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Latest Telephone Scam
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Just had a phone call - came up as international which gets me ready for a fight!!!
Turns out someone at my address has had a minor road accident - NOT!
Chap claimed to be from Road Traffic Management.
Told him no one at this address drives and that we're registered wit the TPS
This didn't stop him - he changed his story slightly but only got a few words out before I told him again about the TPS and due to me telling him that they are not to call me again - Goodbye!
I hung up on him.
Turns out someone at my address has had a minor road accident - NOT!
Chap claimed to be from Road Traffic Management.
Told him no one at this address drives and that we're registered wit the TPS
This didn't stop him - he changed his story slightly but only got a few words out before I told him again about the TPS and due to me telling him that they are not to call me again - Goodbye!
I hung up on him.
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according to cold callers i've had that many accidents i'm beginning to feel grateful to be alive
13:07 Fri 03rd Jan 2014
I had a few from the Accident Helpline asking if I had an accident. Road accidents seems to be the latest scam. There is info on the real Accident Helpline`s website about it. The other night, the guy phoned again. I was particularly annoyed that they phoned over Christmas. I said "Why don`t you take the phone and stick..." Unfortunately, he put the phone down on me before I finished what I wanted to say.
A friend of mine who lives 12 miles down the road shows as International when he phones me. That`s who I thought it was when 'Accident Helpline' phoned. He uses a prefix number before dialing that gives him cheaper calls. It`s difficult avoiding international calls when you have friends/relatives abroad as well. If someone from Australia calls me, I`m going to answer because the alternative is that I phone back which will cost a packet. People invariable talk for longer when they aren`t paying for the call IMO
TPS only applies to calls from within the UK as it's to do with UK regulation.
And to report them you need their company name and address.
If it's a UK call I usually ask if they're a British company (In my most patriotic voice) and where they're based.
That'll often get them to give me the information I need to report them.
If they are breaking the rules in the UK dont just tell them off! - report them!
A lot of them rely on the fact that people just can't be bothered to fill in a form on-line
And to report them you need their company name and address.
If it's a UK call I usually ask if they're a British company (In my most patriotic voice) and where they're based.
That'll often get them to give me the information I need to report them.
If they are breaking the rules in the UK dont just tell them off! - report them!
A lot of them rely on the fact that people just can't be bothered to fill in a form on-line
friend of mine stayed in a Manchester hotel for a family party and he used their internet and had hired a car to get there, on his return he received an official looking document by e mail from supposedly from Manchester police stating the car reg and that he had committed a traffic offence it said he could pay £100 by Paypal or go back there and appear in court, only after he sent the money did alarm bells ring Paypal refused to trace the money.
A new one is a phone call from the Grays, Essex police and gives the name of a genuine police officer there and they say that they have apprehended burglars and their [ the victim] address was on the list they had found and eventually they ask for your bank details and send a courier to collect your card.
These people are scum, they must sit comfortably at home all day thinking up new schemes.
A new one is a phone call from the Grays, Essex police and gives the name of a genuine police officer there and they say that they have apprehended burglars and their [ the victim] address was on the list they had found and eventually they ask for your bank details and send a courier to collect your card.
These people are scum, they must sit comfortably at home all day thinking up new schemes.