SCAMS - Report them here!

[Clover]

I had that old chestnut letter for G from Hong Kong saying he was the beneficiary of someone’s massive investment! So obviously a scam but someone must fall for it or else they wouldn’t do it.

[Lizzie48]

The thing is people do fall for these scams, I was reading that a local man got a message from his bank, he had to change his account as his present one had been hacked, he did, and lost €22,ooo! His son set up a crowd funding page and he got that amount donated, but, people do fall for these scams and he was lucky to get so much donated. He admits it was his own fault, knew of all these scams but at that moment really did think it was his own bank.

[Nanto2girls]

Thats the problem isn't it Lizzie,some do fall for it.

[Daisy]

I can see why people do fall for them - you're caught off guard and the scammers sound so plausible.

Lizzie - I'm glad people helped that man, but he must have been devastated.

Shem - that's really nasty, and if you were alone in the house you'd feel very vulnerable.

I just hope these evil people get their comeuppance.

[Gemini]

My latest is 2 emails, one yesterday and one today, supposedly from Paypal about suspicious activity on the credit cards linked to my PP account. They say they have suspended my account and to contact them via a link. Of course I did not do this. Anything which start Dear Customer will be bogus
I looked it up and this is the address to forward these phishing mails to, so I did that this morning.


spoof@paypal.co.uk

[Plantaholic]

I have had six calls in two days from the one saying I had missed a call from Sky and they are going to cut me off. I don’t answer them now. I have TP with BT, I will contact them next week if I have another one. Fortunately my phone reads out either the person or number of the caller.

[Gemini]

It's all so tedious isnt it?

[Daisy]

You're right, Gem.

Plant we have TP too, but is doesn't seem to make much difference.

[Plantaholic]

Good idea Gemini, they get lost in the general chat. I had one about Paypal account and suspicious activity.

[Daisy]

I got that, too, Gem but didn't open it. I only use my PP account very occasionally and for one purpose.

[Glammanana]

I've had a few recently and sent them on their way to that link address it must be making someone money when some poor soul is taken in by them.

[Daisy]

I've just spotted an article in a local online paper about an Amazon 'brushing' scam.

The victim is sent parcels of things they haven't ordered. I think Plant has had a recent experience of that happening, but didn't sound quite like this current scam.

If you're concerned, please read the link explaining it.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/read-th...ce=parsely-api

[Gemini]

This one seems to be doing the rounds again.

Recorded phone call yesterday to tell me there has been a suspicious transaction for £600 on my credit card. It's always £600 for some reason 

[Lizzie48]

I get so many strange mails at the moment!

[Daisy]

I had a phone call this morning. It listed the caller's number - local, our exchange. She said it was the bank and they were querying two purchases made this morning with our credit card - one for Amazon, followed immediately by an international money transfer for a 4 figure sum.

OH was out but I knew he'd made an Amazon purchase this morning. I was pretty sure he hadn't sent money abroad, though. It was very convincing, but I put the phone down without saying anything or following the options to stop the transactions.

I dialled 1471 and noted the phone number, and then realised that although it was local, our branch using that telephone exchange had closed recently.

OH contacted the Bank and sure enough it was a scam.

It's a variation on a common scam, I know, but the local number and the fact that OH had used his CC for an Amazon purchase, and the caller spoke with a neutral British accent, plus knowing that fraudsters often try a low value purchase before using a stolen card for a high value one all gave it an air of authenticity.

[Oma]

Daisy
These people are getting clever ,
We had a similar one , B said I will ring you back on another phone as it was a real person not a recorded message and they hung up ,
He rang our Bank via my mobile and it was a scam ,

They use Amazon a lot because these days the likelihood of you actually ordering from Amazon is high so you will think it’s real
So glad you realised before following any options .

[Nanto2girls]

It's happening a lot. Unfortunately so many will fall for it.

[Daisy]

It makes you doubt any unusual call though doesn't it. I nearly hung up on our pharmacist a few days ago, purely because of his accent and the way he said "Am I speaking to Mrs Daisy? Ma'am ......" I didn't recognise his name but fortunately he said the name of the village chemists. It's so sad to be suspicious of everyone.