I just say ..'hang on a sec..' and put them on hold or loudspeaker until they get bored.
What Scam Calls Have You Had Today?
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Yay!
Had another today!
It came up as a scam on the screen.
I answered the phone but did not say hello.
After a couple of seconds, a bloke said "Hello?"
I said,
"Hello, can I order some pizzas please?
I'd like 4 12" Margherita and 2 12" Pepperoni pizzas please, with 2 bottles of coke. We're at the Community Centre down the road and we will have the cash ready. The name is Hartley. J R Hartley."
I didn't expect to get it all out without interruption, but I kept going regardless. By the time I got to the J R Hartley bit, he had cleared down.
Had another today!
It came up as a scam on the screen.
I answered the phone but did not say hello.
After a couple of seconds, a bloke said "Hello?"
I said,
"Hello, can I order some pizzas please?
I'd like 4 12" Margherita and 2 12" Pepperoni pizzas please, with 2 bottles of coke. We're at the Community Centre down the road and we will have the cash ready. The name is Hartley. J R Hartley."
I didn't expect to get it all out without interruption, but I kept going regardless. By the time I got to the J R Hartley bit, he had cleared down.
Avril says she is constantly flooded with the scammers, on her mobile number, and keeps blacking their numbers. Thing is, they never ring back on the same spoofed number, so why bother? Me, I only rarely get them on the mobile, but those who are brave enough, get a barrage of abuse from me - which seems to work. Landline, blocks all unknown caller numbers, unless they are willing to press a certain key, and record their name - which almost never happens, unless the caller is genuine. Hospitals, docs, police etc., are used to these call blockers, and do as requested, to get through - never any issue. The rest are blocked, and just show up in the list of missed callers.
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I was scammed by an online car history checker a couple of weeks ago...Checkmycar.
They charge £5.95 for a one off check, they then enrol you "unknowingly" into a subscription at a cost £39.80 per month that you can't cancel through them...
I got in touch with my bank, informed them of the scam and asked them to block the payment. The bank replied with "Unfortunately we are unable to stop the payment or future monthly payments as the Subscription is not listed"
To which I replied, "as you aren't taking action against fraud and aren't able to stop the subscription or payment then please can you make me an appointment with my local branch to close my accounts with you, I'm quite sure this will halt the subscription and the fraud" T.I.A.
They have since refunded the payment and are investigating.....
They charge £5.95 for a one off check, they then enrol you "unknowingly" into a subscription at a cost £39.80 per month that you can't cancel through them...
I got in touch with my bank, informed them of the scam and asked them to block the payment. The bank replied with "Unfortunately we are unable to stop the payment or future monthly payments as the Subscription is not listed"
To which I replied, "as you aren't taking action against fraud and aren't able to stop the subscription or payment then please can you make me an appointment with my local branch to close my accounts with you, I'm quite sure this will halt the subscription and the fraud" T.I.A.
They have since refunded the payment and are investigating.....
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My smartphone screen as the call is coming in.
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Not sure. It's an Android phone, so it might be Google's doing?
I have Android 13.
Also, I have 2 SIMs in the phone and one is an emergency SIM.
I don't give anyone this number so when it rings, I know it's going to be a scammer, confirmed by the warning on screen as the call is coming in.
But I get scammers on my regular number as well.
I have Android 13.
Also, I have 2 SIMs in the phone and one is an emergency SIM.
I don't give anyone this number so when it rings, I know it's going to be a scammer, confirmed by the warning on screen as the call is coming in.
But I get scammers on my regular number as well.
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I had a real call from HMRC trying to pay me some money back that I thought was a scam.
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A report at Politico tells of a tiny, barely known regulator that took on the U.K.’s biggest banks in the name of protecting fraud victims — and lost.
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is housed within the main U.K. financial watchdog’s offices in Stratford, East London, and it told banks in late 2022 that they should be on the hook for up to £415,000 when their customers lose money to payment scams.
Their reimbursement requirements will likely now be capped at a far lower £85,000 when the policy kicks in on Oct. 7. Push payment fraud — where victims are conned into sending money to a fraudster posing as a genuine payee — is a major problem in the U.K. In the last year alone, fraudulent transactions along these lines totaled £459.7 million.
But the banks argued forcefully that they should not become a de facto reimbursement service for such scams. Research from industry lobby group UK Finance showed that 70% of Authorised Push Payment scams (APPs) originate on an online platform, much of it from Meta-owned platforms like Facebook or WhatsApp. Fintech bank Revolut found 60% of reported scams came from Meta alone.
“Payment firms are a tool to transfer money from a person to another person. We are not the scammer. We have just taken your order to send money from your account, that you authorized,” said Riccardo Tordera, head of policy at the Payments Association, a lobbying group whose members include Barclays, Visa and American Express. “If your car gets stolen, you can’t call Jaguar or Renault and say ‘excuse me, my car’s just been stolen, can you send another one please?’” he added.
Caveat Emptor applies. Let's face it, if you haven't got call-blocking on your phone by now, it's really your own fault.
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is housed within the main U.K. financial watchdog’s offices in Stratford, East London, and it told banks in late 2022 that they should be on the hook for up to £415,000 when their customers lose money to payment scams.
Their reimbursement requirements will likely now be capped at a far lower £85,000 when the policy kicks in on Oct. 7. Push payment fraud — where victims are conned into sending money to a fraudster posing as a genuine payee — is a major problem in the U.K. In the last year alone, fraudulent transactions along these lines totaled £459.7 million.
But the banks argued forcefully that they should not become a de facto reimbursement service for such scams. Research from industry lobby group UK Finance showed that 70% of Authorised Push Payment scams (APPs) originate on an online platform, much of it from Meta-owned platforms like Facebook or WhatsApp. Fintech bank Revolut found 60% of reported scams came from Meta alone.
“Payment firms are a tool to transfer money from a person to another person. We are not the scammer. We have just taken your order to send money from your account, that you authorized,” said Riccardo Tordera, head of policy at the Payments Association, a lobbying group whose members include Barclays, Visa and American Express. “If your car gets stolen, you can’t call Jaguar or Renault and say ‘excuse me, my car’s just been stolen, can you send another one please?’” he added.
Caveat Emptor applies. Let's face it, if you haven't got call-blocking on your phone by now, it's really your own fault.
yep my mrs tesco mobile comes up and says possible scam caller.
Personally i dont see peoples need to answer calls from unknown numbers let them go to answer machine their systems then usually recognise its gone to answer machine and cut the call
Was walking our dog with Mrs Motties mate the other day and she had a text saying something like "Mum, I've lost my phone and using my mates phone and I need some Money". Well, she has no children and knew it was a scam so she replied "Why, what's happened darling". No reply as of yet!
I got a similar one, 20 years ago, but an email. It claimed to be from a work colleague, away on holiday, and taken ill, short of funds. It used their name, as if they had sent it, but it fell over - due to the fact that person was in the same room as me at the time.
Obviously, their email account had been hacked, along with their contact list.
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