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I have been receiving a flood of eBay and PayPal phishing scams lately. It happens every time I bid on something. There must be some way of poling ebay for recent bids that scammers use.
Just make sure you forward such emails to the target company, e.g. spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com. Both companies swear they are working to shut down the web sites linked in the emails you forward to them. I don’t know how accurate that is, but at least it gives me the feeling that I did something to resolve the issue.
Anyway, why do Injun ears need to know how to spell? As long as they know, in metric of course, the difference between a gnat’s c*ck and a nun’s… No, Stephen…please…
I got a phone call yesterday that told me I could save lots of money on my credit cards. The options were press 8 to stop recieving notifications or press 9 to talk to a representative. I pressed 8 and it told me that was invalid. I did it three times so I pressed 9 and it switched me to an operator but I hung up. I think I should have played along and called the authorities. I have the number on my caller ID.
Who does one contact when they suspect phone scam?
In the UK we use the Telephone Preference Service, which is meant to stop unwanted calls.
Twice in the last three days we’ve had unwanted calls from T-Mobile (neither of us use T-Mobile). The second time Beth asked the caller if they realised they were breaking the law, and apparently they nearly panicked (it wasn’t in the script).
I have caller id and calling number display on my phones. If I don’t recognize either, or if these are not available (typical of all telemarketers) then I either don’t answer, or I pick up and drop the receiver. This is not so great for cell phone users, who always appear as unknown. Their best route is to leave me a message.
I’m on the no-call list for telephone solicitation. Of course, there’s a loophole: Anyone you do business with can call you to try to sell you anything you please. At some point, my mortgage got sold to Chase bank and then my credit card get transferred to them. I would say I get two or three calls from them a week wanting to sell me various services. And there is no telling how many I would get if I was home during the day.
Caller ID helps and so does that pause that occurs when you answer the phone and before they actually start talking. I give the caller two seconds and then I hang up.
Yeah but the problem there is, they have auto-dialling software which is programmed to re-try the number if it’s been answered and no ‘agent’ has been assigned to it.
I don’t have a landline phone, but I was getting cold-called on my mobile repeatedly until I signed up with the TPS service. I reckoned it cost the call-centre in Bangalore a bundle to listen to my flute practice.
Nope. I work from home. I can monitor the originating number, when available. The calls start in the a.m. After I have dropped them a couple of times, they try sporadically over the rest of the day right up until 11:00 p.m. The calls become more sporadic over the rest of the week and into the weekend. Finally they stop (from that particular originating number).
It takes a while to whittle them down, but I receive very few telemarketer calls now.
Yeah, I’m on the TP, too, Martin. YOu only have to say “Are you aware this number is listed on the telephone preference service?” and you get apologies and a hang-up.
But it doesn’t work with international calls. Curse them. They call from Holland and even from India.
But that counter-script is WONDERFUL! I will pass that one on.
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Amar, yes, it is a fake. PayPal will always address you by your first and last name. This information is apparently unavailable to the phishing crooks.
Another solution is to ask the telemarketer for his/her home phone number. They will probably ask you why you need their home number, or something to that effect, just tell them you want to think over buying the product and will call them when you make up your mind [probably around 3AM.]
Pretend to be really fired up about their product. Then, when the time comes to close the purchase, try to use your Sears card or Zellers card something that is not viable currency, then insist that the company is at fault for not taking that card.
No, Stephen…please…
