Another day , another scam call. This one on the phone was to tell me that due to a fault on my PPI I had not yet received the money owed to me.
£3000 was quoted. All they needed were some facts, such as my date of birth and address.
I have never been asked for any information of this kind from people I don’t know. I’ve never had PPI, so I assume it to be yet another scam.
I first had a woman with an thick accent talking about her supervisor followed by a man who took over from her..neither of them were convincing but they both insisted that I was owed a lot of money.
The call was from a Manchester number. But the accents were not Northern. More African. Oh dear! Do people really give out information in response to such calls!
No harm done this time...but they are all obviously still out to get us.
Does anyone fall for this?
I have never followed up any of the offers to be found on Facebook about finding out if all my banking was OK.
As my first husband was a bank manager I know nothing dodgy could be associated with my account.
I assume that by mentioning the amount of money I am owed that the assumption would be that I will part with information in order to get it.
I realise that by mentioning an substantial amount of money some people might be tempted to give out information but it happens too often for me.
The calls were on my mobile , so how do they get the number? They did have my name...
It’s just one more annoyance. But I fear for those people who do fall for it...
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I am getting several letters a week about claiming PPI. Annoying. I've been leaving comments on yoru blog but they seem not to have got through.
This one did Colin...Thank you... it’s because google stopped them...should be OK now... I
These scammers get phone numbers by dialing at random until a number responds. Not sure of how they got your name, but given that your profile is public, it can be harvested by those clever programmers who website, including blogs to gather data, which can be matched with data from other sites to pinpoint locations and identities. All they need is to contact someone vulnerable to their blandishments and they will have hit the jackpot.
Perhaps the only way is to have something like the BT Home Guard on your phone which intercepts calls, requires individuals to give their name after a tone and to push a button on their keyboard. If their response is slow or incorrect, they get cut off. It is a bind to use for the home owner, but I know to my cost as I've tried to contact vulnerable people, who protect themselves in this way, it is virtually scam proof.
Another way is to block any numbers not in your contacts or whose number is withheld. Again, it can be inconvenient for the home owner.
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