SCAMS....Email (without an apostrophe) and by phone

[Techno II]

Classic !! 

Dearie, dearie me.....I know I shouldn't laugh...BUT.

Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

senders underlying email address is 'karlbigboy17@hotmail.co.uk'  (I know we live in an informal world but I don't see  NHS Management going for that one.

Ah! One of the Ruritanian Bigböys, no doubt.

[hammurabi70]

AMAZON DELIVERY

We regularly buy through Amazon, which has been very helpful during the C-19 lockdown.  Today we had a text message stating they [the delivery company] were sorry we were out but they would deliver (again) tomorrow ... with a supplemental delivery charge.  We promptly texted back that we were in, and had been, all day and nobody had called; within the hour we got the delivery. 

Anybody else had this style of skimming some extra income?

[Raider4]

Not had it personally, but we were warned about this at work.

Fresh warnings over Royal Mail parcel scam. They mention they use DPD as well as Royal Mail.
Carlisle ex-police officer 'devastated' by £3k Royal Mail scam.

[Techno II]

AMAZON DELIVERY
Anybody else had this style of skimming some extra income?

No.......That sounds rather 'iffy'.....I'd be tempted to report that to Amazon.

Von gets very similar email ones to the ones Martyn's just mentioned....she always treats those as scams and instantly deletes them.

We had a load of phone calls, a fortnight ago, purporting to be from Amazon...either thanking me for a huge order, that I hadn't made..or thanking me for renewing my Amazon Prime a/c, which I hadn't done....Obviously NOT Amazon....I just let the automated calls go through their messages until they finish, with the vain hope that it might cost them a few more pence by keeping them on the line each time.

GITS !!

Cheers - Phil.

[Steve J]

Famous last words but our 'Amazon' calls have stopped of late.

[Techno II]

The scam calls seem to go on a six to eight week cycle, Steve.....We probably (Hopefully) won't get any more for the next couple of months.

Cheers - Phil.

[hammurabi70]

The scam calls seem to go on a six to eight week cycle, Steve.....We probably (Hopefully) won't get any more for the next couple of months.

Cheers - Phil.

Hadn't noticed that before but it could well be so.  I had the Indian Call Centre for BT try today  He was non-plussed when I asked him which account?  Trick question, as I do not have a BT account.   

[Techno II]

I believe the 'bits of kit' that send out ridiculous numbers of calls each second, are probably set up to call a limited number of area codes.....and these codes get changed every few days, so the b*stards can try and spread their contamination, all over the UK, bit by bit.

I only base this from conversations I've had with other folk in the locality. Who will obviously have the same area code as your truly.
When I'VE been 'suffering'.....other locals also seem to suffer as well.

Cheers - Phil.

[steve_holmes_11]

Hadn't noticed that before but it could well be so.  I had the Indian Call Centre for BT try today  He was non-plussed when I asked him which account?  Trick question, as I do not have a BT account.   

Maybe Covid will slow these guys down.

[steve_holmes_11]

I believe the 'bits of kit' that send out ridiculous numbers of calls each second, are probably set up to call a limited number of area codes.....and these codes get changed every few days, so the b*stards can try and spread their contamination, all over the UK, bit by bit.

I only base this from conversations I've had with other folk in the locality. Who will obviously have the same area code as your truly.
When I'VE been 'suffering'.....other locals also seem to suffer as well.

Cheers - Phil.

They used to be known as War Diallers, probably still are.
And yes the common policy is to saturate an area for a while then move to another.

Despite all their claims, the Telecomms providers ought to have no difficulty tracing these calls to source and putting a stop to them.
It's no different to them knowing how many pennies you've spent on phonecalls each month.
However they regard it as "Just business" and they fob you off with "Untraceable number".

[pbeccas]

We have been smashed with Indian scam callers pretending to be the tax department.  Unless the outstanding tax bill isn't paid immediately in iTunes cards the police will be around to arrest you.  It was funny because they called every extension at my police station.

[Techno II]

 

Awesome !!!......I love it !! 

But asking to be paid in iTunes cards (??) seems a bit more than a  tad unusual !! 

Despite all their claims, the Telecomms providers ought to have no difficulty tracing these calls to source and putting a stop to them.

I'm with you on that, Steve.

Cheers - Phil.

[Raider4]

They used to be known as War Diallers, probably still are.
And yes the common policy is to saturate an area for a while then move to another.

There was an early Simpsons episode - Lisa's Date with Density (25 years ago now!) - where Homer finds an auto-dialler and rings everyone in town.

Thought it was funny at the time, now not so much. Reality has caught up and is much, much worse

[pbeccas]

=

But asking to be paid in iTunes cards (??) seems a bit more than a  tad unusual !! 

You won't believe how many elderly people fall for it.  Retail outlets are now required to warn elderly people who are buying a couple hundred dollars worth.