Scams...again.

[Paul De Tourtoulon]

Yes, he did buy lists from the edf, my French post code is 30340, he is around the corner at 30140.

[Engine Doctor]

Whats new , so do local councils unless you opt out. Very clearly we should automatically be out of these schemes and opt in if we want to .

Edited October 5, 2023 by Engine Doctor

[Zflyer]

Councils sell on the Voter Register, these are readily available in local libraries, however try and look through one. You have to ask the Librarian to access and then tell them the name or the street you wish to look at. You just cant bowl in and ask for a copy to peruse. At least not in the libraries I have been in, which are disappearing at an alarming rate, not solely down to cost cutting but lack of use.

[Graham Bowers]

6 hours ago, Frank Skilbeck said:

Got an email from deceased clubmates email, but it was signed by his widow asking me if I could do a favour for her, not unusual as she had used his email previously, as I was out I replied to say I'd call later. Then got another email saying she was in hospital and it was her nieces birthday, could I buy an Apple Pay card and she'd then reimburse me,...........,..... 

I got a similar one from a contact in Scotland asking if I'd help with something. Way unexpected as our correspondence had been about slope soaring sites. Not trusting email, I rang him up, and he'd been hacked.

[john davidson 1]

Got one purporting to be from my daughter,saying broken phone and using friend's, first word was MUM which gave the game away. Not too bright.

[Bob Burton]

7 hours ago, Engine Doctor said:

Whats new , so do local councils unless you opt out

There is a world of difference between Councils selling a list of names and addresses of voters who have not opted out when registering to vote and what Paul says EDF is doing in France.  There is an even bigger difference between that and what was originally suggested, ie that delivery companies are passing on details of users who have had or are expecting a delivery leading to scams concering expected deliveries

 

For what it's worth I agree with an earlier post.  Being opted out of the Council scheme to sell names and addresses should be the norm

[Engine Doctor]

Im saying its wrong whoever does it. And why a world of difference ? Names,  addresses and details for cash is wrong .

Edited October 5, 2023 by Engine Doctor

[Andy Stephenson]

12 hours ago, Frank Skilbeck said:

Got an email from deceased clubmates email, but it was signed by his widow asking me if I could do a favour for her, not unusual as she had used his email previously, as I was out I replied to say I'd call later. Then got another email saying she was in hospital and it was her nieces birthday, could I buy an Apple Pay card and she'd then reimburse me,...........,..... 

I had one like that which seemed to be from a club mate but when I looked closely at the email address it came from it wasn't quite the same as his proper one.

[Bob Burton]

2 hours ago, Engine Doctor said:

why a world of difference ?

Because in the case of Councils selling details from the Electoral Register voters have agreed to it, albeit by not opting out

 

The option to opt out is clearly visible on the voter registration form as is the effect of not doing so

[Ian Wilson 10]

If  you do receive  a scam email, never click the "unsubscribe" button. If you do, it just tells the scammer that your email is valid and your address will stay on their list. Just  let your junk filter do its stuff and bin it.

[Engine Doctor]

11 hours ago, Bob Burton said:

Because in the case of Councils selling details from the Electoral Register voters have agreed to it, albeit by not opting out

 

The option to opt out is clearly visible on the voter registration form as is the effect of not doing so

Sorry Bob i dissagree . Any person on electoral roll should NOT automatically  be included onto lists of details for sale but should be asked if they want to opt in.  Then they have made a declaration to be included and not included by default.

[Bob Burton]

9 hours ago, Engine Doctor said:

Sorry Bob i dissagree

You obviously missed my earlier comment

On 05/10/2023 at 17:57, Bob Burton said:

Being opted out of the Council scheme to sell names and addresses should be the norm

 

[Andy Stephenson]

This looks ALL WRONG...

Just had an email reminding me about my car tax which quotes the correct reg no. but claims I pay by DD but I never have. It quotes a bank account number, last 4 digits and sort code which are both false. It also quotes a 6 digit "DVLA identifier which, if it's specific to my vehicle, doesn't have nearly enough digits to cover every vehicle in the UK. The link is to a website "www.gov.uk slash browse slash driving", edited to make it invalid. The proper website is https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax.

 

[Engine Doctor]

They will try everything to con you. Scrutinise everything and trust nothing or nobody on the net until your sure .

[leccyflyer]

We had a call on the landline on Monday, purporting to be from BT, saying that there were problems with our broadband in our area and requesting information. I asked "Which area is it that is having the problem?" and she put the phone down immediately.  Repeat performance on Tuesday. Scammers all. FWIW there are no reported problems with the Broadband in our area -it's no better or worse than it normally is - somewhere between 3 and 4.5mb/sec, so I suppose it could have been a tortoise balancing on the overhead line...

[Andy Stephenson]

I had a call purporting to be from someone representing both Visa and Mastercard about a purchase of £900 that I should give them all my details so they can check it out.

[John Wagg]

On 04/10/2023 at 18:35, John Wagg said:

2 emails this morning from Lloyds Bank asking me to update my personal details.

Didn't know I had a Lloyds account .🥴 

Now I have 2 more bank accounts that I didn't know I had ?   Halifax and Lloyds.

Also had an Email from "popeye @ talktalk.net" saying I have up to 10th October to refresh my Email account to keep my account active. 17th now and still active.🤔

[Zflyer]

E mail supposedly from MIcrosoft stating they are closing e mail and to click on link to update.

The e mail address from which this came, when you interrogate the mail, is [email protected].

Obviously as thick as the people that fall for it.

[Zflyer]

Two via e mail one from Microsoft Inc re my e mail account needs verifying. Yeah right  [email protected] I dont think so.

The other from Natwest fraud team telling me my mobile number has been changed and if not please click on link below. Another 'F wit'

 

[john davidson 1]

Microsoft said my cloud storage was full and unless I paid my E mail would be stopped. Very concerning and it took me a long time to find out all my photos were put on Cloud without my knowledge using up space. Just another way to get money.

[Geoff S]

Microsoft would find it difficult to find my photos.  I have 3 physical HD on my PC and 2 are partitioned into separate drives.  So none of my data (inc photos) is on drive C, which is reserved for the OS, but is distributed into relevant folders and sub-folders.  I like to know where my data are stored 🙂

[Shaun Walsh]

26 minutes ago, Geoff S said:

Microsoft would find it difficult to find my photos.  I have 3 physical HD on my PC and 2 are partitioned into separate drives.  So none of my data (inc photos) is on drive C, which is reserved for the OS, but is distributed into relevant folders and sub-folders.  I like to know where my data are stored 🙂

Same here, C drive for operating system and programs, three other physical drives which comprise one large drive for main storage, two other hard drives for backup, all in removable caddies and two portable drives as secondary back up. Nice to find someone else who knows that "data" is a plural word.

Edited October 27, 2023 by Shaun Walsh

[john davidson 1]

I actually store photos on SD cards, that way if you get a new computer they are still available readily. The old photo albums are still the best for showing to grandchildren.

[Adrian Smith 1]

I hit a problem with my new Apple Mac desk top relating to SD cards. They don't put in SD card sockets any more so you have buy an SD adaptor that plugs in to the PC to accept SD cards. 😒🙄

[Engine Doctor]

Too much reliance on digital storage of photos these days. Print them on a proper photopaper for posterity, still easier to look at and appreciate . Then keep the SD cards etc as a back up. But who knows, when our grandchildren have grown up what tehnology will have come up with ? Will they know what an SD card is ?