Geoff Copping Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I use BT Cloud and I had a dialogue box open up to say it needed to update. I clicked to install the update and my Avast AV immediately blocked it and quarantined the file saying it was infected with IDP.Generic Trojan, which can nick all your vitals. This is on a Win10 laptop. In searching for info on it it seem a lot of people have had their machines trashed by this and I've had to delete BT Cloud from my laptop so I would say to everyone to make you have good AV installed. Apparently AVG catches it as well as Avast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 The latest scam is someone offering early Covid jab in exchange for all your info by phone or text etc.. A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 OH YIPPEEE!!! I have just had an email to say that I am on the list to recieve $3,800,000 from the United Nations or something. All I have to do is give them my full name, phone number and all my bank details. It is addressed to Mr Is anyone stupid enough to fall for that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham R Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 You’re lucky Peter, all I have been offered is £487.29 from HMRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Peter, if one in a million is stupid or gullible enough to fall for it then it's probably worth the scammer investing in a massive list of email addresses to send out messages en masse. Edited By Martin Harris - Moderator on 02/01/2021 10:41:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wagg Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Frequently get E-mails asking to update my details for security reasons on Ebay, Amazon, Paypal, Santander etc. These are all scams to get your passwords, phone numbers and anything else that might be of use for these thieves. Obvious one in my case is Santander - I don't have a Santander account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 The latest scam into my in box was another very plausible one purporting to come from Boots (who I did have online dealings with), After completing a customer satisfaction survey , as a reward you were offered three choices at hugely reduced prices (£2 instead of £50) , appealling to peoples liking for an enticing deal. I presume if I had gone ahead they would have got my card details or even into my bank account. The worrying thing they are very convincing on the surface , so much so that is only after sitting back and thinking about it at leisure that you realise what it actually is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christy Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I seem to recall - not many years ago - a senior management figure at a well known bank ending up in court! Apparently she had fallen for one of these scams (send us £XXX to claim your reward) and used clients money! Caught and punished! (Jail IIRC, as it was a fair amount of money!) It does make you wonder when supposedly senior and intelligent bankers fall for it. -- Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 The “HMRC” sent me an email saying they will reimburse me £300+. I great thing about iPad is that it shows you an email if you tap on the sender.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Cunnington Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 We require additional details to attempt re-delivery of this parcel, as the address provided appears to be incomplete. Yet again this one, but so professional looking...the clue was in the .be address which is common to many scams ! And yes, I did have to think if I had any deliveries expected Stay safe guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hammond Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 The last one was a parcel from Amazon via DPD, as if they don,t know my address by now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Whitehead 1 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I've just received an email purportedly from Hobbyking. I haven't opened it and don't intend to. The subject header is "Please Confirm Your Subscription" which sounds odd as HK isn't a club or magazine with an annual payment. If anything needs confirming, no doubt I'll find out the next time I log directly into the HK site, and not before. Has anyone else received this one? I don't buy much from HK but did buy some small lipos a month or so ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I usually replace the phone as soon as I hear an obviously recorded voice. Yesterday I got one saying there was a voice message from a witheld number so I ignored it. When I got it a second time I pressed '1' to hear the message. It was from Severn-Trent advising me that they would be working on the water supply and we may get some discolouration and to run the tap until it cleared. So they're not all scams Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Just had a phone call from Sky Televisions. " this is about your Sky Breakdown cover" My reply? "Considering that I don't have any Sky equipment you are a (Expletive deleted!) scammer!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Posted by Geoff S on 05/01/2021 11:41:39: I usually replace the phone as soon as I hear an obviously recorded voice. Yesterday I got one saying there was a voice message from a witheld number so I ignored it. When I got it a second time I pressed '1' to hear the message. It was from Severn-Trent advising me that they would be working on the water supply and we may get some discolouration and to run the tap until it cleared. So they're not all scams Geoff Exactly Geoff I had a call from the bank and promptly hung up When they eventually got hold of me, the caller was Genuine. My Credt Card had been breached and someone was trying to spend £1000s sales which were all Declined. The card was cancelled, and new card issued. As you say " Not all communications are scams" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i12fly Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I had a similar call to Denis, bank said my card had been cloned (about 12 yrs ago). Then they wanted my passcode -so I said no. I was told to ring my bank straight away. Fortunately I didn't find my bank phone number for several minutes, if I had rung them straight away then the previous caller had probably not hung up but would have taken the call with a different voice. The genuine bank confirmed that my card had been cloned and stopped it. I'd only used the card twice in the past 9 months, one I could vouch for as honest and one a secondhand car parts company that also had my phone number -but the bank wasn't interested. Edited By i12fly on 05/01/2021 16:19:56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster prop Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 We had two recorded messages today which were supposed to be from Amazon. They said that an iPad I’d ordered was being dispatched and if the order was incorrect press 1 on the keypad. I’ve heard about that one, an attempt to get addresses and card numbers so I hung up. My wife answered the first call and blocked it, noting the number. I did the same with the second call and both were from numbers starting 0014 followed by 9 digits. Which country has an 0014 code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Simmons Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Look it up on google, apparently it's a fake phone number. Am Not sure how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Posted by buster prop on 06/01/2021 17:29:11: ... both were from numbers starting 0014 followed by 9 digits. Which country has an 0014 code? That is most likely a US number. The country code for USA is '1' and their numbers have a 3-digit area code followed by a 7-digit number. So the '14' you quoted is likely to be the US country code (1) and the first digit of the area code (4) - the remaining 9 digits being the last 2 digits of the area code plus the local number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster prop Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 0014 is a fake number. There’s a website, fakenumber.org where you can obtain a fake phone number for nefarious purposes rather than using your real one. Obviously not Amazon so if you get one of these calls disregard it. We once had a recorded message from a woman with an American accent pronouncing Amazon as Ama-zon. That was about debiting us £89 for Prime. Also disregarded, an £89 debit did not appear on the next bank statement, I checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Had a call on my mobile yesterday from Belarus. ignored it, obvious scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Cunnington Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 ...and another ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuphedd Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I got my first email scam yesterday , I get a good few on the land line but the call blocker normally gets them before I do The email was from BT on what looked like their standard email format saying that there was a problem with my account and I should log into it using the Link on the botttom of the page . My spelling is not good but I did notice this one ,which got me concerned! The page looked authentic even with BT registered number and address. I rang BT who took ages to answer , but they confirmed it was a scam and to forward the email to their Phising Dept so keep alert chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just had my Covid scam email. The address was a .co.jp. message sender Edited By cymaz on 25/01/2021 20:22:17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I keep getting messages on my phone but they go to 'missed' and when I check there's nothing there. I just block the numbers. Very few people know my mobile number because I hardly use it (it's a PAYG iPhone 4 I bought on eBay for £30 and I use it mostly as either a calculator or a camera) - it's mainly for emergencies. The signal in my workshop is quite dodgy and zero as often as not. I assume it's some sort of potential scam but, as my phone doesn't 'know' anything important I'm not bothered - just irritated slightly. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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