Scam calls

mondeo · 13-04-2022 03:02PM

+35341112606

Got a call from this number and hung soon as I answered. That seems to be a common thing they do. They are testing to see if the number works I think. I'll assume now that they know it works I will get some sort of scam call in the near future.

fritzelly · 13-04-2022 05:35PM

Getting a rake of calls to my mobile again - they must have sold the Irish numbers onto another group of scammers

Atlantic Dawn · 13-04-2022 05:39PM

Had one yesterday, it was from a +35386 number but the rest of the number was only 6 digits and not 7 as it should be, amateur hour.

13-04-2022 06:30PM

Both myself and husband got a call on Saturday, after months of silence. First time it's happened on a Saturday too!

I was too busy to bother with them this time.

fun loving criminal · 14-04-2022 11:07AM

Got a call a few weeks back telling me my Amazon prime account was going to be cancelled. I don't have a prime account and even if I did, I wouldn't have fell for their scam. So I acted completely stupid. They told me to go download an app from the playstore. So I put them on hold for a bit and came back and said ok I've got the Amazon app downloaded, now what? They didn't want me downloading the Amazon app at all, some other app that probably gives them access to my phone. They told me that I didn't need the Amazon app and to download the other app, I forget the name of it.

Me here, oh sorry I didn't hear you well, I'll pop you hold again and I'll download the app. Me coming back, ok, I've uninstalled the Amazon app and downloaded it again. I had great fun for a good hour like this, just wasting their time.

Sawduck · 25-04-2022 01:15PM

I have received dozens in the last 3 weeks, 3 so far today from 049,071 and 049 numbers. I also got a text from someone pretending to be from AIB a few days ago, they are becoming really annoying now

25-04-2022 01:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118973706#Comment_118973706

Yeah Drogheda and Navan area codes for me too- every day around the same time- what’s the point as if I answer it just hangs up? And you get a cannot connect you message if you ring back so the whole thing is pointless- I’m just not answering any calls I don’t recognise now.

lucalux · 25-04-2022 01:38PM

Several already today, haven't gotten them in months.

I watch Pierogi and Kitboga.

One guy actually warned me (without me prompting him to or telling him I knew it was a scam) that it was a scam and told me Amazon never call people and to tell my friends/family the same. Said he was afraid of his boss when I asked him why he was warning me but not leaving.

On the phone with him about half an hour at that point. If I can waste their time I do. Feels terrible knowing there's some out there who might fall for it.

Cordell · 25-04-2022 02:19PM

https://youtu.be/mPpuUnQ6cac?t=1129

I am me123 · 20-06-2023 05:13PM

Anyone getting calls from random mobile numbers at the moment?

Getting calls from different mobile numbers nearly every day now .

Atlantic Dawn · 20-06-2023 05:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120740461#Comment_120740461

Yes, it's sporadic for me, got 2 last week, hadn't got any for a few weeks. Have been getting the AIB, Toll and An Post scam texts at least once a week, the spam filter on my phone generally detects and bins them.

Wanderer78 · 20-06-2023 06:12PM

...interesting story...poor woman....

https://player.fm/series/in-the-news-2930202/revolut-scam-i-watched-the-total-go-down-by-another-eu5000

I am me123 · 20-06-2023 11:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120740546#Comment_120740546

Thanks thats reassuring to know, keep getting calls from 085 mobile numbers mainly. Nearly every day now around the same time each day. I have a general rule of thumb that nobody in an official capacity would call from a mobile number. I've been blocking these numbers as the calls come in.

Atlantic Dawn · 20-06-2023 11:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120742201#Comment_120742201

Yes most of them are valid genuine mobile numbers that if you called them back you would get through to a phone user who would have nothing to do with the scam, the scammers just randomly using mobile numbers.

thesandeman · 21-06-2023 03:12AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120740780#Comment_120740780

I think she might have been on Drivetime a few weeks ago. Sarah almost got done as well.

galwayguy85 · 21-06-2023 06:21AM

For callers from India, I like to ask them which caste they belong to and make a few sly comments about whichever answer they give. It usually compels them to hang up!

honeyjo · 21-06-2023 04:02PM

Over the last week I've received 1 or 2 calls a day from 01 964 5911. I haven't answered any of the calls I'm pretty sure it's a scam.

Anyone else have this issue ?

The Nal · 21-06-2023 06:07PM

No harm in answering. Have a bit of fun of its a scammer.

Floppybits · 21-06-2023 06:54PM

A couple of weeks ago the landline phone rang and it was UK number so I let it ring out. 5 minutes the phone rings again so this time I picked up and some woman gets on and starts asking me why I rang her, I said I didn't call and then she starts shouting at me telling me not to call again. 😀

21-06-2023 07:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120742666#Comment_120742666

Quoting lines from Morrissey's Bengali In Platforms is also fun.

I am me123 · 23-06-2023 03:33PM

Just got another (I suspect) scam call from another mobile number. So annoying. Different numbers nearly every day now.

Glaceon · 29-06-2023 11:24PM

I got 5 of these today, all the fake Amazon scams.

I’m beginning to think the numbers aren’t randomly generated. My wife never gets these calls. My number was leaked in the Facebook hack a few years ago and hers wasn’t, so that’s what I personally think is the cause.

kirk. · 30-06-2023 09:31AM

Mostly texts I get . Android set.to block scam calls in phone app

Dunno does it work with all the random numbers they use

The Nal · 30-06-2023 09:40AM

Revolut, Amazon calls and toll bridge texts all this week.

Glaceon · 18-07-2023 09:47AM

Just got another one now, "financial intelligence agency". Highly considering changing my number now, am sick of these.

kirk. · 18-07-2023 10:06AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120865538#Comment_120865538

Dunno the way I looked at it I get practiced in detecting this stuff

If you never get any scam calls or texts you might end up more vulnerable

The Nal · 18-07-2023 10:43AM

If you change your number itll end up on some scammer excel file again, dont bother.

Have a bit of fun with them when they call

setanta1000 · 18-07-2023 10:52AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120865538#Comment_120865538

I got the same one at 09.25 this morning - our mobile number must be close numerically!

Patrick2010 · 18-07-2023 10:56AM

Haven't had one in ages, could do with some entertainment!

Sgt Hartman · 18-07-2023 11:47AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120746107#Comment_120746107

I've gotten this a couple of times. I would get a call or a text from some random number asking "who's this?". I'm wondering if my number is somehow being used to make scam calls to random people.

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