Internet Scams

[Blue Mist]

If they can get money out of you then it's a very good scam.

Pub landlords and their staff are the worst offenders, that's why I refuse to go to the bar. They are not making me a victim.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Pub landlords and their staff are the worst offenders, that's why I refuse to go to the bar. They are not making me a victim.

Table service, is it?

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

People don’t want to hear this but the solution to not being scammed is to not be a gullible idiot to begin with.

I’m sympathetic to the victim in the OPs post but every line of that story screams scam from a mile off.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I’m very careful myself but have still had debit card fraud three times in recent years. I genuinely don’t know how they’ve got the details. Always refunded.

Pay for your scouse thai massages in cash next time mate.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

My elderly parents get these calls every week. How come the BBC can track where the call centre is (Scam Interceptors)? Similarly, on YouTube there are loads of videos by scam buster types who often manage to get the scumbag's face up online. Makes me wonder how much is being done by the phone companies to protect us.

The answer to the second part of that question is people not changing the default password / not having a secure connection to begin with on cheap webcams and security cameras.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Pay for your scouse thai massages in cash next time mate.

Is that what you did?

 

[Really_here]

People don’t want to hear this but the solution to not being scammed is to not be a gullible idiot to begin with.

I’m sympathetic to the victim in the OPs post but every line of that story screams scam from a mile off.

This doesn't apply to the OP but I have read of many scams where the victim was just being greedy. Investing in thing promising a 'guaranteed' 50% annual return , buying Iphones for £159 etc. They enter into these things and then when it turns out to be too good be true (which is an immedate red flag!) they start bleating to the banks and news papers, tweeter etc and it some cases they're bloody lucky to get anything back.

 

[mexico1970]

One from today via text message, the use of toady instead of today was a plain giveaway.

It was reported and blocked that's all that can be done unfortunately.

 

[Centurions]

If you ever get an email with the words;

"We have changed our bank account details.."

Particularly in transactions involving large amounts of money such as property transactions, telephone the person you are sending money to (not using any contact details in the email) to confirm.

One of the high ups at our company fell for that one, it ended very badly...

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Is that what you did?

I thought it was a disgraceful comment. Everyone knows you prefer a Chinese.