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Post by ffiscool on Sept 9, 2020 8:29:51 GMT
just had a call on my phone from an automated voice, saying my Prime will now auto renew for £79.99 and to press 1 or something.
i know mine renewed in July and is £79 - no extra pence
so anyone with prime, just hang up, do not press anything
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Sept 9, 2020 10:59:21 GMT
I've had this too. I pay £7.99 monthly. I just hung up and checked my amazon account online, all is running fine.
Amazon have never called me, so it was an obvious scam anyway.
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Post by jellybean on Sept 9, 2020 13:46:30 GMT
🤬🤬🤬
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 9, 2020 15:55:29 GMT
That's just awful!!! All these scams going around, we just have to be on alert for everything and if any calls come in requesting payment for anything, hang up and check on it.
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Post by yellowfacedviolet on Sept 9, 2020 18:34:54 GMT
I routinely get those calls here in the USA as well as phishing emails for Amazon Prime, among others.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 9, 2020 20:45:02 GMT
yellowfacedviolet I haven't gotten any Amazon Prime scam calls but I do get the Social Security ones that say your number has been closed and press 1 to talk to an agent. I guess enough people fall for those. A more recent scam says that you have a covid-19 relief check and they need money from you to process it.
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Post by Morgan on Sept 9, 2020 23:08:52 GMT
Unless I am expecting a call from a potentially unmarked number (like with applying for EDD recently), I just don’t pick up. If it’s valid they’ll leave a message and I call back right away. I block all the other numbers, and I think I actually don’t get these calls as often anymore. Maybe once every month or two? I know a lot of people can’t afford to do this because their cell number is also their business number, and get these calls all the time. It’s got be grating on the nerves.
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Post by yellowfacedviolet on Sept 9, 2020 23:12:06 GMT
Back in the days when humans made these calls, a lady friend of mine had several choice responses for them. My favorite was when they asked to speak to Mr. Jones. My friend wasn't married. But she said, "Oh. So sorry. When I was backing out of the driveway this morning, I ran him over."
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Post by reenie on Sept 11, 2020 11:03:28 GMT
You're all much nicer than me... I got the call about 5 times the other day, so I pressed 1 and gave them a lecture about being scammers, and how would they like it to happen to their grandmother... They hung up just as I was getting into my flow.... Can't think why 🤣. My reckoning is that the longer I keep them talking, they're leaving someone else alone.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 11, 2020 17:39:05 GMT
reenie I used to get calls where a woman would say they knew someone in my household had a hearing problem and they would give a hearing test and hearing aid. At first I politely told them they had wrong information. When the calls kept coming, I'd say " huh, can you repeat that, sorry I didn't catch what you were saying..." and they'd hang up. After a few times they've stopped calling.
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Post by reenie on Sept 12, 2020 8:38:24 GMT
Love it. There's a book I read (true story) about a man in Broughty Ferry whose hobby was getting into email discussions with these scam emailers offerring relationships, then asking for money for their fare or a sick relative. It was hysterical. He used to keep it up for months. He had one where the woman agreed to live in his wheelie bin because he'd made so many excuses about not having space in the house for various reasons. Wish I could remember the name of the book. I'd definitely read it again.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2020 8:55:07 GMT
Love it. There's a book I read (true story) about a man in Broughty Ferry whose hobby was getting into email discussions with these scam emailers offerring relationships, then asking for money for their fare or a sick relative. It was hysterical. He used to keep it up for months. He had one where the woman agreed to live in his wheelie bin because he'd made so many excuses about not having space in the house for various reasons. Wish I could remember the name of the book. I'd definitely read it again. Was it this book reenie? Dot Con : The Art of Scamming a Scammer by James Veitch The author also has a youtube channel where he does talks like Ted Talks www.youtube.com/results?search_query=james+veitch+channelBrilliantly funny!
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Post by reenie on Sept 12, 2020 9:02:23 GMT
Love it. There's a book I read (true story) about a man in Broughty Ferry whose hobby was getting into email discussions with these scam emailers offerring relationships, then asking for money for their fare or a sick relative. It was hysterical. He used to keep it up for months. He had one where the woman agreed to live in his wheelie bin because he'd made so many excuses about not having space in the house for various reasons. Wish I could remember the name of the book. I'd definitely read it again. Was it this book reenie? Dot Con : The Art of Scamming a Scammer by James Veitch The author also has a youtube channel where he does talks like Ted Talks www.youtube.com/results?search_query=james+veitch+channelBrilliantly funny! No, that's not the one, but I'll have a read at that too, it looks like a funny read. The one I read was written by an author who moved to Broughty Ferry and met this old bloke in the pub who regailed the locals with his stories of what he'd been doing.
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Post by reenie on Sept 12, 2020 9:45:29 GMT
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Post by criswell on Sept 12, 2020 14:31:37 GMT
I've been getting the Amazon recorded messages too. I had 3 in one morning.
Another scam I've had is a recorded message to say my internet will be disconnected within 24 hours due to illegal activity.
Thankfully I've not had any calls for a few weeks now.
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