cressida Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Scammers now demanding £1,000 to stop ringing, then asked for £4,000+ - woman went to the bank then realised it was a scam - why don't people change their phone numbers, or leave their phone ringing out to cost the scammers? Tree surgeons cut down six trees for one woman, charged her £1,500 didn't cut the roots out, just covered them with soil. Edited March 14, 2021 by cressida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Hadn't seen that, but I don't have a call-blocker of any sort, other than the one in my head - if I am not expecting a call from an unrecognised number, I just let in go to voicemail - it auto-disconnects as soon as the answer machine kicks in, and once these scum realise you're unlikely to pick up, it's not long before your number is 'skipped' in the sequence. I've gone from 10+ a week before I read this useful info - somewhere, can't remember where because it was a couple of years back, to maybe two or three a month on the land-line and I've had maybe 10 on the mobile in the whole time I've had the number - 30+ years. BTW - it was a spoof email, not a phone call. Edited March 14, 2021 by RollingJ Added comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I only answer if I recognize the number, but I don't appreciate it if I'm in a café and someone from my surgery phones as everyone can hear what should be a private conversation, that's when I can' find my glasses and has only happened a few times. The phone is for my convenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmiss Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 1 hour ago, cressida said: I only answer if I recognize the number, but I don't appreciate it if I'm in a café and someone from my surgery phones as everyone can hear what should be a private conversation, that's when I can' find my glasses and has only happened a few times. The phone is for my convenience. Agree, that’s why I don’t answer if I’m in a public place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudbeer Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Yes I never answer unless I know the number. If its important they will leave a message, Never had a scammer leave a message! Worryingly scammers have found a way of making a message appear in a "string" that looks like it is from a legit number such as a bank! Edited March 15, 2021 by Fudbeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Fudbeer said: Yes I never answer unless I know the number. If its important they will leave a message, Never had a scammer leave a message! Worryingly scammers have found a way of making a message appear in a "string" that looks like it is from a legit number such as a bank! Is this a text we're talking? The only time my bank send me one of those is for 2FA and is instant when I log in on the PC, which I rarely do - all my banking these days is done on the iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudbeer Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 11 hours ago, RollingJ said: Is this a text we're talking? The only time my bank send me one of those is for 2FA and is instant when I log in on the PC, which I rarely do - all my banking these days is done on the iPad. Yes basically scammers have found a way to text you and it adds it on to a previous text number you have received texts from making people think it’s from them when it’s not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Just now, Fudbeer said: Yes basically scammers have found a way to text you and it adds it on to a previous text number you have received texts from making people think it’s from them when it’s not. Interesting - never seen that, but I've only had one scam text in the 30+ years I've had this mobile number, and it was a 'loner', i.e. not as a follow-on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 If I get a scammer on my landline, I always ask for Their telephone number first, and they cut me off instantly ! It’s the quickest way to get rid of them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Just had a phishing text supposedly from HSBC saying I authorised a payment of £240 to a Mr Jones and a link to click on with a HSBC URL. I don't even have an account with them, number blocked and reported as scam. Also had two Royal Mail scam texts and a Lloyds scam text in last couple of weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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