Comments on: Scam of the week

By: WritersBlock

WritersBlock — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:35:08 +0000

I just had them call Gave some guff about the computers not working so they needed our details, gave them Lembit Opik’s name, this could be interesting…

By: Abhilasha

Abhilasha — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:00:40 +0000

Great story!

By: Abeon

Abeon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:48:11 +0000

Why would you pay for a non billed charge?

Common sense would force me to ask him to send a bill.
Big companies never demand instant payment.

By: Startears

Startears — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:31:10 +0000

Why are so many people replying to this post are explaining what happenend all over again ?
I get it, and your post already tells HOW the scam works.
This is a rethorical question … obviously.
Thanx for the tip Coop.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:06:33 +0000

I heard a great tip for this and ALL other calls from blag people. It works too. The answer is both simple and fun.

Here’s what you do.

Answer the ringing phone by saying “Detective Spencer, Fraud Squad”

Thats it. They never stay on the line to talk.

Another great one is to say “Jellystone Park, Rangers office…can I help” That way if the caller persists you can simply ask him “Have you had a problem with a bear taking your picnic basket sir?”

Or how about putting on an African voice and saying….”Dave….you’ve just made an internal call…stop it”

Just remember that you can annoy them too. Look forward to the next call and have a laugh.

By: carol

carol — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:05:52 +0000

Hi wrore earlier but tired meant to say if a land line calls your land line and does not hang up then you cant get a line to call out until they hang up so they can hear you dialing trying to get a line. sorry c

By: translovanian

translovanian — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:52:32 +0000

This is not a new scam, just a revised one.I recieve all sorts of scams, but what I say to the caller or the person sending me an e.mail is not printable and I have not lost a penny .

By: Synonymous

Synonymous — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:39:05 +0000

I’m thankful to you for pointing this out to us all, it sounds like a pretty clever ruse! Thieves and scammers are always a couple of steps ahead of law enforcement and prevention aren’t they? I have to say it is a bit of a mistake on BT’s part to not fix this massive design flaw in their communications system! You should be able to hang up from either end!

I’m not too sure Alexander Graham Bell had this trouble!

By: JayKay

JayKay — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:04:43 +0000

God will strike them down! Oh wait a minute…

By: Hannah Derbyshire

Hannah Derbyshire — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:57:24 +0000

I seem to be getting an increasing amount of emails from ‘Nigerian princes’ asking me to store some money in my bank account. The fact that I keep getting them kind of says to me that people are still falling for them. Who are these people?!!