Scammers Caught

emmie | 19:49 Wed 04th Mar 2020 | News

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Good on the BBC for once..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51740214

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Tilly2

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Call blocker phones are the answer. We have many many blocked 'International numbers' on our phone which do not get through, probably half a dozen a day.

20:05 Wed 04th Mar 2020

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emmie

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These people should be put in prison for a very long time, i suspect that won't happen, but their actions cause misery to hundreds of thousands of people.

Bobbisox1

They need to crack down on all of them Emmie ,

gingejbee

What do you mean...."for once"?

Mamyalynne

People are funny about the BBC.

The hacker who exposed some of these scammers on the programme last night needs a medal.

Buenchico

As far as I'm concerned, people who're thick enough to be scammed DESERVE to be scammed. I'd give the scammers medals!

emmie

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the BBC have sent footage to the police, so they have been in one way instrumental in bringing this person, people to hopefully some form of justice....
the BBC can be very biased.

emmie

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Chris you don't mean that surely, some of the elderly can get scammed easily, not to mention some not so old...

Mamyalynne

I wouldn't expect anything different from you Buen.

ummmm

Chris probably does mean it.

Tilly2

That's his logic.

Buenchico

I mean exactly that, Emmie.

Every time I read about some 'little old lady' being conned out of her life savings I punch the air.

The world is made up of winners and losers and I've only got time for the winners.

emmie

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i have had calls from the Inland revenue supposedly saying i owe money, and had calls from BT about my landline, i simply put the phone down. But others obviously are caught out by it.

emmie

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that seems a tad heartless Chris...

Tilly2

Call blocker phones are the answer. We have many many blocked 'International numbers' on our phone which do not get through, probably half a dozen a day.