Thanks El Loro. They don't give up do they !!  I had someone purporting to be from Talk talk a little while ago ....can't remember exactly what they said , but I know it was slightly different to the scam *norm*... .. think it was something along the lines of my wifi was compromised.....but needless to say they got short shrift!! 

Baz posted:

Thanks El Loro. They don't give up do they !!  I had someone purporting to be from Talk talk a little while ago ....can't remember exactly what they said , but I know it was slightly different to the scam *norm*... .. think it was something along the lines of my wifi was compromised.....but needless to say they got short shrift!! 

I talk quite a bit but I don't talk talk - I know when to stop

So hopefully I won't be targeted

Oh and i'm with Virgin Media - hope that helps 

Saint posted:

I talk quite a bit but I don't talk talk - I know when to stop

So hopefully I won't be targeted

 

Oh and i'm with Virgin Media - hope that helps 

Baz posted:

Thanks El Loro. They don't give up do they !!  I had someone purporting to be from Talk talk a little while ago ....can't remember exactly what they said , but I know it was slightly different to the scam *norm*... .. think it was something along the lines of my wifi was compromised.....but needless to say they got short shrift!! 

 I bet they wish they'd never called you.

When I was at my mum and dad's yesterday, they mentioned getting calls from someone claiming to be "John" from Talk Talk (and obviously in India). Fortunately, my dad is quite savvy and told "John" to get lost.

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Thanks El Loro. They don't give up do they !!  I had someone purporting to be from Talk talk a little while ago ....can't remember exactly what they said , but I know it was slightly different to the scam *norm*... .. think it was something along the lines of my wifi was compromised.....but needless to say they got short shrift!! 

 I bet they wish they'd never called you.

 

When I was at my mum and dad's yesterday, they mentioned getting calls from someone claiming to be "John" from Talk Talk (and obviously in India). Fortunately, my dad is quite savvy and told "John" to get lost.

 Good for your dad ....I think mine was a woman with a very English sounding name who could hardly speak English 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Thanks El Loro. They don't give up do they !!  I had someone purporting to be from Talk talk a little while ago ....can't remember exactly what they said , but I know it was slightly different to the scam *norm*... .. think it was something along the lines of my wifi was compromised.....but needless to say they got short shrift!! 

 I bet they wish they'd never called you.

 

When I was at my mum and dad's yesterday, they mentioned getting calls from someone claiming to be "John" from Talk Talk (and obviously in India). Fortunately, my dad is quite savvy and told "John" to get lost.

 Good for your dad ....I think mine was a woman with a very English sounding name who could hardly speak English 

lol Sounds like she was related to John

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Thanks El Loro. They don't give up do they !!  I had someone purporting to be from Talk talk a little while ago ....can't remember exactly what they said , but I know it was slightly different to the scam *norm*... .. think it was something along the lines of my wifi was compromised.....but needless to say they got short shrift!! 

 I bet they wish they'd never called you.

 

When I was at my mum and dad's yesterday, they mentioned getting calls from someone claiming to be "John" from Talk Talk (and obviously in India). Fortunately, my dad is quite savvy and told "John" to get lost.

 Good for your dad ....I think mine was a woman with a very English sounding name who could hardly speak English 

lol Sounds like she was related to John

Probably  

They called me twice this morning ....the usual this is talk talk rubbish  ....and then changed tack for the third call and said this is BT 

velvet donkey posted:

When the NSA call you pack your bags and run      

Rofl ...chance would a fine thing Velvet 

velvet donkey posted:

I meant the American organization Bazzer     

 

Not the second one when you google     

 I read it as NASA 

I had an Apple scam email today ....apparently my ID was used in Russia...so my ID has been frozen , but if I click the link ....yeah right....they need to learn to spell first 

Baz posted:

I had an Apple scam email today ....apparently my ID was used in Russia...so my ID has been frozen , but if I click the link ....yeah right....they need to learn to spell first 

Looks as of you got one similar to this one which was confirmed as a scam:
https://discussions.apple.com/...start=0&tstart=0

El Loro posted:

Baz posted:

I had an Apple scam email today ....apparently my ID was used in Russia...so my ID has been frozen , but if I click the link ....yeah right....they need to learn to spell first 

Looks as of you got one similar to this one which was confirmed as a scam:
https://discussions.apple.com/...start=0&tstart=0

Yep I checked Apple Communities, and saw several posts....but I do have to say that for a second when I looked at the email it did give me a bit of a scare  

Baz, the nastier of the scam emails try to scare people so that they don't take the normal checking safeguards and go ahead and click on the link.

El Loro posted:

Baz, the nastier of the scam emails try to scare people so that they don't take the normal checking safeguards and go ahead and click on the link.

Yes...barstewards  I did a quick check on the emails they send you when you log on from a different device ...like my iwatch , Pro etc. ...I always Archive them....and just a quick look was enough to calm my jitters ...cos they never include a link .....plus , like I say they can't spell ...e.g. they left the y off verify  

Oh and another thing I noticed on Communities was that there have been Apple scam phone calls too ...presumably like the Windows ones