Pushkin Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Hello all. I just had a phone call from an advisor from the Ministry of justice: Informing me that all bank charges levied onto my accounts over the past 20 years are all being reallocated to me in the form of a cheque:0). I told him that was absolutely wonderful as it would be quite a sum of money. He agreed with me and said he was happy to be the one calling to tell me about this. I reminded him that the call was being recorded and that I have to tell him that so he understands. Silence. 30 seconds later he announced that he had forgotten to tell me he is also recording the call and asked me why I was doing so? I asked him to confirm the name of the organisation he works for - Ministry of Justice - And does he know how much the refund is? He said yes but he has to do some further security and then he could tell me the total. Name dob address etc - I'm surprised he didn't ask me for my National Insurance number as well as my bank account and branch number. TO shorten this very interesting call I asked him how much he gets paid for doing this job - duh - silence again. That was when I told him he was full of bull and I was ending the call. Careful out there boys and girls - this guy was quite slick apart from his Indian(?) accent that he did not try to improve on. There was me thinking it was a quiet day too.😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinj Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Congratulations, if I give him my bank details do you think he can do the same for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 I have just had a call from benefits uk I said what you want he said just checking your details. I said carry on first question was how old are I said if you know my name you will know how old I am silence so I put phone down to see how long before he answered after about a minute I put phone back in cradle be carful everybody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B391 Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 I have had 3 attempted scam calls from HMRC saying there is warrant out for me unless I pay arrears - can I give them my bank details and then they will tell me how much if I press 1 on they keys - er NO Be careful peeps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 I had an email from Epstein's lawyer yesterday, I'm in the money 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmicblue Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 They are fairly easy to spot - love the BT spoof calls, leading them on for 5 minutes and then saying 'is smoke supposed to appear now?'..usually they terminate the call... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Well I have a missed call,from +27 (32) 814-0408. South Africa at 0930 yesterday.....do you think I was going to be told some equally good news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicW Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 What I find interesting with these calls is that they display their number instead of withholding it. This means that if you have the right phone you can block that specific number. A lot of modern phones can be set to automatically block withheld numbers so perhaps that is why they do it. After a while they can simply change the number they are calling from. Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, B391 said: I have had 3 attempted scam calls from HMRC saying there is warrant out for me unless I pay arrears - can I give them my bank details and then they will tell me how much if I press 1 on they keys - er NO Be careful peeps Had a few of those, the message is a recorded voice which you just know the real HMRC wouldn't do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, VicW said: What I find interesting with these calls is that they display their number instead of withholding it. This means that if you have the right phone you can block that specific number. A lot of modern phones can be set to automatically block withheld numbers so perhaps that is why they do it. After a while they can simply change the number they are calling from. Vic. They now display so they look less suspicious. They also spoof numbers so when you Google it they look legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicW Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 I have Googled the spoof BT scam number and it comes up with several results saying that it is a scam, so why don't BT do anything about it? Where do they get your name and phone number from? Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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