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Another phone scam??

kyliecrv — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:01:58 GMT

Thought this was worthy of its own thread not tacked onto the other "phone scam" thread...

This one has happened on several of our work lines and yesterday to my home phone ...
They inform me that they have been informed that me or someone in my house has recently been in a car accident!?!?

Of course (at work) I start questioning who are they and what is the persons name they want to speak to as there have been no accidents and they hang up!!!
Once I asked which company they were calling from, and they hung up after growling into the phone!??

When they called my house, I got cranky and demanded to know how they can be allowed to call this number when it's silent and I'm also on the "do not call" register?! And they huffed and slammed the phone down!

Is getting ridiculous, I'm scared to get to agro with them, as they know my phone number, but what can I do??

And..... What do they hope to gain?? Would I be required to give my bank ac details for settlement of said accident? Is that the scam???

I'm thinking that next time they call one of our work lines I should B/S a story and play along to see what it's all about??

Re: Another phone scam??

amber-eyed-girl — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:07:00 GMT

OK, I have heard of something like this one, they do want you to panic and then start giving your details...car rego, date of birth, bank details for a settlement so they do not get the police involved...not had one like it yet, but know of them.

Also, if ever anyone gets a call supposedly from the police over accidents etc., get their name, position, and station, if you have no idea what it is about. Then you can check, by calling the station directly.

Re: Another phone scam??

lyndal1838 — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:17:20 GMT

Kylie, I have been getting that call for a while now.

At first I thought it was genuine as someone had bashed into our van and smashed the rear lights.

It did not take me long to wake up to the fact that it was a scam of some sort, although I am not sure how it works.

They profess to be from "your insurance company" and want you to commence legal action against the other person. As our claim had already been settled I knew it was a con job so just hung up.

Now when I get the call I just say they have the wrong person and hang up.

Re: Another phone scam??

twyngwyn — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:24:24 GMT

I have a silent no, and am on the 'do not call' list....but computers still ring me...when they do I leave the phone on the bench & walk away...they can talk to themselves 🙂

Re: Another phone scam??

the_great_she_elephant — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:36:14 GMT

Kylie, if it's any comfort, I doubt very much that they actually do have your phone number. They are working with a computer that just keeps ringing numbers in sequence and the only ones they are interested in is the ones who get sucked in. It would be unproductive and far too time consuming for them to save the numbers of all those who abuse them or just hang up on them.

Re: Another phone scam??

buzzlightyearsgirlfriend — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:33:05 GMT

@kyliecrv wrote:
Thought this was worthy of its own thread not tacked onto the other "phone scam" thread...

This one has happened on several of our work lines and yesterday to my home phone ...
They inform me that they have been informed that me or someone in my house has recently been in a car accident!?!?

Yeah, I had that one.

Re: Another phone scam??

freddie*rooster — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:47:42 GMT

My elderly Mum got one this morning, she didn't understand what was being said only that they told her to dial 3 on her phone. She is smart, she hung up

Re: Another phone scam??

b3llag1na — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:01:30 GMT

Darn! I just put this scam into the other thread!

Hasn't happened to me, but it has to my BIL.

Re: Another phone scam??

kyliecrv — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:06:15 GMT

Ok, so it is known by others... Just so **bleep** annoying!!

Re: Another phone scam??

kyliecrv — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:07:24 GMT

We have 8 lines into work, so get that and others on a weekly basis!