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| Author: | paulzolo [ Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Another phone call scam |
This time from people pretending to be from Telephone Preference Service wanting to improve their services. Seeing as though they had tons of incorrect information (anyone phoning up asking for people with my wife’s maiden name are immediately suspect), and tried to waffle through that with spurious “we’ve had computer problems”, I hung up. Googling the number 1471 gave me tells me that they’ll eventually get round to asking for card or bank details. TPS (for what it’s worth) is free. Tell tale signs: it felt like a “Hello, your computer is sending viruses out” type calls, Indian person at other end, call centre noise in the background, slight delay as you talk. So I suspect the number on 1471 is bogus, and that this is a call centre in India somewhere. A good idea to warn anyone you know about this - especially if they fall into the class of “vulnerable person”. |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another phone call scam |
Noted, cheers! |
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| Author: | davrosG5 [ Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another phone call scam |
Wow. I mean, at one level you’ve got to admire the audacity of using the TPS for a telephone scam. Barstewards! |
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