im being reported for watching tv through satalite dish?

joey75

just had a strange phone call, someone phoned and asked if i had sky i said no as we did have sky about 3 years ago but terminated it. so he said well you are still receiving a signal so they are going to cut it, i said that we watch the free channels through it as dont have a tv areial the man then got shirty and said "so you do have sky? you have a dish and watch freesat through your sky box?" i said yes i guess so he then said that he was going to report me and get it taken away and hung up on me? so i dont mean to sound stupid but am i actually doing some thing wrong here? any advice would be great

Harrowing_2

Sounds like an utter lunatic....no you are doing nothing wrong. If they'd been enquiring about TV viewing in general, then could have been tv-licensing, but a) they were enquiring about Sky and b) I assume you have a license?

a27

joey75 wrote: »

just had a strange phone call, someone phoned and asked if i had sky i said no as we did have sky about 3 years ago but terminated it. so he said well you are still receiving a signal so they are going to cut it, i said that we watch the free channels through it as dont have a tv areial the man then got shirty and said "so you do have sky? you have a dish and watch freesat through your sky box?" i said yes i guess so he then said that he was going to report me and get it taken away and hung up on me? so i dont mean to sound stupid but am i actually doing some thing wrong here? any advice would be great

Who was this "man" representing? :rotfl::rotfl:

joey75

thanks for replying. yes i have a tv licience so i shouldnt worry then? phew thought i was doing something wrong without relising

joey75

a27 wrote: »

Who was this "man" representing? :rotfl::rotfl:

the line was very crackly but he was english and said he was from some technical department?

Hammyman

joey75 wrote: »

thanks for replying. yes i have a tv licience so i shouldnt worry then? phew thought i was doing something wrong without relising

No, don't worry about it.

swift1_2

You don't know who the person is you are speaking too and are readily giving him details about your circumstances, if he then went onto to ask about your age, date of birth and address - you would be setting yourself up for ID fraud.

Be careful don't give out any information to anyone unless your confident you know who you are speaking to and then give out the information absolutely necessary.

Bob_the_Saver

swift1 wrote: »

You don't know who the person is you are speaking too and are readily giving him details about your circumstances, if he then went onto to ask about your age, date of birth and address - you would be setting yourself up for ID fraud.

Be careful don't give out any information to anyone unless your confident you know who you are speaking to and then give out the information absolutely necessary.

Totally agree, two words needed - one is off. You don't need to give ANYBODY ANY INFORMATION over the telephone. If you phoned me and I didn't know you (I'm ex-directory and registered with the TPS) you'd only get two words from me. Why on earth do people put up with this invasion of their privacy?

Sambucus_Nigra

joey75 wrote: »

just had a strange phone call, someone phoned and asked if i had sky i said no as we did have sky about 3 years ago but terminated it. so he said well you are still receiving a signal so they are going to cut it, i said that we watch the free channels through it as dont have a tv areial the man then got shirty and said "so you do have sky? you have a dish and watch freesat through your sky box?" i said yes i guess so he then said that he was going to report me and get it taken away and hung up on me? so i dont mean to sound stupid but am i actually doing some thing wrong here? any advice would be great

No offence; but did you think to ask what the heck anything has to do with him?

joey75

thing was the man new my name so just thought he must be legite, but from now on anyone phones i will tell them to get lost! its horrible that the world has come to this! But thankyou so very much guys for the advice x

jaspercabbage

It sounds like the people who try to sell you extended warranty on your sky box. I've had them call a few times claiming to be from Sky, but they clearly are not because when they ask questions about my Sky service, I tell them that if they work for Sky then they already know this information, which usually sends them into confusion as they can't follow their script.
The reason the bloke got stroppy with you is because he realised he could not sell you anything, so he turned nasty.
What is slightly worrying is that somehow these people have access to Sky customer information, which has probably been fed to them by some unscrupulous Sky employee.