General Chat

RMS .....

that's a new one on me.

They might have fun if they put surveillance systems in houses down here in the big city :-D


My most recent one was a caller who said he was from the Canada Revenue Agency (ie, equals the Inland Revenue) ................

I owed some money, and if I didn't pay then I could be imprisoned and / or deported. Give me your credit card number


Yeah, right!!!


CRA NEVER phones ...................... but that call could be scary to many people

Just got a phone call, at 7:30, from the FBI. They wanted to put a small sign in our yard, saying we had a new surveillance system in our house, if you would like more information press 1. I hung up.

The area code was northern Virginia. well at least I had no trouble understanding them, which is good because at 7:30 in the morning I am not awake yet :-P

Makes my blood boil but even more so because the authorities just throw their hands, up despite almost all of us suffering at least one attempt to scam us by post, internet of phone daily.

Just try fiddling the Inland Revenue even if you don't succeed you will be invited to stay in one of HM's hotels for a while!

And if we had a cyber attack on the Bank of England would they say oh dear it is from another country so we will just ignore it.

Imagine if all of us suffered an attempted pickpocket or mugging attack everyday just throwing up their hands and tutting wouldn't keep them in power long :-D

There have been terrible reports recently in the UK press of very elderly people being tricked out of huge sums of money. Articles often refer to a 'suckers' list which is circulated around to various companies & charities.

I can't understand why they don't have a 'forget them' list - then I wouldn't be plagued by the same callers all the time.

Mind you - it would mean I couldn't muck them about :-D

He also quoted our address and telephone number.

Duh....... he already used the number........ and that information is available in a telephone book or at whitepages.com !!

The sad thing is, some people fall for these tricksters.

Up the river on a bike.

Or they must have thought you came down the Clyde in a banana boat.

That's an old one to us, but must be new to the scammers/younger generation :-D

Me: Hello

Stranger: Hello, am I speaking to Mrs X?

Me: (to myself) hmmmm........ foreign accent, wondering what this scam is

Me: Yes, who is asking?

Him: Good afternoon Mrs X, do you remember filling in a form last year, to win a holiday?

Me: No

Him: Well, you have won! You have won a holiday for you and your family to anywhere in Australia and New Zealand

Me: ........

Him: You have won a holiday!!!!

Me: I didn't fill out a form

Him: It's a great holiday

Me: What's involved?

Him: You just have to pay for taxes and paperwork, if you give me your credit card number I can arrange your holiday......... for $200.

Me: ..........

Him: Hello? Hello?

Me: Goodbye

Geez, they must think a lot of us fell off the turnip truck

:-P