Archive: 11 posts

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Wasn't sure where to post this, but here seemed like the best... I had an email at work warning of a phone and internet scam that's expanding throughout Europe and the US. Apparently, this bogus company is contacting people either by phone or email, and telling a story about crime in your area/neighbourhood is growing, and they offer a free home security service. You are then given a telephone number to dial which costs a ridiculous ?15 (or $27) per MINUTE! It's hopefully unlikely that anyone here will be contacted, but as always, please be vigilant about so-called 'free' services. Cheers

2009-11-27 20:42:00 Author: MrsSpookyBuz Posts: 1492

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So much for false advertisement... Society can be so corrupt....

2009-11-27 20:44:00 Author: Incinerator22 Posts: 3251

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You see, that's why we have a spam folder...

2009-11-27 21:02:00 Author: KoRnDawwg Posts: 1424

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Proper scam or fake scam that is designed to spread viraly through email and wastes peoples time.

2009-11-27 21:10:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728

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Sorry guys, I wasn't very clear. The email I received wasn't spam - it was from our security department, and they received it from a government watchdog.

2009-11-27 21:12:00 Author: MrsSpookyBuz Posts: 1492

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thanks for the heads up

2009-11-27 23:56:00 Author: mr Radical 5601 Posts: 515

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How low can these people go? I get the "you won a cruise" phone call, now this. Well there's two things I would like to tell these people. 1. (To the cruise people). Take your cruise and shove it up your ***. 2. (To the bogus company). I rather get involve in a crime in my neighborhood then get involved in a crime with your company.

2009-11-28 04:44:00 Author: CyberSora Posts: 5551

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Sorry guys, I wasn't very clear. The email I received wasn't spam - it was from our security department, and they received it from a government watchdog. Hmm. Dodgy! My warning radar goes off whenever anyone offers me free ANYTHING because there is no such thing. You pay for it in one way or another. I freaked out the other week when I came home to find my husband ushering some complete stranger around our house- who was supposedly from our electrical company with the offer to replace incandescent light bulbs free of charge with energy savers. Turns out the correct protocol is for the company to call you first and they make an appointment, and there have been scams where these light bulb changers are casing people's houses and then robbing them. But so far so good. Hopefully they saw all our crap and decided it wasn't worth their while. Scary, though.

2009-11-28 10:17:00 Author: BabyDoll1970 Posts: 1567

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I almost never answer the home phone unless I'm home alone and/or babysitting, but I'll be sure to tell everyone I know about this. Thanks :]

2009-11-30 16:48:00 Author: Sackwise Posts: 305

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I've never trusted these "free" things. Always seems to be some sort of string attached that end up clothes-lining you down the road...

2009-11-30 16:59:00 Author: GreyMRP Posts: 588

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Thanks for the warning MrsSpookyBuz!

2009-11-30 17:48:00 Author: olit123 Posts: 1341

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