@Baz posted:

Or words to that effect , eh Velvet

I had to recheck like ebay     

Feck all   

@velvet donkey posted:

Yep     

@velvet donkey posted:

I had to recheck like ebay     

Feck all   

Just had a phone call supposedly from Online Support Company claiming that I had paid them for support in 2019, that they could not longer provide the support, so were ringing me to refund me. They said that my debit card I used  to pay then ended with ****. None of my cards end with that number, Could they send me a cheque for the refund. No, they had to repay me in the same way I'd paid so wanted my card details. I ended the call. I knew it was a scam as I've never paid a support subscription and obviously the 4 digit card number they said was just a random number.

@El Loro posted:

Just had a phone call supposedly from Online Support Company claiming that I had paid them for support in 2019, that they could not longer provide the support, so were ringing me to refund me. They said that my debit card I used  to pay then ended with ****. None of my cards end with that number, Could they send me a cheque for the refund. No, they had to repay me in the same way I'd paid so wanted my card details. I ended the call. I knew it was a scam as I've never paid a support subscription and obviously the 4 digit card number they said was just a random number.

Thanks ElI think I had one this morning ….they said they were some sort of support company , but I cut them off with a no thanks before they had a chance to go into any spiel .

@Baz posted:

Thanks ElI think I had one this morning ….they said they were some sort of support company , but I cut them off with a no thanks before they had a chance to go into any spiel .

Thanks Baz
They were probably ringing lots of people today hoping to scam them

The *bank fraud line * scam is doing the rounds again …apparently someone spent money on Amazon and via a foreign money order thingy on my account  ….yeah right .

Road Tax one doing the rounds…..best pay up or you’re in trouble(words to that effect)…..

@Kaytee posted:

Road Tax one doing the rounds…..best pay up or you’re in trouble(words to that effect)…..

Barstewards 😡😡

If anyone gets an email claiming that it's from the Government Gateway and is sending you a confirmation code to confirm your email address re your personal tax account, then, unless you are expecting such a code, be aware that there's a phishing scam going around. So don't click on any link in that email and ignore any follow up emails.

I had thought this was being sent to people who have personal tax accounts but my brother told me today that h'e had such an email. He realised that it was a scam when the email address of the sender was from a person and the email started off saying something like "I hope you are well".

If anyone does receive such an email then people are asked to forward it to the HMRC phishing department:
phishing@hmrc.gov.uk

@El Loro posted:

If anyone gets an email claiming that it's from the Government Gateway and is sending you a confirmation code to confirm your email address re your personal tax account, then, unless you are expecting such a code, be aware that there's a phishing scam going around. So don't click on any link in that email and ignore any follow up emails.

I had thought this was being sent to people who have personal tax accounts but my brother told me today that h'e had such an email. He realised that it was a scam when the email address of the sender was from a person and the email started off saying something like "I hope you are well".

If anyone does receive such an email then people are asked to forward it to the HMRC phishing department:
phishing@hmrc.gov.uk

More Barstewards Thanks El

I've had one of those scam emails about signing in to my personal tax account.

It's from "HMRC digital" with an email address which has no connection with HMRC.
Has the HMRC banner

Text reads:
"Dear user,

We trust this message finds you well. HMRC requires your immediate attention to verify your identity. Log in to your business or personal tax account to complete the verification process and ensure your details are up to date. This process is due to our latest and most recent update."

Then a Confirm button. Although the address includes hmrc.gov.uk that is after a fake address.

Rotters

Barstewards El 🤬

Alert issued by the Gloucestershire Police:

"We are aware of a scam circulating in your area.

Homeowners in the north Cotswolds have been receiving calls from people stating that they are calling about wall insulation and saying that they will call to their home address on Monday morning at 09.00.  This can be a scary situation for anyone and particularly more so for the elderly and vulnerable people in our neighbourhood

Please help us raise awareness of this scam by informing your elderly or vulnerable relatives, friends and neighbours."

@El Loro posted:

Alert issued by the Gloucestershire Police:

"We are aware of a scam circulating in your area.

Homeowners in the north Cotswolds have been receiving calls from people stating that they are calling about wall insulation and saying that they will call to their home address on Monday morning at 09.00.  This can be a scary situation for anyone and particularly more so for the elderly and vulnerable people in our neighbourhood

Please help us raise awareness of this scam by informing your elderly or vulnerable relatives, friends and neighbours."

Thanks El ….forewarned is forearmed .

I got an email from someone who I knew slightly some some years ago,
Title of email was "Catch up",
Email read:
"Good evening

Thanks for the warning El

@El Loro posted:

I got an email from someone who I knew slightly some some years ago,
Title of email was "Catch up",
Email read:
"Good evening

How are you? Hope everything is good with you.

I need a little favour from you"
and then the sender's first name,

I thought this was a rather odd email and thought it was suspicious, So I rang her and she confirmed that this was a scam which was being sent to people on her mailing list,

I did not reply to the email. If any of you get a similar email, don't reply as the sender's email address has been hijacked and replies will go to the scammer. The scammer will start sending back emails to you asking for something like a Western Union money transfer saying that something like they are abroad, have been robbed, the hotel won't let them leave until they have been paid so need money. Also the scammers will use your email address for future scam attempts.

Thanks for the warning El

I forgot to mention that yesterday's scam email did not mention my name which was one reason I thought it suspicious.

@El Loro posted:

I forgot to mention that yesterday's scam email did not mention my name which was one reason I thought it suspicious.

Thanks El …..they don’t give up, do they !

@Baz posted:

Thanks El …..they don’t give up, do they !

Baz

A couple of years ago an elderly couple I know had their email account hacked, As my email address was in their address book, I got a very similar scam email . With that one the greeting didn't mention my name. I think that's because the scammers are sending the same email to lots of people

@El Loro posted:

Baz

A couple of years ago an elderly couple I know had their email account hacked, As my email address was in their address book, I got a very similar scam email . With that one the greeting didn't mention my name. I think that's because the scammers are sending the same email to lots of people

Yes, that’s the trouble if a friend / acquaintance  gets hacked !

I just had a strange scam call …apparently my internet line is being used for criminal purposes , and BT is gong to disconnect it  unless I speak to BT ….which is weird seeing as I’m not with BT .🤣🤣Unless of course  watching gaga is criminal .🤣🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

I just had a strange scam call …apparently my internet line is being used for criminal purposes , and BT is gong to disconnect it  unless I speak to BT ….which is weird seeing as I’m not with BT .🤣🤣Unless of course  watching gaga is criminal .🤣🤣🤣

Had that one twice …first time just put the phone down…..next time yelled Eff Off…..oddly not tried again 🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

Had that one twice …first time just put the phone down…..next time yelled Eff Off…..oddly not tried again 🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣I did exactly the same Kaytee 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Just had a phone call from "Sam" "my local health provider" saying that I was on their list of people who were at risk of falls and so was ringing about a medical alert pendant as I was over 70.

When I challenged the caller as to where they had got my name from, the caller dodged my question and when I repeated my challenge, the phone went dead.

Displayed phone number was 01503390069 so not local. Google search on the number indicates that this is probably a scam which has been going on for some time but with varying phone numbers.

So anyone over 70 getting this call shouldn't give any personal information out to the caller, and being on that list merely means they are over 70, not that they've been genuinely assessed as at risk.

Thanks for the info El

@El Loro posted:

Just had a phone call from "Sam" "my local health provider" saying that I was on their list of people who were at risk of falls and so was ringing about a medical alert pendant as I was over 70.

When I challenged the caller as to where they had got my name from, the caller dodged my question and when I repeated my challenge, the phone went dead.

Displayed phone number was 01503390069 so not local. Google search on the number indicates that this is probably a scam which has been going on for some time but with varying phone numbers.

So anyone over 70 getting this call shouldn't give any personal information out to the caller, and being on that list merely means they are over 70, not that they've been genuinely assessed as at risk.

I had one of those the other day too El….needless to I gave them short shrift

"Sam" has rung me again though using a different phone number 02080402685

@El Loro posted:

"Sam" has rung me again though using a different phone number 02080402685

Barstewards

Got an email this morning headed "Homeowners: see if you qualify for free electricity".

Didn't click on any link as it's a phishing scam. Action Fraud did issue a warning about this sort of scam last September. Their advice was to forward such emails to :
report@phishing.gov.uk
which I've done,

One link in the email to "unsubscribe" was to a http site rather than https one so not secure and many browsers would no longer permit access to such sites. There was also a postal address to write to to unsubscribe. I checked that address and it's for a Fedex delivery place.

@El Loro posted:

Got an email this morning headed "Homeowners: see if you qualify for free electricity".

Didn't click on any link as it's a phishing scam. Action Fraud did issue a warning about this sort of scam last September. Their advice was to forward such emails to :
report@phishing.gov.uk
which I've done,

One link in the email to "unsubscribe" was to a http site rather than https one so not secure and many browsers would no longer permit access to such sites. There was also a postal address to write to to unsubscribe. I checked that address and it's for a Fedex delivery place.

Thanks for the info El …. had one of those recently too ….i just deleted it immediately.

I had a new one today ….email offering me a refund on my TV licence ….went straight in the delete bin 🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

I had a new one today ….email offering me a refund on my TV licence ….went straight in the delete bin 🤣🤣

I'd heard about these tv licence email scams but haven't received one, Baz

@El Loro posted:

I'd heard about these tv licence email scams but haven't received one, Baz

Nor had I until today El …although I have had some of those …* your tv licence is overdue * ones before .

Got a recorded phone message this morning thanking me for booking East Midlands train tickets then the message suddenly stopped though not the call.
I hadn't booked any such rickets. The displayed phone number was from a mobile phone rather than a landline.
Did a bit of checking, The message would have gone on to say "using my debit card" and telling me to press 1 if I didn't recognise the transaction.

So almost certainly a similar scan to calls about your card being used to pay for something from Amazon or an international money transfer.

@El Loro posted:

Got a recorded phone message this morning thanking me for booking East Midlands train tickets then the message suddenly stopped though not the call.
I hadn't booked any such rickets. The displayed phone number was from a mobile phone rather than a landline.
Did a bit of checking, The message would have gone on to say "using my debit card" and telling me to press 1 if I didn't recognise the transaction.

So almost certainly a similar scan to calls about your card being used to pay for something from Amazon or an international money transfer.

That’s a new slant on the scam El !

@Baz posted:

That’s a new slant on the scam El !

I've found a post by someone on one of those whocalled me sites who had received the same call as I did. Other posts for the same phone number were posting about scam calls relating to Amazon and international bank transfers. So it does seem to be a new slant on those types of calls, Baz

@El Loro posted:

I've found a post by someone on one of those whocalled me sites who had received the same call as I did. Other posts for the same phone number were posting about scam calls relating to Amazon and international bank transfers. So it does seem to be a new slant on those types of calls, Baz

Barstewards

HMRC has issued an alert about a new scam being sent by letter and is aimed at businesses. The letter looks like:


The email address circled above is fake.