I just had a real dodgy phone call!

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graham001

27-05-2011

Thanks to everyone who has responded ... I thought I was special and the only one

but it would seem I am just a number

....

There are certainly a few street wise ones out there who can tell a scam from the first few words, I'm afraid I have been little less suspiscious (but am getting that way).

I will run one of these spyware/virus programmes mentioned above to check I am safe, but as I said the laptop is purely used for

internet surfing

and i never log onto any sites with a password on that one.

I will also run something on my PC to check that too.

Simon Rodgers

29-05-2011

Originally Posted by Sassernach:
“My friend got caught with that one last year...

They got really nasty with her when she refused to purchase from them.

When a company I deal with contact me and ask me for my password to confirm I am the account holder, I simply tell them I cannot be sure they are who they say they are and refuse any information. One company called me 6 times in the last two weeks want to offer me a better deal.
However they soon got fed up when I refused to confirm who I was with secure passwords etc.”

Maybe you should just ask them to hold while you get the right person to talk to then just leave them waiting. See how long they stay on for. If they lose a lot of money on the calls, then they will have less to scam vunerable people.

dancingbearbear

29-05-2011

Originally Posted by Simon Rodgers:
“Wow, there was a case on Judge Judy some time back shown on one of the satelite channels in the UK where a woman changed her number because of people calling for her, then they gave her old number to this man who kept getting the calls. In the end he left an answering machine saying "Sorry, if you're calling for xxxxxxx, she died in a car crash, we're all very distraught, please don't call again". This got back to the woman and she successfully sued him for damages.

The moral of this stroy is watch what you say, you never know what will happen as a result. If you don't believe me, have a look at some of my past threads and messages and the repliues they received.”

What sort of repercussions could there be from telling a scammer that you're dead?

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