Any scam calls

Tuearts right boot said:
Just had a text through short while ago...from the DVSA ( I got done 59 in 50mph limit 3 weeks ago, I chose the course and checked payment made of £88.00 ) They are acussing me of long term delinquecy and I will be required to pay more in the future, their words......Open the link below etc etc. Thanks you for your co operation.
If it is a scam which I'm fairly sure it is, how did they get my number and how did they know my conviction details. Cheeky twats.
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Just had the same text, just one slight problem though, I don't fuckin own or drive a car, so I think it might be a scam ;)
 
Tuearts right boot said:
Just had a text through short while ago...from the DVSA ( I got done 59 in 50mph limit 3 weeks ago, I chose the course and checked payment made of £88.00 ) They are acussing me of long term delinquecy and I will be required to pay more in the future, their words......Open the link below etc etc. Thanks you for your co operation.
If it is a scam which I'm fairly sure it is, how did they get my number and how did they know my conviction details. Cheeky twats.
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Why would they send a text instead of a letter?
 
We probably get four or five calls on the landline each week, if the number isn’t recognised, it goes automatically to voicemail, and they hang up. I never respond to mobile calls if the number hasn’t got a name. We also regularly get messages claiming our delivery couldn’t reach us because there was a problem, but all the deliveries we expected have been delivered. Also, on Facebook, several of my friends have been offering dodgy t shirts, these scammers must think we are idiots
 
Stephen Ireland's pants said:
Texts cost Jack shit and stamps cost £18 for a book of four .
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Doesn’t always cost nothing depending on the plan they are with. Goverment agencies (including local government) don't tend to use stamps, all post I send out gets franked.

Goverment agencies with statutory powers and duties would always be sending letters as they will need paper trail for evidence. See the postal rule.

It's easy to lose a phone and miss a text, it's not so common for people to move and not leave a forwarding address.
 
Bournemouth Blue said:
We probably get four or five calls on the landline each week, if the number isn’t recognised, it goes automatically to voicemail, and they hang up. I never respond to mobile calls if the number hasn’t got a name. We also regularly get messages claiming our delivery couldn’t reach us because there was a problem, but all the deliveries we expected have been delivered. Also, on Facebook, several of my friends have been offering dodgy t shirts, these scammers must think we are idiots
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Landline!
 
My dad almost got scammed out if everything by a false bank call he was at the stage of doing the face biometrics when next door neighbour walked in and made him hang up, he was about 5 mins from losing £30k plus. I’ve told him repeatedly to phone me if anything like this happens, but they are so convincing to old people, I’d happily beat the scamming twats to death.
 
getting about 20 a week for the last few weeks, mainly Bolton or Manchester numbers, last 3 digits change so blocking doesn't work. Absolute thundercunts the lot of them
 
I got the 'govt solar panel grant' call a few weeks ago.
I'd had it aa few times and told em not interested but they kept calling back.

The last one was from a mobile so I said I lived on a canal boat and could they fit them?
He rang off; not to be heard from again!!!!!!!!!
 
Stephen Ireland's pants said:
I actually told one guy to call me back as I was busy shagging his sister. He asked me how long and I said he should ask his sister.
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Somebody called me once and asked for Sharon. I said, "She can't talk right now, she has my cock in her mouth"
The woman on the other end said, "Tell her to hurry up".
 
I got one a while ago now, amongst others over the years, saying there was a problem with my Amazon account that required urgent action.

I've never bought anything off Amazon, so I strung the little shit along for a while until he realised I was wasting his time and hung up on me.

It kind of gives the game away at the start when they say their name is Andrew or Peter with a strong Indian accent.
 
NPBlue said:
I got one a while ago now, amongst others over the years, saying there was a problem with my Amazon account that required urgent action.

I've never bought anything off Amazon, so I strung the little shit along for a while until he realised I was wasting his time and hung up on me.

It kind of gives the game away at the start when they say their name is Andrew or Peter with a strong Indian accent.
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Just ask...are you really sure your name is.........
 
When talk talk got hacked a few years ago I got loads of calls from India saying they had noticed I had security issues on my computer and I needed to log on and follow their advice to fix them. Most I hung up and reported. A few I strung along just to wind them up. One memorable one I had going for quite a while. Eventually there was silence as he twigged. He then shouted, "You bloody bastard!" And hung up. Quite made my day lol.
 
Two calls this morning. One from Skipton that didn’t leave a voicemail (blocked) and one from Chester that did. It was an employment agency.
 
A while ago some guy (from a long way east of the UK) asked me if I had a computer with Microsoft software because he had detected a problem.
I replied that yes, I did have a computer but I couldn't discuss it because I didn't have a telephone!
He just said OK and hung up.
 
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