Be Warned!!!!!!!

Jings! Another one! So many of them 'at it'!!!!!

Hi Nana - to explain I liked blog for the warning and the Merry Christmas - and very sorry your OH got done - I do not trust anybody like this. I hope they did not get too much info from you.

I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and great 2012 :)))))))))))))))))))))))))

I think the answer is not to open anything you don't trust and ask for a telephone number to call them back on before doing anything over the telephone--- reading these scams on Goy has made me very wary-- thanks friends.....:o)

so very sorry the *rotters* have caught you....:~(

Hi Pixi, I know feel horrible wish I had been listening to the conversation earlier cos I would have said end the conversation before it got to the remote access doh!Like you hat by the way lol. Thanks Paul and Pam everyone should be tres careful with all these scams around.

;) Did you read my blog about spam email from the IR?

Yes Pixi just have really worrying!

Thanks for the warning about this scam...who knows who they will phone next...maybe me, maybe you... !!!!.

Cheers Nana, you may have saved us from alot of trouble with your heads-up. Hope your sorted soon.

Hi Nana d ..
Thanks for the heads-up ...
so many scams around... need to be on the alert at all times ...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours :o) x

Thanks for the warning nana d. I'll be on my guard now! (Like Paul I said I liked the blog only because of you warning us - I automatically hit 'like')

Sorry, forget to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. X

Merry Christmas to you and your family Nana d x
Thanks for putting this warning up for everyone too see...
you can never be too careful!!

I had a similar phone call yesterday, but as I am not confident on the computer I just said that there was nothing wrong with my computer and put the phone down, I checked with my son and he said it was a scam I think someone on G.o.Y. warned us about this a while back.Hope you get your computer up and running soon and there has not been too much damage.

Merry Christmas Nana d. Thanks for the warniong about this 'thing'. I hope you get your computer back for Christmas

Hi Everyone computer is back and all is OK they gave it a thorough check and run some stuff through and it came back with no problems and a clean bill of health. I was sooo lost without it. Got a lot of catching up to do now:) Thanks for your your kind wishes and now hopefully if they ring any Goyer you can say No Thank You:)

Glad your computer is okay again ...
nice to have you back with us ... :o)))))))

Thanks for the warning Nana! x

RE any unsolicited calls I recommend the TPS (Telephone Preference Service) and also do the MPS as well. Its legit. What does this mean? any UK company making calls must run this list and not call. Its a legal requirement so they cannot, period.

Takes about a month they say to go through the system but if you get a call you just says this is a TPS number and hang up. And if its from outside the UK its bogus anyway or if there is no 1471 its also bogus.

The exception is any company you are currently dealing with who 'claim' an 'implied' right to solicit you, so opt out individually with them for anything unsolicited. If you write to them withdrawing any consent they then have to comply also by law. I would suggest also for any big corporations state you do not consent for any of your data to be held outside of their UK office and be used only for your current service and for no other reason unless with written consent.

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/tps/index.html

I'm on the TPS Stevie and I still get them! I either say quickly 'not interested' and hang up or 'hang on a sec' then i LEAVE THE FON OFF THE HOOK AND GO ABOUT WHATEVER I WAS DOING LOL

Well just say TPS very loudly and hang up. The last one I had was some time ago now (dont get any now touch wood) It was obviously some random scammer from china so I just did my best Liam Neelson impression but saying I was a communications expert and I had already logged his details. I was as threatening and as menacing as possible and then very slowly hung up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBACYFpqeyU

Hahaha! Brilliant

We've been getting this call for several weeks now. Just tell them to go away, or something similar.

We have started getting 'cold calling calls' (sounds like a film title) here in France.
They usually call between noon and 2pm and between 6pm and 7pm.
I've started answering the phone in English if it rings between those times; if it's 'legit' I switch to French but, if it's a 'cold-caller' and the English response hasn't deterred them, "Juh no Comprendeeze pass" with an atrocious English accent always works.