Is this another scam?, Text received today, anyone had one of these? |
Is this another scam?, Text received today, anyone had one of these? |
Thu, 20 Sep 2018 - 18:58
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,215 Joined: 1 Jul 2012 From: Roaming the South Member No.: 55,802 |
Received this text today:
Our Records show you were in NON FAULT Accident in the last 3 Yrs. Average Claim Value is £3650 For more info Click >http://direct-claim.xyz/?n=9180314857< Funny thing is, it was sent to the data card in my laptop. So where did they get THAT number from? Has Vodafone been hacked? -------------------- |
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Thu, 20 Sep 2018 - 19:50
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Member Group: Members Posts: 20,915 Joined: 22 Apr 2012 Member No.: 54,455 |
Not quite a scam, (or not yet, anyway), more a cold-call from a claims management company seeking more business.
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Thu, 20 Sep 2018 - 20:13
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,140 Joined: 19 Jun 2004 From: Surrey Member No.: 1,326 |
I've had claim management companies emailing me speculatively about accidents I never had. If you haven't had an accident recently I suspect it's one of these, as Incandescent suggests.
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Thu, 20 Sep 2018 - 20:28
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,864 Joined: 2 Aug 2016 Member No.: 86,040 |
The analytics folks are pretty good at tying data together.
I would imagine that there is somewhere you have put the number into. You could, if you could be bothered, make a complaint to ofcom. Which will douboess go nowhere. |
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Thu, 20 Sep 2018 - 20:50
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Member Group: Members Posts: 25,726 Joined: 28 Jun 2010 From: Area 51 Member No.: 38,559 |
For some reason, the cold callers asking about my accident get all confused when I tell them it killed me.
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Thu, 20 Sep 2018 - 21:15
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Webmaster Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,205 Joined: 30 Mar 2003 From: Wokingham, UK Member No.: 2 |
The analytics folks are pretty good at tying data together. More likely it's autodialer software just blind texting entire mobile number spaces. -------------------- Regards,
Fredd __________________________________________________________________________
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Thu, 20 Sep 2018 - 21:42
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Member Group: Life Member Posts: 24,213 Joined: 9 Sep 2004 From: Reading Member No.: 1,624 |
For some reason, the cold callers asking about my accident get all confused when I tell them it killed me. They usually hang up when I ask them what they are wearing. If not, they always hang up when I ask them if they enjoy certain sexual positions. -------------------- Andy
Some people think that I make them feel stupid. To be fair, they deserve most of the credit. |
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Fri, 21 Sep 2018 - 06:41
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Member Group: Members Posts: 4,126 Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Member No.: 96,238 |
Had one call at the door once who was quite disappointed that I was on crutches with a broken foot (sustained at work) but still told him I hadn't had an accident
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Fri, 21 Sep 2018 - 07:51
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Member Group: Members Posts: 587 Joined: 18 Sep 2008 From: Folkestone, Kent Member No.: 22,623 |
We had a similar experience 5 years ago when we were involved in a very minor scrape. Very shortly we were inundated with these calls.
Fortunately the number they used was my mobile and so I had a record of all the calls (covering the country Shetland Islands to Cornwall numbers). After a couple of weeks of this I emailed Ofcom and included all the phone numbers, nearly a hundred by this time. Funnily enough over the next week they all tailed off and virtually stopped within weeks. Coincidence ? Who knows but it was worth complaining. By the way we still, very occasionally, get calls which we ignore if I don't recognise the place of origin as one where we have friends. This post has been edited by Lodesman: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 - 08:01 |
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Fri, 21 Sep 2018 - 11:01
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Member Group: Members Posts: 9,985 Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Member No.: 21,992 |
For some reason, the cold callers asking about my accident get all confused when I tell them it killed me. They usually hang up when I ask them what they are wearing. If not, they always hang up when I ask them if they enjoy certain sexual positions. I've not tried that, I try to keep them on the line as long as I can. I've got a list of car registrations and car colour, model, etc. that I try and use to provide sufficient details to get them in a conversation but they usually smell a rat quite quickly and hang up. I might try some lewd suggestions and heavy breathing next time. -------------------- Sometimes I use big words I don't understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.
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Sat, 22 Sep 2018 - 08:20
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Member Group: Members Posts: 4,167 Joined: 6 Oct 2012 Member No.: 57,558 |
QUOTE More likely it's autodialer software just blind texting entire mobile number spaces. I signed up to sipgate and got a number allocated randomly until I could transfer my old landline number over and the calls started after a few days, as I have the sip software on an android phone using the app 'Should I answer' they get blocked so it just looks like they try random numbers. Hence the pause at the start as that is their software handing the call over to their human once answered and the cause of the silent calls when no human is available. |
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Sat, 22 Sep 2018 - 08:39
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Member Group: Members Posts: 56,196 Joined: 9 Sep 2003 From: Warwickshire Member No.: 317 |
Hence the pause at the start as that is their software handing the call over to their human once answered and the cause of the silent calls when no human is available. That's not the only reason for the pause, they auto dial a number of numbers and then hand answered calls over to the next free stoker in the boiler room. -------------------- There is no such thing as a law abiding motorist, just those who have been scammed and those yet to be scammed!
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