henry d Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Might be, what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan123shooting Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Yep a scam delete it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy4454 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Strange, UKGov using the American style date format 04/22/2021 rather than the UK style 22/04/2021, Scammers all day long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 what the scammers are banking on.....is there has been a leak/rumour that certain covid sufferers may receive some sort of payment....which i rekon will never happen...if it did it would be headline news so ....good scam try....and i will bet it will catch a few people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 What i want to know is who's sent me a big parcel that i need to contact DHL so i can track it Is it a Pulsar Accolade RF2 that someone on PW has gifted to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob85 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 I remember seeing a screenshot someone had taken on their phone of them getting a scam message, they replied to the number telling them to eff off, the scammer actually replied to them saying "worth a try" These scammers need to have fingers removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowrie59 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Scam all day long..same as the royal mail one stating that you have to pay 2 pounds 99 for a parcel that was short in postage. Also HSBC stating someone was login into my account...which is really strange as I haven't got a HSBC account. If in doubt of any email...Google it to see if it's a scam or contact your bank or whatever company direct on their helpline and they will tell you if it is a scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 It was a bit tongue in cheek, has no one spotted the UPS logo next to UK GOV? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Hello, but how are they getting our phone details, ?? Do the have a computer hard ware set up or ? I have seen where you can trace through systems but that takes a techo who knows the way through , wish I did, 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Too many of these going on, I get at least one a week on email , text and phone calls, why do people think someone is going to give them something for nothing, in my experience it never happens, don't even think about it, just hit delete , if I don't recognise a number on my phone I just don't answer it, if its important they will ring back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 30 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, but how are they getting our phone details... This is an email and the address is an old one. I believe there was a breach at the college I was at and email addresses were taken and they have been sold on. I would imagine that other places that held my address also could have been hacked and the same happened. 9 minutes ago, lakeside1000 said: ... I get at least one a week on email , text and phone calls,...... just hit delete ... I'm getting several a day but a new format that starts with "re" or "fwd" which fools the spam filter, they also use spaces L I K E - T H I S. I always flag and report as spam which feeds back and has in the past stopped them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 9 minutes ago, henry d said: This is an email and the address is an old one. I believe there was a breach at the college I was at and email addresses were taken and they have been sold on. I would imagine that other places that held my address also could have been hacked and the same happened. I'm getting several a day but a new format that starts with "re" or "fwd" which fools the spam filter, they also use spaces L I K E - T H I S. I always flag and report as spam which feeds back and has in the past stopped them. Hello, there should be a law to stop companies selling on our details or they should have better soft ware to stop any hacking , from what I read millions of people's information is taken by criminals, costing people millions of £s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 https://haveibeenpwned.com/ check your email addresses here folks- be prepared for a shock. One of the worst in past I believe was Argos. Wife didn't get any spam etc as she was anti-digital but since she started getting more savvy (iphone/ipad) and then done an order herself at Argos - bang - they started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 I'm not really bothered as I am binning this old one soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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