From Facebook Archives
For the
past few days someone purporting to be from Virgin Media has been trying to
contact me on my mobile phone.
This afternoon I eventually agreed to speak to
him, on what sounded like a line from Asia.
"You have been with Virgin for a long time and there are special rewards
for you. Ok. Just to prove I am talking to the right
person can you give me the first line of your address?"
"No."
"No!?!"
"No. You rang me. I don't know
whether you are really from Virgin. You
should prove to me who you are. You tell
me the first line of my address."
"But I can't do that. We're not
allowed to do that."
"Well I don't give any personal details over the phone. You're a complete stranger to me. If Virgin have any special offers to give me
they can put it in writing."
The thing is, my mobile is O2 not Virgin.
Virgin does my landline.
If they want to speak to me they can call me on that.
Or include it in my emailed invoice.
FifiD I had the same thing. I'm with O2 too X
The Squireen Virgin usually post offers to you or grab you
when you ring them.
Mrs Lasagne You did exactly the right thing so many scams
around Ben xxx
PH There are still too many of these going on. I had one last week saying they were taking
over my landline rental and that it would be cheaper. When I wouldn't give my details and put the
phone down they rang back!! It's maybe a
genuine deal but we shouldn't be being asked for our details by legitimate
companies.
Mr Melodeon I had a similar one claiming to be from
Talktalk two days running.
I told him
'this is a scam. I have your number and reported it. You are being investigated as I speak'. I've not had a call since! It seems to have
worked.
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