[Mystic Mock]

I don't know if I'm going to technically break any rules here just showing this, but I feel like I want to make sure that nobody on here faces what I nearly faced, basically someone (or some group,) rang me around 15 hours ago, and I nearly answered the call, thinking that it might be a family member who wants to tell me that they've got a new Phone, so add this number to my contacts.

However I saw that the location was from Wigan, and I don't have a family member that lives in Wigan, so basically I typed in the phone number (which I don't know if I am allowed to say the number on the thread directly,) so I'll let this link to a very good website for information about this particular scam do the talking https://who-called.co.uk/Number/01942901140

Basically don't ring this number, and don't answer the call from this number if they try to contact you, and don't worry they will try to contact you multiple times, but just ignore them, they are scammers.

Hopefully nobody on here has already been scammed by these people, but I just want to make sure that you never do get scammed by these people by showing you proof.

[Cherie]

oh that is a useful number Mock thank you

My elderly aunt was partially scammed recently by someone purporting to be from 02, she thought nothing more of it until a new Iphone 15 arrived and a sim card so she reported it to O2 as she had not ordered this, who are virtually useless and still have not sorted it, then a bill arrived for 60.00, we couldnt figure out what the scam was as she had the phone and she cancelled the DD but on talking to my neighbour she was scammed 14 months ago in the same way but on receiving the phone she received a message to say this had been sent to her in error and could she forward it to this address in West Bromich which unfortunately she did...then she found out she had two contracts with only one phone luckily for my aunt somewhere along the line the communication from the scammers stopped and she has the phone, if O2 dont sort this soon she will start using it herself with her own sim card these people are just scum of the earth and O2 are no better as it looks like this scam has been going on for years

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Cherie

oh that is a useful number Mock thank you

My elderly aunt was partially scammed recently by someone purporting to be from 02, she thought nothing more of it until a new Iphone 15 arrived and a sim card so she reported it to O2 as she had not ordered this, who are virtually useless and still have not sorted it, then a bill arrived for 60.00, we couldnt figure out what the scam was as she had the phone and she cancelled the DD but on talking to my neighbour she was scammed 14 months ago in the same way but on receiving the phone she received a message to say this had been sent to her in error and could she forward it to this address in West Bromich which unfortunately she did...then she found out she had two contracts with only one phone luckily for my aunt somewhere along the line the communication from the scammers stopped and she has the phone, if O2 dont sort this soon she will start using it herself with her own sim card these people are just scum of the earth and O2 are no better as it looks like this scam has been going on for years

That's a horrible scam.

Hopefully your Aunt's scammers get caught.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I don't know if I'm going to technically break any rules here just showing this, but I feel like I want to make sure that nobody on here faces what I nearly faced, basically someone (or some group,) rang me around 15 hours ago, and I nearly answered the call, thinking that it might be a family member who wants to tell me that they've got a new Phone, so add this number to my contacts.

However I saw that the location was from Wigan, and I don't have a family member that lives in Wigan, so basically I typed in the phone number (which I don't know if I am allowed to say the number on the thread directly,) so I'll let this link to a very good website for information about this particular scam do the talking https://who-called.co.uk/Number/01942901140

Basically don't ring this number, and don't answer the call from this number if they try to contact you, and don't worry they will try to contact you multiple times, but just ignore them, they are scammers.

Hopefully nobody on here has already been scammed by these people, but I just want to make sure that you never do get scammed by these people by showing you proof.

This is exactly why I don't answer my phone. Unless I know who's calling me

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

That's a horrible scam.

Hopefully your Aunt's scammers get caught.

Funnily enough my neighbour saw a report in the Metro afterwards to say they had been caught but someone else has obviously taken over...

[joeysteele]

Good one that Mock.
Thank you for highlighting it.

[LeatherTrumpet]

I had Anniek last week calling a few times - once was about a Crypto scheme and the other time it was late and there was a big silence and then (I knew it was her) the voice shouted "who does yer tampons??"

I have reported the number to BT a few times to no avail

sick of it

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I had Anniek last week calling a few times - once was about a Crypto scheme and the other time it was late and there was a big silence and then (I knew it was her) the voice shouted "who does yer tampons??"

I have reported the number to BT a few times to no avail

sick of it

Busted

[arista]

New film on Sky Movies
The Beekeeper.


Shows how Massive buildings use the phone scam
Nice old lady

but she has a mate


Great New Film

[bitontheslide]

With the number of scams there are these days, we are all walking a tight rope.

Years ago, i had a debit card that got cloned, and that took me a couple of years to recover from with all the agreements that had been taken out on the back of it

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Funnily enough my neighbour saw a report in the Metro afterwards to say they had been caught but someone else has obviously taken over...

Is it an underground enterprise do you think?