Danemouth Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Beware if you receive a message like this purporting to come from BT - it's a phishing scam and the links aren't to BT Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffAlan Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Yes, Another one is telling you that your latest bill is ready to view. Except it arrives on the wrong day and has a private sender's address. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted February 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2018 There's now a variant on the "windows support" phone scam where they claim to be from BT Internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I had three telephone calls on Saturday morning and another this morning perporting to be from the technical department of Talk Talk. I found a number for Talk Talk and called them, they confirmed thet did not make cold calls to customers and I gave them the numbers who had called me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted February 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2018 I get loads of these all the time. I'm not even with BT, they're just scamming b*stards so I string them along for ages. They get quite irate..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted February 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2018 Call Guardian stops 100% of our nuisance calls. We get a list of them as missed calls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted February 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) A long article but an interesting insight into how the phone scammers operate. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/02/the-scammers-gaming-indias-overcrowded-job-market Like Dave above, I've been known to string the windows technical support scammers along. Now knowing the pressure that they are working under, it's easy to see why they often get irate, particularly when they see what was a promising sucker desperately in need of technical support turn into someone who knows exactly what they are trying to do. Do I feel guilty? Nope. Call it a little bit of revenge for all the UK IT jobs that have gone overseas. Mark Edited February 5, 2018 by 2mmMark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I once got a call from an Asian sounding chap with a withheld number, not interested in what he had to say I just said F*** Off and slammed the phone down. Within the minute it rang again and the same chap said "same to you, sir" and hung up. I had to smile and chalk one up to him. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 A long article but an interesting insight into how the phone scammers operate. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/02/the-scammers-gaming-indias-overcrowded-job-market Like Dave above, I've been known to string the windows technical support scammers along. Now knowing the pressure that they are working under, it's easy to see why they often get irate, particularly when they see what was a promising sucker desperately in need to technical support turn into someone who knows exactly what they are trying to do. Do I feel guilty? Nope. Call it a little bit of revenge for all the UK IT jobs that have gone overseas. Mark I don't give a tinker's cuss about the sob stories of poverty in India, tbh - particularly as these vermin are knowingly attempting to defraud people. I used to regularly string them along, but enough was enough; I got one of these call blocker phones. Marvellous. Although occasionally I do miss the satisfaction of keeping one of these rats busy for several minutes, before either they work out that I'm taking the proverbial, or I give them the good news in a denouement... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Somebody 'high up' in Talk Talk has sold their data to a rogue company. ----------------------------------------- When receiving such calls, just tell them that the call is being traced and the call is being diverted to the Fraud Squad. If they are still there, hand the call to another member of your family, (preferably male) and be very officious in saying the call is being traced. Ask them for details of where they are calling from and the name of their Overall Manager and you want to speak to HIM. I have never got that far, but they stopped calling me (until they sell the data on.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Any firm that has outsourced its call centres to India has to be treated as though your data is now compromised, I'm afraid, even if they have subsequently returned the centres back to the UK. There have been several cases where this has happened, with peoples' details being sold. It's worrying. Edited February 5, 2018 by MarkC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffAlan Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 My tactic with the 'Windows' calls, before we went ex-directory and bought a number blocking phone, was to ask them which computer was infected, a laptop, one of the desk tops, or the mainframe. As they continued the patter I'd interrupt and start to say:- 'This is serious and you'll need to talk to our Head of IT, his name is Chief Inspector Robinson.....' I never got further than that as they always disconnected the call! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Having started this thread yesterday I found a new variant in my mailbox this morning Naturally the Log In button does not take you to the BT Site! Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 Naturally the Log In button does not take you to the BT Site! Dave Tried the link, have you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Tried the link, have you? No, but Firefox Thunderbird shows you where the link leads if you place your mouse over it :yes: Dave Edited February 6, 2018 by Danemouth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 No, but Firefox Thunderbird shows you where the link leads if you place your mouse over it :yes: Dave Agreed, I was only kidding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Agreed, I was only kidding. It's a good point Kevin as occasionally folk don't think to use this feature before pressing the button. And remember that most security aware organisations tend not to provide a link to a sign on screen telling you to use your normal bookmark instead. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 It's a good point Kevin as occasionally folk don't think to use this feature before pressing the button. And remember that most security aware organisations tend not to provide a link to a sign on screen telling you to use your normal bookmark instead. And even with it look carefully. URLs with deliberate mis-spellings (e.g. "loyds" instead of "lloyds") or variations (e.g. hyphens where full stops are expected, or vice-versa, or the addition or removal of words in the URL such as "online") of the correct name are common ways of trying to trick people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2018 It's a good point Kevin as occasionally folk don't think to use this feature before pressing the button. And remember that most security aware organisations tend not to provide a link to a sign on screen telling you to use your normal bookmark instead. Dave Tks for the info - I'm a BT customer. IIRC they DO provide a link on these monthly emails so thanks for the heads-up. I'll make sure in future I go via the slow route and into the website etc etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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