Scam against Sky TV Customers Beware.

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Watch out for this one.;)


Credit card fraudsters are targeting Sky TV subscribers with a new two-part scam.

In the first part of the ruse, a pre-recorded telephone call asks members of the public if they subscribe to Sky TV. A week or so later, the prospective mark receives a telephone call from a fraudster, posing as a Sky employee, claiming the customer's Sky subscription is unpaid and warning that their subscription will be suspended unless they make credit card payment.

Those who fall for the ruse will find their credit card details in the hands of fraudsters, who can use the data to make fraudulent


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/24/sky_tv_scam/

[Deleted User]

The simple way to avoid all such scams over the phone, via post or email or even people at the door is not to respond to them AT ALL.

If you have not rung Sky, or whoever it is - and if you have not entered a competition win a cruise etc... or x thousands of pounds - it HAS to be a scam.

You just don't get prizes etc out of thin air.

Unfortunately scamsters are getting ever more sophisticated these days so the easy rule to stay safe is - if someone contacts (cold calling) you asking for ANY information just hang up,delete the message,shred it etc..!

The cleverer scamsters these days don't always ask for things like bank details immediately - they ring back once they have got your confidence.

lemontart

As most people pay their sky by dd then it should stand out a mile, best thing to do is take a note of the number they are calling from i.e. do 1471 and pass it on to sky to deal with and possibly the police.

Beth
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Rogerb_2

Deleted_User wrote:

The simple way to avoid all such scams over the phone, via post or email or even people at the door is not to respond to them AT ALL.

Thanks for these posts. We got this call and my wife instinctively just put the phone down. We talked it through afterward and assumed a scam so this confirms just that. We were not with Sky at the time but were about to join, but we wouldn't expect to be cold called by a recorded message, and as said it is DD anyway so the follow up doesn't sound too convincing.