Bogus calls scams

malinheader

Anyone else having bother with scam calls. Three so far this week. First about a virus in my lap top from an Indian lady.second from supposedly revenue from an Indian man with hardly any English and today from Eir an automated female voice that you could hardly understand. All looking for one thing bank details. Why can't these be traced or stopped.

Captain Obvious

They are often spoofed numbers and often made from a different continent.

Edgware

malinheader wrote: »

Anyone else having bother with scam calls. Three so far this week. First about a virus in my lap top from an Indian lady.second from supposedly revenue from an Indian man with hardly any English and today from Eir an automated female voice that you could hardly understand. All looking for one thing bank details. Why can't these be traced or stopped.

Forward me your IBAN and bic numbers and I will arrange to have a program installed which will block these calls

Will I Am Not

I don’t know anyone from Africa or India so I just don’t answer.

malinheader

Will I Am Not wrote: »

I don’t know anyone from Africa or India so I just don’t answer.

I know revenue wouldn't ring regarding anything to do with your personal details but I was surprised when the call started with an automated message spoken by an Irish person who then asked you to press 1 to be put through to an adviser. The Eir call was the same.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

malinheader wrote: »

I know revenue wouldn't ring regarding anything to do with your personal details but I was surprised when the call started with an automated message spoken by an Irish person who then asked you to press 1 to be put through to an adviser. The Eir call was the same.

I had that Eir one this week. I just keep this type of caller on the line as long as possible, ask loads of questions, didder with numbers etc and eventually ask if they want me to keep wasting their time or do they think they can still steal my details if I keep going.

Star Bingo

Cote D’ivoire. x3

If it displayed just the flegs I’d probably have bought it

dense

Had a missed call from Burundi.....


+25716167700


It comes up on a German site for number search and it appears to be one of those scams where you're expected to return a missed call without checking the number first.


Thankfully I had been reading about it in the Nairobi News and had known not to return the call.....


https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/life/phone-scam-happens-call-back-foreign-number/

somesoldiers

I had a Zimbabwe and a Burundi missed call last week, funny I always wanted to travel

somesoldiers

malinheader wrote: »

I know revenue wouldn't ring regarding anything to do with your personal details but I was surprised when the call started with an automated message spoken by an Irish person who then asked you to press 1 to be put through to an adviser. The Eir call was the same.

Revenue will never call, I got a scam email from MyRos or whatever it’s called, I knew it couldn’t be real as it was 5 weeks since I asked the ffers to take the wife off emergency tax and it was all sorted but by the time they got back

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

dense wrote: »

Had a missed call from Burundi.....


+25716167700


It comes up on a German site for number search and it appears to be one of those scams where you're expected to return a missed call without checking the number first.


Thankfully I had been reading about it in the Nairobi News and had known not to return the call.....


https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/life/phone-scam-happens-call-back-foreign-number/

Had the same happen earlier this year, but then it stopped. You just have to not ring back.

Think telecoms companies should be proactive in the area. What percentage of Irish calls are made to outside Europe each day? Must be absolutely tiny. If you want to ring India, or receive a call from Botswana, maybe an opt in service would be more beneficial to people.

malinheader

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Had the same happen earlier this year, but then it stopped. You just have to not ring back.

Think telecoms companies should be proactive in the area. What percentage of Irish calls are made to outside Europe each day? Must be absolutely tiny. If you want to ring India, or receive a call from Botswana, maybe an opt in service would be more beneficial to people.

The telecoms services will be rubbing there hands probably. Answer a call and lose all your credit buy more again. Win win for them is it not

khaldrogo

I don't answer any call from any number I don't know unless I'm expecting a call. That's what my voice mail is for

malinheader

khaldrogo wrote: »

I don't answer any call from any number I don't know unless I'm expecting a call. That's what my voice mail is for

Agree 100%.A couple of my friends are the same. The calls I am experiencing this week all came through my landline phone.

khaldrogo

malinheader wrote:

Agree 100%.A couple of my friends are the same. The calls I am experiencing this week all came through my landline phone.

Don't answer that either

CFlat

Id rather take a call from Zimbabwe then take one from revenue:pac:

Working class heroes

What is this landline you speak of?

Aglomerado

I've been getting calls from 00443531696840 (and ignoring them) this week.
Seems legit with both UK and Irish area codes :rolleyes:

BBDBB

I keep getting asked about the accident I had and that Im due some compensation

come on, we've all had an accident that we cant remember haven't we? :roll eyes:

funny, they are very insistent that I have had one and I could be "owed thousands"

just me then

Steve F

Beware, they are now buying "Skype to Go" numbers which look like Irish numbers hoping gullible people will fall for their scam

dense

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Had the same happen earlier this year, but then it stopped. You just have to not ring back.

Think telecoms companies should be proactive in the area. What percentage of Irish calls are made to outside Europe each day? Must be absolutely tiny. If you want to ring India, or receive a call from Botswana, maybe an opt in service would be more beneficial to people.

Surely with current technology the scammers should be able to hide their outgoing Burundi number and substitute it for an Irish mobile number if they're able to set up the sophisticated sounding credit drainer at the other end??

dense

A nice friendly fella used to ring me regularly about my vindows not vorking properly.



Found out sometime later he was related to a prince who hadn't got a bank account who used to email me.


Small world eh?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dense wrote: »

A nice friendly fella used to ring me regularly about my vindows not vorking properly.



Found out sometime later he was related to a prince who hadn't got a bank account who used to email me.


Small world eh?

I had an Indian woman who called about my windows. I thanked her and said her timing was perfect as I had a problem. She said she could help. I then asked if she needed to call to the house to give me a price for sorting the issue but she said no, she could do it over the phone. I said I thought they'd have to assess my existing windows set up. No, can be done by phone. Then I asked if PVC or wood would be best and does it include double or triple glaze. She then seemed to get confused. This was followed by some rather choice language, when I asked if her mother was proud of the way she tries to defraud people. She hung up at this point.

TomOnBoard

Will I Am Not wrote: »

I don’t know anyone from Africa or India so I just don’t answer.

Moldova (+373)has been cropping up recently also..

malinheader

I wonder is there actually many people who actually give them there details over the phone. It's been fairly well highlighted for a while now. The credit draining one is getting a lot more common

TomOnBoard

dense wrote: »

A nice friendly fella used to ring me regularly about my vindows not vorking properly.



Found out sometime later he was related to a prince who hadn't got a bank account who used to email me.


Small world eh?

That Prince popped his clogs last month...

The cops found $96,000,000 in his spare bedroom when they broke into his palace... It seems that he's been trying for years, but he couldn't give it away....

Summer wind

Got a letter during the week telling me I’d won €815,000 in a lottery draw in Spain. Cost 80 cents for them to post the letter to me from Portugal. Been getting phone calls from a Dublin number too. How thick do they think people are.

raxy

Summer wind wrote: »

Got a letter during the week telling me I’d won €815,000 in a lottery draw in Spain. Cost 80 cents for them to post the letter to me from Portugal. Been getting phone calls from a Dublin number too. How thick do they think people are.

I got a missed call from a Dublin number too. I called it back from another phone as id advertised something & thought it may be due to that.
The phone went to an automated message saying they'd answer my call in a few minutes. I've been on hold for 2 hours now but when they pick up I'll let you know what they wanted.

Autosport

I had a call from America at 5am this morning and I was more mad that they woke me up and I certainly didn't answer them

mordeith

https://youtu.be/R9biM_ZfIdo

evolving_doors

Ivory Coast anyone?

Autosport

West linn or United States and Burundi are obviously fans of mine

I think it's cos I recently downloaded Viber

Old diesel

malinheader wrote: »

Anyone else having bother with scam calls. Three so far this week. First about a virus in my lap top from an Indian lady.second from supposedly revenue from an Indian man with hardly any English and today from Eir an automated female voice that you could hardly understand. All looking for one thing bank details. Why can't these be traced or stopped.

I got an automated female voice yesterday. I thought in my case it said Enet rather then eir.

The "speel" was that they had been trying to contact me a few times and that the internet would be disconnected in 24 hours if issue not resolved.

I was invited to press 1 to talk to a technician. I pressed the hang up button instead by hanging up the phone.

TomOnBoard

Autosport wrote: »

West Linn or the United States and Burundi are obviously fans of mine

I think it's cos I recently downloaded Viber

Where's West linn? Just south of North linn?

biko

CFlat wrote: »

Id rather take a call from Zimbabwe then take one from revenue:pac:

So, first Zimbabwe, then revenue? Then what?

Archeron

biko wrote: »

So, first Zimbabwe, then revenue? Then what?

Profit.

foxy farmer

Got a text today from Bridge United telling me that training for U 10s is starting again next week. It was from the committee and informing me of the new training team. Is this another type of scam?

Kristopherus

foxy farmer wrote: »

Got a text today from Bridge United telling me that training for U 10s is starting again next week. It was from the committee and informing me of the new training team. Is this another type of scam?

Are they not in Clare???

TomOnBoard

Kristopherus wrote: »

Are they not in Clare???

Exactly! Its full of scammer princes down there! Sure, didnt they give us our current (and future) President...

Kristopherus

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Exactly! Its full of scammer princes down there! Sure, didnt they give us our current (and future) President...

The last princes that I know of down there were killed in 1014 AD.

foxy farmer

I'm in west Cork. No connections with Clare. No kids under 10 or otherwise. 086 number but didn't reply as no point. Quite possibly a genuine mistake. Then again could be some type of con to get me to reply.
I've been getting a text approx every 6 months for last few yrs from somebody and the text is following the same format. It's usually making arrangements for some meeting or social event and how someone will be late and to change times or some sh1te. They know my name but it's always spelt wrong. I never reply as I'm certain it's some type of scam.

vapor trails

This scene from the office cracks me up. It's only 12 seconds!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaD1wKEKXt0

corks finest

In all fairness you'd need to be as thick as ****e to even answer these Muppets,buy a whistle ,ear muffs,and blow like hell

8-10

I have 2 phones and not even scammers call me. I'd love a call from Burundi

jamesbere

I had a fella ring to say there was a problem with my windows, i told them they were fine cos there double glazed

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

corks finest wrote: »

In all fairness you'd need to be as thick as ****e to even answer these Muppets,buy a whistle ,ear muffs,and blow like hell

That has no impact with modern digital exchanges..

evolving_doors

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Exactly! Its full of scammer princes down there! Sure, didnt they give us our current (and future) President...

It's nice that Clare people are finally acknowledging that they are part of limerick.

Suckit

Got a few of the Revenue calls this week, starting last Sunday.. :rolleyes:
Revenue putting in some serious overtime. The number was (00)353768888276.

They must have left about 5 messages all the same:

https://vocaroo.com/i/s1hTNKDatBUj

TheValeyard

00 381 63 1164086



Ignore this scam number

Private Joker

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

00 381 63 1164086



Ignore this scam number

Had a call from this number today, one ring then stopped.

mojesius

I had a few recently. One from Mauritania and one from Madagascar. Still waiting to hear from Mozambique...

Some Indian crowd keep calling my dad's house phone informing him of a virus on his computer. My dad can barely operate his sky remote, let alone turn on a computer. Hates all technology. He keeps this crowd on the phone, taking the piss out of them until they get bored (and for some reason, he talks to foreigners in his impression of their accent).