BT Phone scam

jaysay · 19-09-2009, 08:52

Been on the news this morning that spammers have found another way of relieving people of their readies. They are ringing BT customers saying that their account is in arrears and they must bring it up-to-date there and then by credit card or debit card or their phone will immediately be cut off. To prove this they tell the person to hang up and try and make an outgoing call, some people have actually fallen for that and paid up

Neil · 19-09-2009, 09:07

That is because some people are stupid.

one of the banks I use phoned me the other day and asked for me by name. They then said they needed to do a security check to prove who I was. I said hang on a minute you phoned me, it should be me doing the security check on you not the other way around. I asked if there was a problem with the account and was told no. I then politely ( don't laugh I can be polite

) said, please write to me with whatever it is you want. The person said ok and I put the phone down.

This same bank does this every few months and always gets the same response from me.

emamum · 19-09-2009, 09:09

the stupidity of some people is amazing! wouldnt you know if your account was so far in arrears?

david1 · 19-09-2009, 09:13

Just found a link for this -

BBC NEWS | Business | BT warns customers of phone scams

jaysay · 19-09-2009, 09:14

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Originally Posted by emamum

the stupidity of some people is amazing! wouldnt you know if your account was so far in arrears?

Emma you would be surprised, some people don't know what day it is let alone if their BT account is in arrears

Restless · 19-09-2009, 12:17

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Emma you would be surprised, some people don't know what day it is let alone if their BT account is in arrears

so true. What a lovely sunday afternoon it is today

those spamming emails get me. Who is daft enough to fall for those '' My king is dead and my evil brother is aire to the throne but i sneaked away into some shrubberys and now i got away to this cyber cafe deep in nigera. All i need is your full name, address, postcode, bank details and credit card details w/passwords to all please then i will send a share of the £1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000"

jaysay · 19-09-2009, 13:52

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Originally Posted by Restless

so true. What a lovely sunday afternoon it is today

those spamming emails get me. Who is daft enough to fall for those '' My king is dead and my evil brother is aire to the throne but i sneaked away into some shrubberys and now i got away to this cyber cafe deep in nigera. All i need is your full name, address, postcode, bank details and credit card details w/passwords to all please then i will send a share of the £1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000"

That's another thing Restless, how many times do you see instances where elderly people have thrown literally thousands of pounds away on mail scams, thinking they have won money, yet the post office say they can't do anything about it because the mail comes from abroad

Restless · 19-09-2009, 14:38

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Originally Posted by jaysay

That's another thing Restless, how many times do you see instances where elderly people have thrown literally thousands of pounds away on mail scams, thinking they have won money, yet the post office say they can't do anything about it because the mail comes from abroad

yeah. most of the scams are in nigera. One guy was caught i recall having made 1.7 million... How the hell can you make that much money scamming folks? there must be a lot of stoops in the world

too many scams around yeah magazines used to have those flyers with simiular things all the time with those 'win a holiday scratch here and then ring the hotline at £5 per min for 3 mins and win something worth £5'
My mum fell for a trick on holiday. She was told she had won a digital camera but she had to send off for it....all she had to do was pay the £6 P&P... it came with a few 1st stamp stamps on it and it was a VGA camera. Like a throwaway cam but instead you usb'd it across to pc. It wasn't even 1 megapixel. Prob worth £1

shillelagh · 19-09-2009, 14:43

If they rang me up and said that ..id say how much do i owe ... then ever so nicely say .. can i have your name, the centre you are at and your line boss's name i'll just check this with my sister ... she works at BT and is a boss there ...

jaysay · 20-09-2009, 08:47

Just a wander, been reading in the paper this morning that some people in Sheffield have been contacted on phone by people saying they are from the council and have asked for bank details as they are due a rebate on their Council Tax, and yes some people fell for it hook line and sinker

LYNX1 · 21-09-2009, 10:31

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Just a wander, been reading in the paper this morning that some people in Sheffield have been contacted on phone by people saying they are from the council and have asked for bank details as they are due a rebate on their Council Tax, and yes some people fell for it hook line and sinker

It's getting ridiculous........the council always write to you about things like that

jaysay · 21-09-2009, 10:37

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It's getting ridiculous........the council always write to you about things like that

I know that and you know that LYNX but there are quite a few numpties alive and well in this country and that's why scams like this appear with great regularity

LYNX1 · 21-09-2009, 10:42

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I know that and you know that LYNX but there are quite a few numpties alive and well in this country and that's why scams like this appear with great regularity

Must agree with you there jaysay.........I think I know most of them

accyman · 21-09-2009, 12:32

its about time BT allowed customers to choose which countries can have calls put through to them like you could select to block calls from nigeria and india and not have call centers or scamartists bothering you

it cant be that hard to do

jaysay · 21-09-2009, 15:46

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Originally Posted by accyman

its about time BT allowed customers to choose which countries can have calls put through to them like you could select to block calls from nigeria and india and not have call centers or scamartists bothering you

it cant be that hard to do

Can't see a problem with that accyman, but I bet BT can