30-01-2021, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR
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On the other hand, some sellers must be absolutely stupid.If we were selling our car privately, the keys would never leave my hands. A buyer would be welcome to look at the car inside and out and even come for a test drive - as a passenger with me driving. I wouldn't dream of handing over the keys.
I'd even be worried about taking strangers in the car for a test drive with me, JBR.
They could easily bundle me out and pinch the car.
30-01-2021, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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I'd even be worried about taking strangers in the car for a test drive with me, JBR.They could easily bundle me out and pinch the car.
Now, let me see. Who's the one closest to you?
02-02-2021, 04:38 PM
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I've just been talking to our painter and decorator. His wife got a phone call this morning from "a lady from the Council" to say they hadn't paid their council tax bill and they were going to send in the bailiffs to recover the debt if the money wasn't forthcoming. She phoned him in a panic. He said not to worry there's a mistake somewhere because the address quoted was wrong. She received 2 other calls from the same lady in less than 3 hours about the same thing. He has since reported this to the police who, he told us, are already aware of this scam.02-02-2021, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Percy Vere
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I've just been talking to our painter and decorator. His wife got a phone call this morning from "a lady from the Council" to say they hadn't paid their council tax bill and they were going to send in the bailiffs to recover the debt if the money wasn't forthcoming. She phoned him in a panic. He said not to worry there's a mistake somewhere because the address quoted was wrong. She received 2 other calls from the same lady in less than 3 hours about the same thing. He has since reported this to the police who, he told us, are already aware of this scam.
I've seen it on the telly!
03-02-2021, 09:34 PM
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Had a few automated calls today,(one even at 8.00am!), from what seems to be coming from abroad. All beginning with 044. The usual "press one. or your internet will be cut off" I tried to block the numbers, but was unsuccessful. Another pain in the ass to put up with!
04-02-2021, 10:07 AM
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My one of the day was a call about my Sky that I don’t have. Had a few minutes of fun with it explaining that I was a sky watcher and even had a telescope for watching for UFOs in the night sky. I wondered why he ended the call just as it was getting interesting.
04-02-2021, 11:30 AM
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Just had an asian voice purporting to be from BT this morningHe held the line that he was Bt until I finished laughing, then he started laughing, presumably aping me.
Briefly I got him off script. I asked him how many had he scammed this morning, he said two.
Could not get much more out of him so-
I bid him Adiós.
Note to self : Must remember to record for lolz.
Wouldnt you know i, they keep phoning back with some incoherent static
They have used about 5 different numbers so far- which I have blocked.
All too funny
04-02-2021, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Emjay
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My one of the day was a call about my Sky that I don’t have. Had a few minutes of fun with it explaining that I was a sky watcher and even had a telescope for watching for UFOs in the night sky. I wondered why he ended the call just as it was getting interesting.
Nowt like having a good laugh!
Some people feel sorry for these callers: they're just poor people doing a job.
I'm not one of those people.
05-02-2021, 01:57 PM
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Covid-19 Vaccine Bond scam!Scammers are sending out emails, asking people to invest in a bond from Pfizer, the makers of the first Covid-19 vaccine.
Suposedly one year fixed-rate bonds run by US Bank Citigroup.
Pfizer says it has no involvement with this scam.
It also says that if the message, or an advert, does not come from the NHS, or the governement, it's likely to be a scam.
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