...Myself and OH came very close to being scammed for 5k. This is from someone we owed money to for a job... (He) himself had been hacked and false bank details were sent...
We now send £1 and get it confirmed its the correct account before paying any more money.
Quite a while back, my cousin got one of those, Helen, and, naturally, binned it. A few days later they phoned her ( they, obviously, got her phone number in exactly the same way they got hold of her address) and asked for her bank card details in order to send her her... winnings.
During the Christmas holidays, I heard several discussions on the radio and TV about the most recent "batch" of scams. There were several from the Tax Office: again!
A man called, one of those programmes, to say that a tax adviser told him not to write his telephone number on the T.O. form, so if he receives a call purprting to be from them, he knows it's a scam.
It makes sense, I think.
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day..
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character
It appears that there's yet another way criminals can relieve you of your wealth. A rather wealthy neighbourhood nearby, has been recently visited by a
group of criminals who knock on doors pretending to be Home... Affairs (!) officers.
They show potential victims documents from the "Department of Home Affairs" and claim they're doing a survey for the upcoming census.
Unfortunately, those taken in have their houses looted.
Of course, they're scammers and robbers; the UK has no Department for Home Afairs and no plan for a sensus has been announced.
visited by a
group of criminals who knock on doors pretending to be Home... Affairs (!) officers.
I have a feeling that I heard of a similar trick some years ago. It was then believed that it had its origins in South Africa, though I may be miremembering. However, it's good to be told of their methods.
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I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther KingThey show potential victims documents from the "Department of Home Affairs" and claim they're doing a survey for the upcoming census.
Unfortunately, those taken in have their houses looted.
Of course, they're scammers and robbers; the UK has no Department for Home Afairs and no plan for a sensus has been announced.