Is there any reason to suspect that they don't?Just an idle thought, but does the public at large in Russia suffer from this type of criminality?
Is there any reason to suspect that they don't?Just an idle thought, but does the public at large in Russia suffer from this type of criminality?
I imagine the scammers fish in the pools where they consider the most people will swallow the bait and make it financially worth their whileJust an idle thought, but does the public at large in Russia suffer from this type of criminality?
You make a good point, I guess it’s a completely random exercise.There is probably no research whatsoever. They're just ringing folk at random and seeing if anyone positively responds. Accident claim leads are a potential nice little earner!
Source:ReutersCyber attacks have cost Russian companies and citizens up to 3.6 trillion roubles ($49 billion) this year, the country’s largest lender Sberbank said.
Russia has encouraged its citizens to switch to bank cards and limit cash use to try to crack down on the shadow economy, but the number of crimes linked to bank cards has shot up by 500% this year, the interior ministry has estimated.
Stanislav Kuznetsov, Sberbank’s deputy chairman, who oversees security and services, told Reuters private business and ordinary Russians were the main targets of cyber attacks, as the state security services are better protected.
These can be reported to HMRC:I had one today telling me that there was a tax fraud case “under my name“. The recording said that I needed to press a number to get connected to an agent immediately or I would be arrested shortly. I hung up and am still waiting for the police to turn up several hours later...
100% Scam.I'm pretty sure this is a scam. I mean, why would a "covid pass" (whatever one of those is) give me free entrance to theme parks etc? And that link looks a bit suspicious...
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Better to err on the side of caution and let her know. It's probably nothing to worry about, but it just takes one person to fall for it.Bit loathe to email the old friend about it just at the moment because we know she's away for the weekend, and it might worry her.
Thanks for that, najaB - duly actioned ......Better to err on the side of caution and let her know. It's probably nothing to worry about, but it just takes one person to fall for it.
One of my former colleagues had a whistle blown down her ear while on a call and it did permanent damage to her hearing. Unfortunately they weren't able to catch the person responsible, but if they had he would have been up on assault charges.If the caller is a 'real' person I have an old Guards whistle on my desk which I use.
Then don't cold call people.One of my former colleagues had a whistle blown down her ear while on a call and it did permanent damage to her hearing. Unfortunately they weren't able to catch the person responsible, but if they had he would have been up on assault charges.
Please don't do this.
Would you punch a chugger in the street as well? Slap a JW person who rings your doorbell? But since it's over the phone somehow it's okay to assault someone.Then don't cold call people.
Chugger is a portmanteau "charity mugger" - the people who stop you in the street to solicit donations.Got to ask, what on earth are Chuggers and a JW person?
There are legitimate reasons why you might receive an unsolicited call.The 'thread' is called Scam Calls, and to me anyone 'cold calling' is scamming.
Good. Then hopefully you won't end up committing criminal assault.I'm XDNC and actually have now got phones that require you to leave a message unless your number is programed in, so I don't get the problem anymore.
No need now I've got a phone that prevents them getting through.Chugger is a portmanteau "charity mugger" - the people who stop you in the street to solicit donations.
There are legitimate reasons why you might receive an unsolicited call.
Good. Then hopefully you won't end up committing criminal assault.
Then one has to wonder why you even bothered to mention your intention to commit criminal assault in the first place.No need now I've got a phone that prevents them getting through.
I haven't seen the term "XD/NC" used for years!I'm XDNC and actually have now got phones that require you to leave a message unless your number is programed in, so I don't get the problem anymore.
Because we only got these new phones on Tuesday and prior to that the whistle was on my desk, just in case.Then one has to wonder why you even bothered to mention your intention to commit criminal assault in the first place.
The plan of action taken by me since the start of 2021 if I should answer the telephone and in recent times, a recorded voice message (usually both female and American) introduces the particular scam they represent (but they all ask "1" to be pressed) is to say nothing and after 10 seconds, the call is always disconnected at their end. That way, they have made no contact with me whatsoever.I'd also caution against blowing a whistle down the phone, or screaming for that matter. It's not a very nice thing to do. With scammers I like to string them along for a bit before politely telling them what I think of their scamming attempt.
Blowing a whistle down the phone isn't just not a nice thing, it's criminal assault. Probably a breach of the Telecommunications Act too, now that I think about it.I'd also caution against blowing a whistle down the phone, or screaming for that matter. It's not a very nice thing to do.
You're actually proud of your intention to assault people, aren't you?Because we only got these new phones on Tuesday and prior to that the whistle was on my desk, just in case.
One of my neighbours unfortunately has a telephone number that has the same number as a health centre in a nearby town, but the health centre has a different exchange. He uses the 1572 to log in all those callers ringing for the health centre, in order to deter repeat offenders, which he said happened often in the past.BT's 1572 service isn't much use because it doesn't filter calls from invalid numbers. It enables scam numbers to be logged but that doesn't achieve much because there's a limit on how many can be stored and in any case the call centres generate a different number each time.