Nick funny think I someone this morning doing just the same thing on our local Morrisons car park the quick think guy in front of me blocked him in and I went and got the security guard and left them to sort it.

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I am very wary of being asked any question as to my identity. I w would reply that he's gone for a while, can I take a message or contact details for him to get in touch. Guarantee call will be terminated pretty quickly, so they can try the next no. in hope of a response like they want. Could always bugger about, pretending to be hard of hearing or confused, just to keep them on the line as long as possible to delay their next call.

HI

Could always bugger about, pretending to be hard of hearing or confused.

I AM often confused AND Hard of hearing all the time

It makes scam calls very odd for me, hell knows what it's like for them

George

Scams and scam calls and emails are a fact of life these days, ignore them and move on.

Some simple things to think about :-

How have they got your phone number or email address?

This particular scam has been doing the rounds for years as has most of the scams (Microsoft, internet provider, parcel needing to be delivered etc)

It never ceases to amaze me how gullable people are.

I do think phone companies and internet providers (and banks!) could do a lot to aleviate this problem, but at the end of the day it is down to the individual to use some common sense.

Interestingly, since moving onto full fibre (i.e no phone line) I have only had 1 spam call(on my mobile) and that was so obvious it never got answered.

There are lots of more sophisticated scams around at the moment that are more relevent to todays problems such as Covid related scams, energy payment scams etc.

Why do people believe them? probably because as a nation we are too trusting to believe whatever we are told.

Plus, of course greed comes into a lot of scams, Yes! I would like a large payment into my bank account from the tax man, but a few seconds of logical thought would soon indicate that is not going to happen.

Unfortunately some people are easily persuaded otherwise.

Lots of scams (usually old ones) are regularly posted on here, I woild like to think ALL on here are somewhat above average inteligence and would not be taken in.

Would you really give your bank details to a phone caller or email sender????

Do you really believe you will get millions of pounds from that nice Nigerian man who somehow got your email address.

There are hundreds of millions of computers in the world running Windows software, how can anyone let alone Microsoft be able to track every single one and get their phone number and/or email address?

Have you ever had to PAY for a missed parcel delivery?

Does that nice Russian/far eastern lady really want to talk to you about model engineering.

It is strange they all want financial help in getting to the UK (and/or ttheir families).

I could go on and on but I am beginning to bore myself now, use your common sense, you have worked hard for what you have got. Don't let these low lifes win.

JUST THINK

Have a nice scam free Xmas everyone, I hope you all get what you wish for.

Howi

I don't think you understand how this operates. One in a million believe them so they make a million calls to find that one.

What's being discussed is the nuisance value of the other 999,999 calls. As far as I can see, everyone here is just as informed as you profess to be. They're just commiserating on the nuisance.

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 25/12/2022 01:55:25

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What Nick actually wrote was: “ … someone wiped their car down mine in the supermarket car park this morning and then drove off …”

Does that help, Bob ?

MichaelG.

Sorry, still done get it.

Bob

I've not heard that term, creased as I would know it.Hope you get that sorted Nick.

Bob

Now and then I use OU812.