Recorded Message saying Eir Broadband Compromised and will be Terminated?

sadie9 · 13-02-2019 09:32AM #1

I answered my landline just now to a Recorded message saying 'this is a recorded message. We have been trying to contact you to tell you that your Eir Broadband has been compromised and your Broadband service will be terminated. Please contact your Broadband Engineer'.

What is that about?? Is it a Scam. I usually never answer my landline because it's one scammer after another every time. I figure if it's someone real they'll leave a message, they never do.

Garibaldi? · 13-02-2019 09:48AM

Sick answering the phone to this nonsense! Don't even have Eircom! .Every time you see the big long number coming up you know it's this.

sadie9 · 13-02-2019 09:52AM

This wasn't one of those long numbers it looked like a local number, as it had a short number starting 89 then 5 digits.

Gobethewall · 13-02-2019 03:59PM

We've been getting 4 or 5 of these a day for the last 6 weeks, it's always what looks like a local no. the last one was 4976749. I'm assuming the robot will eventually get fed up and p*ss off

eir: Linzi · 14-02-2019 10:17AM

sadie9 wrote: »

I answered my landline just now to a Recorded message saying 'this is a recorded message. We have been trying to contact you to tell you that your Eir Broadband has been compromised and your Broadband service will be terminated. Please contact your Broadband Engineer'.

What is that about?? Is it a Scam. I usually never answer my landline because it's one scammer after another every time. I figure if it's someone real they'll leave a message, they never do.

Hi sadie9

We are aware there have been a number of scam calls from people claiming to be from eir. Unfortunately we have no control over this but please be advised never to give out any personal or financial details to any inbound caller.

I can put your mind at rest that your broadband service will not be terminated.

Thanks

~Linzi

moceri · 14-02-2019 10:24AM

I had one of these calls a few days ago. Local number. Robotic voice advising that my Broadband is faulty. I just hung up. This is a scam to get you to dial a premium number.

Garibaldi? · 14-02-2019 10:41AM

Phone rang at 8.31 this morning. Ran in to answer but was too late.Normal looking number so I dialled back(Dont bother with the long dodgy looking ones) Just a beep beep beep sound!

Alun · 14-02-2019 10:43AM

There's no point ringing back, the number shown on the display is a random made-up number. I'm getting one or two a day, and the number is always different, but always begins with 003531...

Spook_ie · 14-02-2019 10:58AM

That's Robot Emily, had 4 in one day, then figured I'd actually press #1 to speak to a technician.

Queue 2 or 3 minutes of acting the maggot, eventually guy said there were some dodgy foreigners (yes he actually said that) trying to operate a scam, so I asked him "Dodgy foreigners that sound like you?" He hung up and I haven't had anyone to play with for 2 weeks now

Recorded Message saying Eir Broadband Compromised and will be Terminated?

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