Scams Continue

[Anonymous]

Tonight i had a call from an Ammanford (Wales) number 01269 849592. Being a normal looking landline number i answered it but i struggled to hear the other person.

So i did a Google search and it would appear this is another ppi type scam only this lot are using Skype to cut down their own costs! !!!

Why oh why does the law allow this?

[MI5]

My earlier point was, that unless people report them, nothing will get done....

[Anonymous]

I agree MI5 ~ however RedTape usually clogs up the process. 😞

[Bambino]

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@Anonymous wrote:
I totally agree Bambino that the scammers have no intention of acting within the law.

My question is why aren't the law enforcers dealing with these people.

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Law enforcers where? Chances are the calls aren't even originating in this country. They could be calling from anywhere. How do you police that? The answer is, you can't. The only thing you can do is try to educate people who are potentially vulnerable to just be more aware when they receive these kinds of calls. You'll never stop them. It's a sad fact of life that there are evil people in the world who prey on the weak, and scam phone calls are a way to get to those weak people. 

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
I assume you've not had a good experience personally Forkingabout ?

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Nope, reported no end of call's in the past to TPS but now it's not worth wasting my time, some of the nuisance callers even laughed when I mentioned TPS to them.

Got a phone that blocks nuisance calls now, much better job of stopping the unwanted calls.

[Anonymous]

Yes I block when their numbers show but the crafty blighters now don't show their caller ID

As I said earlier I just don't answer withheld calls.

[MI5]

I only ever answer the phone if I know the caller, so if anyone phones me and I don't know you, text me first

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
I only ever answer the phone if I know the caller, so if anyone phones me and I don't know you, text me first

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Yeah right...:smileywink:

[jonsie]

Not always possible to do that though Rich. I get a lot of calls from doctors and hospitals, some of which are witheld numbers. I have to answer I'm afraid.

[Anonymous]

Yes same here and a lot of the time doctors etc won't leave a voicemail for privacy

[MI5]

There's no "one size fits all" solution, it's just what works for me.....