New scam.

[TVC]

They send you a bill for something and you have to pay it, or something.

Which you take straight to the police. Scammers work by seperating you from your money and disappearing long before you know the money has gone or have chance to rethink.

 

[marknotgeorge]

Not this one, they have a binding contract so, like upstanding people, the receiver of the phone call has to say "fair play sir, where do I send the cheque". Either that or it is bollox.

Coin still having a mard-on?

 

[Beebo]

the more I read the OP the funnier it gets.
If I walk into a Ferrari garage and the sales man says do you want a Farrari? And I say yes, then that is a legally binding contract and I have to buy it?

 

[mjr]

This got tweeted by Leicestershire Police this morning.

It confused me because without your bank details and address what are they going to do?

Charge it to your mobile bill like those subscription text services...at least that's the fear. It sounds like a hoax and I bet the hoaxer is laughing their arrear off getting it on the BBC, CNN and now police twitters.

 

[ianrauk]

I am constantly surprised that people get taken in by these.

 

[mjr]

The bloke banging the gong is a bit of a giveaway.

It doesn't look a bit like him!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAtBrsdfnhs

 

[postman]

Let's see if it works.

How many people on here think CycleChat is the best thing since sliced bread.

 

[postman]

Oh flipping eck i forgot about i do, mind you that means we are married.

 

[Drago]

Another good reason for always answering the phone in a Borat voice.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

OT but here you go:
once I gave my number to a tradesman, without taking his number, because I didn't believe the usual " I'll phone you when I'm ready for the job".
A few days later I did not answer my phone to an unknown number as I never do then I met said tradesman, who told me in a huff "why did you not answer my call???"
I'm like, well, I thought it was PPI ...

 

[CanucksTraveller]

If I walk into a Ferrari garage and the sales man says do you want a Farrari? And I say yes, then that is a legally binding contract and I have to buy it?

 

[subaqua]

I am constantly surprised that people get taken in by these.

North Wales . Says it all ... the clever ones left

 

[fossyant]

I am constantly surprised that people get taken in by these.

They do, and even I start smashing my head on a wall. My SIL and an old friend got caught out by these. My SIL was so stupid at an over reaction, but didn't close the password loop for over a week - I'd kept saying 'have you changed the password' - she ended up with a text message bollocking from me in the end as she went another 5 days before changing it. She was stupid in the fact she didn't change paypal, but cancelled all her other cards, then insisted I virus scan her PC - no it was you !! FFS. I could throw PC's and laptops at my relatives sometimes...

 

[colly]

All you 'smart' people who think this is just someone blowing smoke up your jacksey are missing the point entirely.

The scam is not aimed at people like you. It's aimed at older and less certain people who will get a subsequent call out of the blue and be told they have agreed to whatever contract, they will be told it's a verbal agreement and will be played back a convincing recording of them agreeing to something. They will think it's genuine.
Don't worry they will be told if you really don't want to join the scheme you can get out of it right away.................just send £ xxx amount and we will be quits.

But of course the call will be repeated or calls like it, because they know they have the number of someone likely to be taken in.

 

[PeteXXX]

MrsPete tricked me into saying Yes...

27 years later and it's still costing me a fortune!!