Have you had one of those scam BT callers?

I have , quite a few times and I have grown wise to it. It's always an Indian who give a typical English name which is so obviously false and they say that have detected a fault on your computer or someone is using my account or they say they will disconnect the internet. They more often or not target elderly and vulnerable people. They also say they're calling from London when they are actually calling from call centers in India. Please be aware of this, they are trying to gain access to your bank details. I have seen many youtube video's where this goes on and they are eventually caught out, some get aggressive, they think we are stupid !.

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Sharon · F

I've had those sort of scam calls from "Microsoft Support Centre", informing me my computer is reporting a "serious error". I work from home and usually have more than one computer running but they're unable to say which it is. ;) I don't understand why Linux machines would report to M$ anyway. Perhaps that's the "serious error". ;)

Another type of scam call I've received recently purport to come from "your [my] energy supplier" or other service providers. Before they can continue however they need me to answer some security questions. Standard stuff like you'd be asked if you called them. In these cases however, they called you so they know who you are but you don't know who they are. Ask yourself, would you give that information to some random stranger in the street? Why give it to some random caller then?

NortiusMaximus · M

@Sharon I've recently had calls from someone claiming to be my energy supplier. I was nearly caught out the first time because they named the company they were claiming to be calling from, which happened to be the company we use. :( They claimed they couldn't tell me anything until I confirmed my ID by answering their security questions. I pointed out that, as they had called me, they already knew who I was but I had no idea who they were. They just said "I've told you who I am - [name] from [company name]". I reply that I've told them who I am too but they don't believe me, why should I believe them? At that point they either become aggressive or hang up.