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12th August 2020, 18:33 | #21 | |
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Been registered with these for years, still get loads of scam calls per week. As already said, most come from abroad & apparently can't be stopped |
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12th August 2020, 22:49 | #22 |
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Best warn my mother about the covid svam.
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13th August 2020, 08:13 | #23 | |
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We were and are registered too, it seems to it made little difference to the sheer number of calls. Many are from abroad, but there are numerous companies who set up in the UK making these calls who ignore the TPS list. You hear of them regularly being raided, but they just phoenix. I'm sure the telcos could easily block these callers, they just need a good enough reason to reject the business. The telcos provide them with lines to make the calls.
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13th August 2020, 14:46 | #24 |
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Not wishing to make light of the subject but someone just msged me this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB_Hi7R0Ybk
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14th August 2020, 13:17 | #25 |
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By coincidence, I received a phone call this morning from someone who said his name was Dave and could I check the messages on my phone as he had sent £6,800 to me by mistake and could I send it back to him. It became more suspicious when he asked what country I was in, he said he was in a state because his dad had died of the virus. He kept on ringing me with several calls in succession.
I blocked his number and turned my phone off. Later on, I checked and no money had been received. It was a scam. Most of the population here, have no bank accounts and no credit cards because of poverty. Banking is carried out through Microfinance cashless using Mpesa on the mobile phone. In fact, cash is no longer accepted in many shops etc. Everything is paid in and out using the Mobile phone, a system pioneered in Africa by Vodafone. |
16th August 2020, 22:32 | #26 | |
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My identification system is my brain.-- I was born with a brain that remembers numbers. I carry the phone numbers, land and mobile, in my head of, all my family and friends. Also medical references, credit card numbers, dates of birth etc.--Any numbers. There is an annoying part to this though, I can still remembers things like phone numbers from 50 years ago. I would like to forget them but I can't.--- I simply don't answer any phone number I don't recognise. |
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17th August 2020, 06:53 | #27 | |
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18th August 2020, 09:52 | #28 | |
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19th August 2020, 22:06 | #29 | |
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How do they make money out of doing this as they most certainly haven't sold anything. |
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19th August 2020, 22:11 | #30 | |
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