Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Action Fraud is misnamed and I don’t know why. It was never intended to take action against fraudsters. It is, as is noted above, mostly about collating fraud stats for governs and law enforcement.
Not all of them, nor does the telephone preference service but it helps, we don`t normally get more than a couple of scam calls a month but they tend to happen in clusters.Does being ex directory stop these calls?
Almost everyone is that now (have you seen the 'phone book' lately?) but these companies don't operate within the law, and are often based outside the UK.Does being ex directory stop these calls?
@Jamie beat me to the haveibeenpwned link.The thing that bothers me with this particular scam is where the eff did they get my email address?
Being X landline certainly helpsDoes being ex directory stop these calls?
That service did actually used to work very well ( as in I signed up and subsequently never got a marketing call) for quite a long time (about 10 years or so), but after a while I started getting the occassional call. I suspect it's because the service can't influence offshore calls, which is where most of these calls now originate. But anyway, back 15 years ago or so the service worked perfectly, as far as I could tell at least.telephone preference service
It might but getting into conversation with the scammers makes it more expensive for them.make you feel good and superior?
Be aware that antagonising them may be unwise.
soon you will get calls from AI bots with voices you may recognise
It might but getting into conversation with the scammers makes it more expensive for them.
I’m moving to bt full fibre and was given the option of retaining a tel no or not , we chose yes and opted for no phone book entry.. I have a healthy list of numbers on my bt blacklist that go to junk automaticallyAlmost everyone is that now (have you seen the 'phone book' lately?) but these companies don't operate within the law, and are often based outside the UK.
Going to Sky and using their blocking system stopped spam calls immediately, and 100%.
Mobile phones are a different matter.
Seems implausible. How would the scammer know who was related to the ‘daughter’ in order to call them? And any one voice would only work for a hundred or so targets, surely?Already happening, apparently, and terrifyingly convincing - I heard of an example recently which, if I recall correctly, concerned a daughter phoning her mother in trouble of some kind and needing money.
They don't need much of a voice sample apparently, which provides a stronger case still for not engaging these people at all. I don't, I just hang straight up. I have awful difficulty though in pursuading my mother to do the same. They are incredibly clever, and can hook you before you've even realised. They can also build up a profile of potential vulnerabilities by gaining even small snippets of information.
I tend not to answer phone calls nowadays if I don't recognise the number.... but if I do and its situation like that I ask them if they are proud and happy with themselves for the work they do.
I used to get calls from posh UK female voices telling me I had been involved in car accident and I could claim enhanced compensation. Who falls for that?
It's always a numbers game for the scammers. Put enough emails/Whatsapps/calls out there, eventually they get a hit.Seems implausible. How would the scammer know who was related to the ‘daughter’ in order to call them? And any one voice would only work for a hundred or so targets, surely?
It's happening in India. Son has trouble with the police and needs money for a bribe. The "police" pass the phone to the AI generated "son" Very targeted.Seems implausible. How would the scammer know who was related to the ‘daughter’ in order to call them? And any one voice would only work for a hundred or so targets, surely?
The qd and qn years in green have gone off my maths comprehension scale.