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Scam phone call warning

Carrickman · 2010-04-23 19:39:59

I got a call on the house phone this evening from an Indian dude on this number 019476632176 saying my computer had a virus, when I replied that could not be as I fix computers he hung up so beware out there.. This has been going on for over a year from this number more here:…

23-04-2010 7:39pm

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Carrickman

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I got a call on the house phone this evening from an Indian dude on this number 019476632176 saying my computer had a virus, when I replied that could not be as I fix computers he hung up so beware out there..

This has been going on for over a year from this number more here:
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/019476632176

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#2 23-04-2010 8:35pm

inode

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you should have given him your bank account number and sort code just to be on the safe side :P

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#3 23-04-2010 10:40pm

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Thanks for the heads up

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#4 24-04-2010 12:47am

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inode wrote: »

you should have given him your bank account number and sort code just to be on the safe side :P

Was thinking more Visa Card:p

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#5 24-04-2010 12:55am

homer simpson

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i think i know who this was.....

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#6 24-04-2010 6:04am

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Thank you Carrickman, I'll pass that on to the family at home, they would be very susceptible to something like this I'm afraid, they're new internet users and not very savvy yet.

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