Calling now 'from Amazon' about a purchase (the value of which kept increasing during the call) of an Amazon gift voucher against my account (which I don't have). After feigning surprise and asking for details etc for 5 or 6 minutes, I was asked if I wanted to let the purchase go through. When I said " Sure, why not? It's not a huge cost" he hung up on me for some reason. Very poor customer service. 😀
I get the impression for the landline calls they have a copy of the phone book as they have told me my address over the phone and first initial of name as per phone book.
Definitely, they use my name as shown in the phonebook.
Does the phone book still exist? Does it include mobile numbers?
It exists online. I was referring to landlines. I've never had a scam call to my mobile who had my name.
ya how come they don't target mobile numbers? its nearly always landlines😶
They most certainly target mobiles. You've been fortunate if you haven't had a dozen of them.
i've had text scams in the past but never calls
A month or so ago the country was bombarded with scam calls to mobiles purporting to come from numbers very similar to your own,
Read back the thread.
Like, how are they able to do this? How can they mask their own number and use a legit one? I just got rang there and I googled the number back and it's the Newbridge Garda station ??
I got one from the Garda HQ number a few days ago. Absolute joke this is still going on.
Non stop from "038" numbers now, and playing them for the tools they are doesn't stop it anymore. One lad hung up as soon as I gave him my fake name, same name as last time! I couldn't answer today's call cause I was busy. I really have to learn to sound a little more worried about my imminent arrest and not just take it all too casual!
I've been getting these too, although on my Android phone they appear as +353386....., so on first sight it looks a bit like a valid Irish mobile number. On my wife's iPhone they appear like yours, i.e. 0386.... which isn't a valid Irish landline prefix, so more obviously a fake number.
I've not answered any of them, but then I virtually never answer an unrecognised number anyway.
Had a genuine text this morning about a genuine courier delivery which I've just accepted. Nice to get one like that for a change!!! 😁
Had one this morning. Didn't answer it but it looked like an Irish mobile but had 8 digits after the 087 rather than 7. Had a google and I don't think that's even a correct format but they're probably hoping someone will just see the 087 and answer it.
2 today after several weeks of peace from them. both left recorded messages about me being investigated,
The phone companies are getting off light. Perhaps they might consider doing something.
Got not a single one this week so far, pure bliss.
Had a missed call from an 085 number this morning, first one in months, and I thought it was a courier looking for directions, as happens regularly, and I’m waiting on a delivery.
So I rang it back, but got a voicemail/message as if it was a phone that was turned off saying ‘ the person you are calling is not reachable, Meteor will send them a text with your number, if you do not want to send your number press *9’
So I’ve no idea if that’s a genuine Eir/Meteor number I rang, or if I’ve just been charged a premium rate for a returned call! 🤦🏻♀️
Anyone have similar?
or know if calls to Eir numbers without voicemail message set up would have that message?
thanks
It's most likely a genuine number, charged at regular mobile rates. But the owner of that number may not have been the one phoning you. The scam call centres will use internet diallers that disguise their number, instead showing a number that you are more likely to pick up, like an Irish mobile number.
Yes I was thinking that could be it, that possibly the number I called back was an old out of service Meteor number perhaps 👍
cheers
New to me, but the scam calls are now leaving voicemail messages.
I never bothered answering any unknown numbers (especially if they nearly matched my own number!) on the basis that if someone actually wanted to get me, they could leave a message - but the latest one did leave a message.
A mish-mash of American accents threatening to arrest me for tax evasion or something (and I happen to have put in my tax return recently and waiting on the bill from Revenue - some co-incidence!).
They seem to have stopped for me. Was plagued with them but havn't had one in a few weeks. Hope I'm not inviting trouble posting this🙂
Started in on me again today, 3 times.
085 numbers by any chance?
085, 083, 053
Yeah Ive had 3 in the last 3 days telling me Im locked out of my Bank of Ireland account, I dont have a BoI account. 3 different numbers and 3 different variations of the scam link they wanted me to visit aswell. The country must be getting hosed with them atm, heard a few people commenting on them recently.
I got one yesterday, when I tried to string them along they hung up after 5 seconds, no fun to be had 😁.
085 number too?
No it was landline looking, it was sometimes like 21249498.
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