New Posts For Thread: Telephone Scam cost £20khttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20kVoice message . BT about to disconnect your broadband. The guy fell for it. Authorised a £58 payment and gave his account and PIN on a Debit card. Bank Was cleaned out within a day.On a similar theme DIE LINKE, some shyster firm from Mumbai or wherever it was (he said his name was Arthur which I wasn't totally convinced about)was ringing about a recent car accident I had, which I hadn't of course. He then went into his spiel tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557016819#557016819On a similar theme DIE LINKE, some shyster firm from Mumbai or wherever it was (he said his name was Arthur which I wasn't totally convinced about)was ringing about a recent car accident I had, which I hadn't of course. He then went into his spiel toTue, 16 Apr 2019 11:47:08 -0500One called me and said he was calling from BT. I asked him what my name was and he said "We are not allowed to give you that information, sir!"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557014951#557014951One called me and said he was calling from BT. I asked him what my name was and he said "We are not allowed to give you that information, sir!"Tue, 16 Apr 2019 04:43:20 -0500I just had one now from a 'bank' who asked if I authorised a payment for $300 for shoes, and when I said I had they said I sent another to Western Union for $1100 which I said I had, and then they said I needed government approval for it. However thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557014545#557014545I just had one now from a 'bank' who asked if I authorised a payment for $300 for shoes, and when I said I had they said I sent another to Western Union for $1100 which I said I had, and then they said I needed government approval for it. However theMon, 15 Apr 2019 21:12:49 -0500I know the address of your computer. It's 127.0.0.1 .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557013739#557013739I know the address of your computer. It's 127.0.0.1 .Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:18:32 -0500I had the microsoft computer one which said my computer had been hacked and they needed access to it. I told them that was amazingly good service as I had only reported it faulty half an hour ago. The increasingly excited operator passed the call tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557013727#557013727I had the microsoft computer one which said my computer had been hacked and they needed access to it. I told them that was amazingly good service as I had only reported it faulty half an hour ago. The increasingly excited operator passed the call toMon, 15 Apr 2019 14:16:29 -0500Well a bank transfer is just a number, just needs one fat thumb to send to the wrong account.Last time I did a decent size transfer I set it up, then transferred a little and confirmed they'd got it other end before I sent the rest as I don't trust mhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557013525#557013525Well a bank transfer is just a number, just needs one fat thumb to send to the wrong account.Last time I did a decent size transfer I set it up, then transferred a little and confirmed they'd got it other end before I sent the rest as I don't trust mMon, 15 Apr 2019 13:30:23 -0500In my last job I logged into the US bank account to find a credit for, if memory serves, a $600,000 payment from Lexington Insurance. So if you can make mistakes that big you can make mistakes for smaller sums.In the legal profession they used to (https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557013187#557013187In my last job I logged into the US bank account to find a credit for, if memory serves, a $600,000 payment from Lexington Insurance. So if you can make mistakes that big you can make mistakes for smaller sums.In the legal profession they used to (Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:29:15 -0500I use call blocker on my phone, best £30 odd quid i have ever spent. when those scammers call i just press the button on the call blocker and it cuts them off then blocks that number for good. But it dont work on withheld numbers but you can get ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557012931#557012931I use call blocker on my phone, best £30 odd quid i have ever spent. when those scammers call i just press the button on the call blocker and it cuts them off then blocks that number for good. But it dont work on withheld numbers but you can get itMon, 15 Apr 2019 11:32:18 -0500Slightly off topic, I had 450 odd pounds put into an account that I never use and had been meaning to close, I phoned the bank to tell them, they said nothing they can do unless someone comes forward to admit the mistake, thought that was that, neverhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557012825#557012825Slightly off topic, I had 450 odd pounds put into an account that I never use and had been meaning to close, I phoned the bank to tell them, they said nothing they can do unless someone comes forward to admit the mistake, thought that was that, neverMon, 15 Apr 2019 11:01:54 -0500well I have a £5k overdraft facility for a start and often have at least £5k in the account so not hard to see how.I've had the Windows scam tried on me at least three times. Also had pension and finacial cold calls that could very easily be boilehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31521231/telephone-scam-cost-20k?post_id=557012785#557012785well I have a £5k overdraft facility for a start and often have at least £5k in the account so not hard to see how.I've had the Windows scam tried on me at least three times. Also had pension and finacial cold calls that could very easily be boileMon, 15 Apr 2019 10:51:56 -0500