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Eric55 · 03-09-2010, 07:16

Had a phone call last night from an Indian call centre , the guy on the other end said I was owed £700 in bank charges, at that moment I politly told him where to go. I did 1471 and the number was 0123. I was looking at teletext on BBC this morning and it said it was a scam.

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Just found a link on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-11168250

**Chris** · 03-09-2010, 09:07

Yes, I expect the helpful call centre agent would shortly have been asking you for your bank details ...

I wonder how they make it look like a UK phone number though.

haydnwalker · 03-09-2010, 09:30

They just spoof numbers using some kind of device... like the 0000000000 number that appears on our 1471 occasionally

Osem · 03-09-2010, 09:44

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Originally Posted by Eric55

Had a phone call last night from an Indian call centre , the guy on the other end said I was owed £700 in bank charges, at that moment I politly told him where to go. I did 1471 and the number was 0123. I was looking at teletext on BBC this morning and it said it was a scam.

---------- Post added at 07:16 ---------- Previous post was at 07:07 ----------

Just found a link on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-11168250

A neighbour of mine's technique for dealing with calls like this is to ask the caller to hold on a moment while he turns down the TV and then just leave the phone off the hook for about 15 mins. It seems to have worked for him.

Pauls9 · 03-09-2010, 09:51

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Originally Posted by Osem

A neighbour of mine's technique for dealing with calls like this is to ask the caller to hold on a moment while he turns down the TV and then just leave the phone off the hook for about 15 mins. It seems to have worked for him.

Depends on the person on the other end. After doing just that, our phone rang at 2 or 3 am for the next two weeks.

**Kymmy** · 03-09-2010, 09:57

Bedford starts 01234, what was the next digit after the 3??

Druchii · 03-09-2010, 11:51

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Originally Posted by Eric55

Had a phone call last night from an Indian call centre , the guy on the other end said I was owed £700 in bank charges, at that moment I politly told him where to go. I did 1471 and the number was 0123. I was looking at teletext on BBC this morning and it said it was a scam.

---------- Post added at 07:16 ---------- Previous post was at 07:07 ----------

Just found a link on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-11168250

Had a similar one yesterday from +0044020......

Saying "You are owed 2000GBP from a loan".
When further questioned/pushed, the person said "The loan you took out for the car".

It's a scam. A crap one too, had us laughing down the phone.

**Russ** · 03-09-2010, 12:24

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Originally Posted by Druchii

Had a similar one yesterday from +0044020......

Saying "You are owed 2000GBP from a loan".
When further questioned/pushed, the person said "The loan you took out for the car".

It's a scam. A crap one too, had us laughing down the phone.

Did they actually say "2000GBP"?

Eric55 · 03-09-2010, 12:28

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

Bedford starts 01234, what was the next digit after the 3??

There is no other digit just 0123.

Druchii · 03-09-2010, 12:29

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Originally Posted by Russ

Did they actually say "2000GBP"?

Nope, my keyboard is acting up. Couldn't do the £ symbol. They said "pounds".

Pauls9 · 03-09-2010, 14:49

If it's a Windows keyboard, try holding down the Alt key and typing 0163 on the numeric keypad.

joglynne · 03-09-2010, 15:11

I have just had one of these calls. on 1471 the number is showing as 001234567890 There was no one there when I answered and then the call disconnected.

The one I had prior to this call was the same number and during that call I was informed that my bank had identified that I had been overcharged £700 in overdraft fees and if I gave my bank account details it would be refunded immediately. I asked the guy what bank he was representing but he said he couldn't tell me because of the Data Protection Act.

Pity I have never had an overdraft, I could have been £700 better off.

It's a shame when these calls come just as I get settled down for a rest 'cause I love winding the callers up. My deaf routine really gets them frustrated.

Osem · 04-09-2010, 11:23

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Originally Posted by Pauls9

Depends on the person on the other end. After doing just that, our phone rang at 2 or 3 am for the next two weeks.

If that happened to me I'd either just leave the phone off the hook at night or set the answerphone to come on instantly. Nobody's going to call us at that time unless it's urgent and if it's urgent they'll have our mobile numbers to contact also.