I don't know. How do you think older or less aware people get scammed on the phone usually?
New scam.
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Is he still alive.
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KnackeredBike
I do my own stunts
Definitely. My grandmother has had to move house three times already because they have a recording of her saying "yes". They keep using it to instruct conveyancers to sell her house for £1. Obviously six weeks later when they come to take the keys she has no choice but to move out because she has made a binding legal contract.
It's not too bad though, if she kept the money she'd only spend it on "Keep calm and carry on" merchandise, bootleg Viagra and free bus passes.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Can somebody please clarify whether similarly saying "I do" can only be enforced if a recording of it exists ?
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
D*mn !
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I strongly suspect this scam is like the 'Da Pinchi Code' - a LOB perpetuated by people who should know better, including some gullible police forces.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
"It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous."
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
I just sang that to the tune of 'The Major-Generals Song' from Pirates of Penzance.
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
It's definitely preposterous!
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I keep getting text messages asking me to respond 'YES' to get £5's worth of free phone calls. There has to be a catch so I just ignore them.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
This morning got an order confirmation from Amazon saying I had ordered a Tom Tom to be delivered to somebody in Devon. Looked very plausible so as a precaution went separately to Amazon and my a/c looks normal, ie empty of any orders. Changed my password anyway. Looked back at the email and realised they had the wrong credit card which no longer exists. This is a new one to me tho' I have had recently ones reporting difficulties with my BT a/c and my Paypal a/c all scams. Either I am on a list of potential victims or they are just getting more common and also more sophisticated. Getting to the stage where everything has to be scrutinised carefully. Mind you I did once get a Kindle Paperwhite from Amazon which I had not ordered. Regretfully I felt I had to own up and give it back.
Tin Pot
Guru
But it is on Fox News.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/01...ice-urging-people-to-hang-up-immediately.html
YOU are FAKE news.
jefmcg
Guru
This is phishing. You are supposed to click the link, see a page that looks just like the amazon home page then enter your email and password, giving the hackers your login details.
Of course, not clicking the links is the best response.
You may not have seen it before, but I have similar Amazon phishing emails dating back to 2010 #DigitalHoarding
jefmcg
Guru
This, however, makes zero sense. There is no way to prove that an isolated recording of the word "yes" was said by you, or even by someone on your phone line. So they don't really need you to say yes, they could just record themselves saying "yes" and say it was you. Or just say they have a recording of you saying yes, without actually having one. Or just send you an invoice out of the blue, without a call altogether.
Other scams - which have happened - involve the other party never hanging up, so when you hang up, and then go to call your bank they are still connected, but play you a dial tone and pretend to be your bank so they get your security details to access your accounts. My favourite is they get your PIN and then send a courier to collect your card. It's so ballsy, it's almost admirable.
