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28/7/2023 at 1:31pm
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I've just had a call from BT Openreach.
I told the caller that I am not BT customer.
He told me that BT Openreach control all internet in the UK.
I told the caller that BT do not control the UK internet and that he was being untruthful.
He asked me if I knew everything, I replied that I did and that I believed he was a scammer calling from India,(he had a distinct Indian accent).
He told me that I was being rude to a BT Official and that he could permanently cut my broadband connection.
He then ended the call.
I searched for BT Openreach scam and learned that scammers are currently impersonating BT call center staff and trying to learn personal and banking information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNeRqmYtB4
Beware!
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17/8/2023 at 12:46pm
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Just had a call from an important official agency telling me they were aware of my serious debts and were there to help me.
I found this suspicious as I don't have any debts and the caller had an Indian accent.
I told the caller that since I wasn't in debt that he was lying that he could not be aware that I had serious debts, he cut the call on me without saying "Goodbye", beware folks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVouj2OwoBY
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17/8/2023 at 7:20pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Devonatheart on 17/8/2023
Never have this issue…….We never answer an unrecognised call! NEVER. If it’s important, they will leave a message.
We hardly get any calls now.
PS: I appreciate that if you are a business, you cannot do that. 👍
We do exactly the same.
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18/8/2023 at 8:38am
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Just recently I have had a couple of calls (not messages) via Whatsapp. According to the numbers shown these are from India. These, of course, don't go to voicemail and don't cut off, so I have had to reject them. I have immediately blocked the number. Is this a new approach? I don't answer numbers I don't recognise - I usually let them go to voicemail or, on the house phone, to answerphone. No one ever leaves a message!
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18/8/2023 at 9:46am
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Quote: Originally posted by JoannaLesley on 18/8/2023
Just recently I have had a couple of calls (not messages) via Whatsapp. According to the numbers shown these are from India. These, of course, don't go to voicemail and don't cut off, so I have had to reject them. I have immediately blocked the number. Is this a new approach? I don't answer numbers I don't recognise - I usually let them go to voicemail or, on the house phone, to answerphone. No one ever leaves a message!
I don't do Whatsapp, in fact I don't really know what it is although I have heard of it. However, in my experience these pests will try anything. I have found that recently it is not so effective blocking numbers as these scammers seem to be able to fake whatever number they like. I think this is a case of technology that allows businesses to keep their number even if they have moved to a different area, having unintended consequences.
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