Another scam.

Watch out for scammers offering £100.to your Pay Pal account as you have been such a good customer...........
A good try but they don’t even know my name

 

Some try using different false names, got an email sent to one of my 'burner' accounts yesterday hoping I was called 'Fred' which, if they sent out enough emails, would arrive in the inboxes of 100's or 1,000's of Freds.

 

Would love to catch these scammers. Even one of them .
An elderly neighbour rang me last week in turmoil.....she had been told her phone and internet would be disconnected if !!! She doesnt even have the internet anyway but I told her it was a scam and to ignore it; her phone would not be disconnected.
In this day of amazing technology why arent these scammers caught??

 

QUOTE="Verdun, post: 1186011, member: 12450"]An elderly neighbour rang me last week in turmoil.....she had been told her phone and internet would be disconnected[/QUOTE]

Had 2 of those messages left on our answerphone in the last month. As we're exdirectory they must be working through every combination of numbers, and if they get an answer, try again.

QUOTE="Verdun, post: 1186011, member: 12450"]In this day of amazing technology why arent these scammers caught??[/QUOTE]

The problem is, despite the availability of "amazing technology", there's no caller display for international numbers (which the majority of spammers appear to use), therefore no call blocking, or what would be even better is the ability to have a list of permitted/trusted international numbers.

The last time I checked, only withheld numbers, or specific UK numbers could be blocked. It's about time this was changed.

 

My landline is EX Directory. I get scam calls, Especially early morning. I now let the phone ring. These critters already know so much about you. How, why? Yes tyhere are methods that you can take to keep yourself free, but all the time, you ar being questioned etc and for the scammers, you are feeding them.

 

Could you explain that further please @shiney. How is it free if you have to pay a year in advance?

 

Thanks Shiney. Pete and I were considering it but we only pay rental a month in advance.

 

Thanks Shiney but we can't afford to pay a year up front.