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Scam calls since the hse hack

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  • 12-06-2021 7:26pm
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    fizzypish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭


    I've gotten 3 scam calls since the hack. 1 from an Irish mobile number. Maybe it's coincidence but I never got any before. Or maybe they really are great investment opportunities delivered in 85% level of English. Has anyone invested with these cold calling entrepreneurs?


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    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users Posts: 10,976 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    Had a few from a Dublin number starting with 01 706. Haven't answered any of them.


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    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users Posts: 4,805 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    My new motto is don’t ring any fcukers back or answer them unless I know who they are.
    The world is full of parasitic scum


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    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,387 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    fizzypish wrote: »
    I've gotten 3 scam calls since the hack. 1 from an Irish mobile number. Maybe it's coincidence but I never got any before. Or maybe they really are great investment opportunities delivered in 85% level of English. Has anyone invested with these cold calling entrepreneurs?

    Facebook and Fastway data was leaked all over web before the HSE hack. Much more likely it's from that than the HSE yet.


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    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,362 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Doctors room ghost wrote: »
    My new motto is don’t ring any fcukers back or answer them unless I know who they are.
    The world is full of parasitic scum

    What was your old motto?


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    MonsterCookie
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭MonsterCookie


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    Had a few from a Dublin number starting with 01 706. Haven't answered any of them.

    Could be esri. I got a call from them recently but was in sufficient doubt that I said I didn’t have the time .


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    McGinniesta
    Registered Users Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    I keep a whistle by the phone.

    If there is ever the merest bang of a scam off your call then you are getting the full blown whistle treatment. They usually hang up quite quickly.


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    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,362 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    McGinniesta wrote: »
    I keep a whistle by the phone.

    If there is ever the merest bang of a scam off your call then you are getting the full blown whistle treatment. They usually hang up quite quickly.

    I generally tell them im hard of hearing and that they'll have to speak up , i keep it up till they're roaring down the phone , the inevitable bomb threat follows along with warnings of dire consequences.


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    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    The last month I’ve had a couple of calls originating in Brazil and Indonesia - I never pick up and funnily enough, the caller never leaves a message.

    I avoid picking up calls from numbers I don’t recognise.


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    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,387 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    The last month I’ve had a couple of calls originating in Brazil and Indonesia - I never pick up and funnily enough, the caller never leaves a message.

    I avoid picking up calls from numbers I don’t recognise.

    That's a different scam. They want you to call back and get connected to a premium line number they own and they make money off that.


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