Phone Scam.

[Grauntie Mag]

I answered the phone this afternoon to a young lady who told me we would be receiving a blocker for our phone which filters out all scam calls and protects us from hackers. She said we would receive the paperwork in the next few days at which point alarm bells rang! I asked how much, she said if we were pensioners we would qualify for half price, weren’t we lucky! Not £350, but £125! I hadn’t agreed to anything anyway, and although she had an address it was the wrong one. she tried so hard not to let me get a word in. After I ended the call with a very firm ‘no’,I wondered how many folk end up agreeing to this without realising they have just agreed to buy something unnecessary at a ludicrous price. I also thought she should be ashamed. There must be other honest work.

[Oma]

Graunti,
There are so many of these horrible people around ,
Just this afternoon my elderly neighbours phoned B someone had rang to ask them questions said it was a survey for the local council and if they gave their details after the survey they would get £50 put into their bank account,
Our neighbour had the good sense to say he was busy and hung up,
B told him to ignore it if they ring back or to hang up,

How these people sleep at night is beyond me 🤬

[Daisy]

Grauntie, it's horrible, isn't it. Even when we realise and don't fall for whatever the scam is it leaves a nasty taste in your mouth.

I often wonder whether their mothers know what they do for a living - they've got no shame and no scruples.

[Gemini]

So many people are taken in by these things.
I agree with you Grauntie, there must be better ways to make a living.

[Plantaholic]

One has to have their wits about them these days, there is always after ones money.