Just Received Bt Scam Phone Call

[VHG]

Not sure what section to put this is in.

Today I got a "scam" phone call pretending to be from BT saying I had not paid my bill.

I have a contract with BT just for BT Sport (no BT phone line). I pay monthly by direct debit and as far as I was aware all my payments were up to date.

This "lady" said she was from BT and was going to disconnect my phone today as I had not paid my bill.

I was a bit suspicious so gave her little information but she knew my name, my address and how much I paid every month.

So I told her I would phone BT direct to confirm the situation.

Eventually I got through to BT (boy do they make it hard for you to talk to a person).

Seems my payments are up to date and I owe nothing.

So beware of phone calls from people pretending to be from BT.

I guess they are trying to get you to give them your credit card or bank card details to pay this outstanding "bill".

There is an article from a newspaper here about it:

http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/police-warn-scammers-who-call-6520063

[jd_1984]

So much of this about these days. Not jus BT but people claiming to be from all sorts of companies. At one point I was getting up to 8 or 9 cold calls or prank calls on my mobile each day

[AlwaysConfused]

Bhat Wastards! Glad you didn't fall for it, and thank you for highlighting this scam to others

[jno]

that business about "cutting off your line" is worth bearing in mind

[Old_Geezer]

Must be an easy opportunity given, from personal experience, BT can cut you off without warning when their bill hasn't arrived to be paid. Makes people wary of such a cowboy outfit, and makes the threats all the more believable.

[DaisyNonna]

I seem to be another person. My apple account, my ebay account, et al.

[Maydup]

thanks for the warning. Just to be safe, and having confirmed to the scammer that you are a customer, it wouldn't hurt to change your BT sports password.

[DaisyNonna]

I never open or reply to anything addressed to Dear Customer