mda03cn Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 They are probably cold calling. I had a similar call a few weeks ago and I haven't been with sky for almost a year now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 but they do seem to be phone Sky (or ex Sky) customers, which kinda indicates Sky have passed peoples details onto them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossyrooney Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 This seems to be an ongoing scam and you would think with all the millions that Sky has in its coffers it would hunt down and take legal steps to close it down for good. I mean no disrespect but there are lots of people out there who are perhaps not as "street wise" as you and it is those people that get targeted and then fleeced by this scum. It seems a sad indictment of todays world that these companies are so easy to set up and prosper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 but they do seem to be phone Sky (or ex Sky) customers, which kinda indicates Sky have passed peoples details onto them. We don't know how many non-Sky customers have been contacted..they might just be doing loads of cold calls..I would suspect a large proportion of the UK is either a Sky customer or has been one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 True, and I doubt Sky will own up to selling off customer details to a scam agency either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherriepie Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Just cold calling as sky do not give out your details. They asked for me in a previous surname of which I have not been called by this name for a number of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mda03cn Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 My parents get at least one call per day from 'nuisance' callers, such as computer technicians, PPI, ambulance chasers. They are registered with the TPS but doesn't seem to make a difference. Fortunately they usually say they are going to turn the TV down and leave the phone off the hook until the caller hangs up. I'm sure there are people though who are taken in by these calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It's worrying that they have obtained your details from Sky somehow. That maybe not the case. I had a similar call this morning : they knew my Christian and surname, but I've never been a Sky customer. I pretty soon realised the purpose of the call, so went along with the conversation for a while, even making up my account details (which the caller agreed were correct and matched their records!) In the end I admitted that the Sky equipment was indeed at my address, but that the account was held in the landlord's name and they should contact him. Sincere apologies to anyone who is really called "Juan Kerr".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodmally Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It's worrying that they have obtained your details from Sky somehow. They are probably trying their luck and just happened to come across a Sky customer. Its like the Microsoft phone scam from an overseas call centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveyDavey Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I never see the point in people getting these warranties on their Sky box.... If they fail within a year they get replaced anyway and if it's after the year you can just pay £60 for an engineer visit and if your box is broke you get a replacement off Sky as part of the £60 charge!!!! Alternatively someone with a bit of knowhow could just pick a replacement box up off ebay for less than £100 if required too. How much do people end up paying per month for the warranty?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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