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Another Phone Scam.

  • 05-04-2019 8:02pm
    #1
    indioblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭


    Last year I had a phone call from a man claiming to be a police inspector. It was a credit card scam - posters on AH were able to tell me the nature of the scam. It was new to me at the time. But I was careful so no harm done.
    Today I had another phone call - a man claiming to be from the police somewhere in London. The caller said that there was a suspect they were seeking residing at my address. To which I replied, "Really?" and he hung up.
    Apart from the illogicality of the police phoning the number of a house where a wanted person might be, what I didn't understand was what kind of scam it was.
    AH has some savvy posters who may have heard of this before and may be able to suggest an explanation.


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    He said there was a suspect living at your address. You said "really?" and he hung up? Prank more than scam by the sound of it.


  • #3
    indioblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭indioblack


    Jessica Echoing Thesis wrote: »
    He said there was a suspect living at your address. You said "really?" and he hung up? Prank more than scam by the sound of it.
    This was an easy one to see through from the start. The scams are becoming more elaborate. I couldn't find anything online relating to the call I had today, so you may be correct.


  • #4
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,091 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    indioblack wrote: »
    Today I had another phone call - a man claiming to be from the police somewhere in London. The caller said that there was a suspect they were seeking residing at my address. To which I replied, "Really?" and he hung up.

    You were the suspect. He had all the information he needed. I see a black van in your future.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #5
    dartboardio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    I always get scam calls.

    I just say 'You're through to the police station in Waterford' and they hang up straight away!


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    They are just checking you're home before they SWAT you


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  • #7
    ZX7R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,428 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    Should have changed your phone number


  • #8
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    The new scam doing the rounds is class. " Hi sir, you're being deported. Western Union us a few hundred quid and you can stay. They got quite frustrated when I asked for an aisle seat and if they knew what movie might be shown?


  • #9
    Prominent_Dawg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭Prominent_Dawg


    Have you looked up the number


  • #10
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,511 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    indioblack wrote: »
    Today I had another phone call - a man claiming to be from the police somewhere in London. The caller said that there was a suspect they were seeking residing at my address. To which I replied, "Really?" and he hung up.

    He jumped on a flight, he'll be with you in the morning... it was an O'Reilly they were looking for.


  • #11
    italodisco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭italodisco


    He hung up in the hope6 you'd ring him back, if you did youd be charged a mad amount.

    Nothing new about this scam


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  • #12
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    indioblack wrote: »
    This was an easy one to see through from the start. The scams are becoming more elaborate. I couldn't find anything online relating to the call I had today, so you may be correct.

    Looking for information / ID / pps number etc

    Probably thought you'd fall for it and protest that it wasn't you - where then you'd be asked to provide proof of personal identity etc

    Something similar to this from the US

    https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2015/07/scammers-impersonate-police


  • #13
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Here's one I got earlier today from a Vodafone number.

    Might be a number being used unbeknownst to whomever owns it, so have blocked it out.

    ss77.jpg


  • #14
    liam222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭liam222


    Jessica Echoing Thesis wrote: »
    He said there was a suspect living at your address. You said "really?" and he hung up? Prank more than scam by the sound of it.
    I agree. This one's seems like came from someone who might know you. However, similar scams purported to be officer has been around for years, though.


  • #15
    Balanadan
    Site Banned Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Balanadan


    Anyone else received calls from E Business Maps?


  • #16
    indioblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭indioblack


    Prominent_Dawg wrote: »
    Have you looked up the number
    No number unsurprisingly.


  • #17
    indioblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭indioblack


    gozunda wrote: »
    Looking for information / ID / pps number etc

    Probably thought you'd fall for it and protest that it wasn't you - where then you'd be asked to provide proof of personal identity etc

    Something similar to this from the US

    https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2015/07/scammers-impersonate-police
    Could be. There has to be an angle.


  • #18
    indioblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭indioblack


    liam222 wrote: »
    I agree. This one's seems like came from someone who might know you. However, similar scams purported to be officer has been around for years, though.
    I doubt it was a prank. I had a similar call about a year ago. That one was better rehearsed and initially caught me off guard.
    My previous thread was "Conversation with a criminal", and posters thought that I was overreacting. But that's precisely what these phone calls are.


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