? My daughter fell for that one last year and took ages to get her money back.The other was allegedly Sky teling me the my Sky insurance for the box was due for renewal.I explained politely that I didnt have Sky then asked if he would mind doing something for me.Sucked himin brilliantly as he said shouldnt be a problem.Then told him to P~/? off and leave me alone.Shocked silence then click. Dont think the call came from these shores due to transmission delays ut might just have been cheap kit.

[ChrisCwmbran]

Just yesterday I received a call on my never knowingly used landline from an "Agent" advising my internet would be cut-off within 24 hrs unless.... My reply, Just do it, bye!
Today... The more common (apparently, now I have checked ) call on my mobile from 0515 (India). The guy was yabbering in such a thick accent I had no idea what he said! Upshot was he advised me of a security breach on my BT Internet Service. I asked him for my name, A/c number, first line of address, to which he had no idea. I knew he wouldn't anyway as I'm not with BT.!!!

When ever anyone claiming to be from my bank rings (even if I believe they actually are legitimate) I tell them I need the 1st. 6th and 12th letters of my security password - which of course doesn't exist.

When they can't answer I just tell them if it's important to put it in writing