Gazwag
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[Help] BT Openreach scam
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Thanks to half the country that scam won't happen after 31st Jan
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
I had a nice fully automated scam call today. Recorded in a reassuring English accent, nice mood music, and with no attempt to mention the provider. Apparently my router was about to fail and I should press 1 to speak to an engineer.
Very polished.
Very polished.
thony
Active member
Another scam they can operate is to spoof a PayPal email to you confirming that the money has been transferred to your account, but it is an "accidentally" inflated amount, so they ask you to transfer back the supposed overpayment.
Also in this particular Self Assessment paying month, scammers churn out emails purporting to be from HMRC, copying the colours and fonts of the real HMRC website.
Either offering the ‘tax refund’ you’re due back, or demanding the alleged ‘tax due’.
All absolute bull, HMRC only send text and email reminders about meeting deadlines, but never ask for you to respond to their send only communications.
Either offering the ‘tax refund’ you’re due back, or demanding the alleged ‘tax due’.
All absolute bull, HMRC only send text and email reminders about meeting deadlines, but never ask for you to respond to their send only communications.
symyjym
Banned
Tell them you are with Virgin and the convo quickly ends.
hoof hearted
New member
- Sep 14, 2019
- 591
This guy on Youtube calls scammers and records what they do, if you want to know what happens when they connect to your computer.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm22FAXZMw1BaWeFszZxUKw/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm22FAXZMw1BaWeFszZxUKw/videos
el punal
Well-known member
Yes, thanks very much. I got the first two digits of your bank card but just remind me again of the last two. Cheers for that!
Thats not true but if they do call you they will not ask to control your computer or ask for your password...
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,187
Maybe time for everyone to pull a plug on their landline. Just about every call you get on it will be from from some form of scumbag scanner.
Time to issue society's most vulnerable with an Omsung Phine shirley?
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
Since I got rid of the landline, I have had zero scam phone calls.
I miss my 'friends' from overseas
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
A fool and his/her money are soon parted
Magic Sponge
Well-known member
Another indication that it’s fake is that there is now no such company as BT Openreach, they have had to remove all reference to BT and are now just Openreach.
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
I've taken some time to reflect on this and you're right it was PIFFLE.
Companies do ring you and sometimes with very good reason. But if you're unsure, I highly recommend ringing them back on a number which you've checked online first.
Less piffly?
nicko31
Well-known member
Had them on from Microsoft, kept one guy on the phone for an hour. In the end the conclusion was my PC was running Linux Ubuntu..
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
It's a money laundering/overpayment scam:
Scammer has a hacked bank/paypal account.
Scammer gets in touch with you and offers to buy your high value item (laptop/phone/watch etc) but wants it shipped by courier.
He says his brother/colleague etc will send you the money and include extra to cover the courier.
You get sent far more than the item's value and are asked to refund the balance after shipping via Western Union or similar.
later....
Victim informs his bank, they trace the payment and take it back from you.
Officer Dibble knocks your door, takes a statement and tells you that the money and the item are long gone and it's you that's out of pocket.
Arthritic Toe
Well-known member
Not so. I get calls from my car dealer/garage, AA, and even my travel agent asking me to complete a quick questionnaire about how satisfied I was with the recent service. I tend to play ball since I have been told (by the VW people) that they need the feedback for their job, and need X number of 'completely satisfied' responses or they lose out.
If a cold caller asks me if I am the home owner or whatever I ask for their name and number. They normally then hang up.
I must say I am irritated by Sky and the AA who ask for security question details every time we speak.
If you are ever asked for the last two digits of anything, and they then ask for the first two, hang up. That scam was actually acted out in a TV ad.
edit apologies [MENTION=8459]TWOCHOICEStom[/MENTION] - I see you have reconsidered your post
ps - how did the lactose in the diet issue go (I think it was you who pmd me)?
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A bit harsh. Not all mad decisions are taken by cretins or the pissed-up.
The frail and desperate can sometimes take a leap in the dark, convincing themselves their expectations are the same as their hopes, and take a reckless and uncertain option, convincing themselves that it is bound to be better than the situation they find themselves in presently.
Voting 'leave', for example.