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  • Sam 37 said:
    I have, over time, had several phone calls from, apparently, BT, Talktalk, Virgin engineers to sort out my faulty internet connection.  Fortunately for me, I have never been with any of these companies!
    I must've had dozens of those too.  I have, on occasion, confused the scammer by "offering" to give him my password before he'd asked for it!
    I, too, have been lucky that the "engineers" worked for the wrong company! 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    We've had those calls supposedly from BT etc.  Our internet provider is one of the smaller ones that the scammers don't seem to bother with (not yet anyway). I suppose the hit rate is too low.
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  • Artemis3Artemis3 Posts: 751
    JennyJ said:

    I've never had that one but as I don't have any children, I'd probably just tell them they'd got the wrong number and hang up.
    She does have children; she doesn't have a daughter.

    That's an option, of course.  However, she knew from the start that it was a scam, so she gave her (them??) all the time in the world to act it out before disappointing her (them)!

  • Artemis3Artemis3 Posts: 751
    JennyJ said:
     I suppose the hit rate is too low.
    Yes!  🤣


  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    Scammers are always so generous....

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  • I think I'd want to know what was in it before I fell for that one - one person's Treat could well be someone else's nightmare  :D
  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    Now that's what I call "luck"!
    I received an email today saying that a £25,541 bit coin fund has been deposited into my account and I should click to accept!
    I can't quite believe that anyone would really fall for that, especially if they had no Bitcoin accounts!



    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 King

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Unfortunately millions of people do have bit coin accounts and if only one of those people fall for it they’ll make a fortune.
    Same as the bank email scams,  someone has an account with that particular bank and some will fall for it. 
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  • Sam 37Sam 37 Posts: 1,271
    Zoe P2 said:

     a £25,541 bit coin fund has been deposited into my account ..
    Didn't leave a single pound out.  What an honest and trustworthy.. scammer!

  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    Sam 37 said:

    Didn't leave a single pound out. 

    a single bit coin? 😂




    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 King

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