Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
No unwanted calls since we went to Sky except for one every few months to my mobile.
Yet Another Scam
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Suffolk Tony
Aim low, achieve your goals, avoid disappointment.
We've got a BT phone system with call screening. Anyone who phones and is not in our directory has to hold whilst we're asked if we want to take the call. Since installing this, we've had zero scam calls. They presumably just give up without troubling us.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
One in a few hundred is probably all it takes.
Enfield boy
pfm Member
Action Fraud (I think) only show an interest if you've actually been defrauded. I get their point but they show zero interest in attempted fraud/scams. So the slightly more savvy are wasting their time trying to protect the vulnerable who would actually lose money to these scrotes. Having seen the ICO mentioned here I've reported three times to them, they won't accept reports about computer scams and direct you to "Action Fraud". See above!
Bob McC
Living the life of Riley
Action Fraud - what a waste of time and money.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/action-fraud-national-call-centre-not-fit-for-purpose-nb52tnvn9
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/action-fraud-national-call-centre-not-fit-for-purpose-nb52tnvn9
Amber Audio
This is the Day
I ask them to tell me which car cos I’ve had several accidents lately, sometimes they pass me up the chain, don’t mind string them and the Microsoft clowns on for a while if we’re quiet, if they are talking to me they are not scamming someone else.
Amber Audio
This is the Day
Post your landline number on here I’m sure you’ll get a few opportunities to sort your Compromised Broadband, Infected PC and Car Crash Compensation out by tomorrow night.
S-Man
StrivingON
Same here. In >5 years we have only ever had one sales caller who bothered go through the call screening procedure. The conversation went like this:
Me: Hello
Caller: Hello this is Mark from Energy Consulting Services (or who/whatever)
Me: Congratulations! You are the only sales person who has ever bothered to go through our call screening system.
Caller: Oh great. Does that mean you are interested in our services?
Me: No. Goodbye.
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Enfield boy
pfm Member
No experience of GHIC yet obvs but back in the day when the uplands were truly sunny my wife, my daughter and I all had to use our EHIC. It was easy, yes we paid upfront but got the money back quickly and the medical attention we received was brilliant. I hope the GHIC proves to be as good.
Ibbots
pfm Member
I usually tell the accident ones that yes I have had an accident and it cannot have been my fault because I was drunk at the time. And, if they don't hang up then, add that the child should not have been playing in the road anyway. Never got as far as asking if I can sue the parents.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
I explain that I can’t speak to them at the moment because I don’t have a phone.
Copperjacket
pfm Member
I have had 2 new variations today: my National Insurance Number is compromised & my mobile is going to be disconnected. Both via a mobile number.
Don’t really get a lot of scam calls well I do but if I don’t know the number I don’t answer, genuine punters usually leave a voicemail or text or email me as directed on my voicemail but I must get at least 20 scam emails a day mainly telling me they’re sending me millions of quid. All of them go into the junk folder but I check that out every day in case a genuine email slips through.