Received a call ?

andy2004

new. the other day i had some indian phone me up, and tell me he was a repair technican from WINDOWS, a sub company to microsoft, yeah right, scary thing is he knew my address, street name and house number even my post code, my telephone number, and the fact i owed a car. i told him microsoft doesnt have a subcompany called Windows, i also told him a few other things, and he got annoyed with me and told me to how can i put it politely, he told me to GET LOST then and put the phone down.

John_Gray

He knew you owned a car? Like 95% of people in the UK?!

WhiteChristmas

andy2004 wrote: »

Considering the fact i am also ex-directory, how did this "pc repair people" get my number.

Every time you sign up for something and give your phone number, it goes on to a database which the owner sells to numerous advertising etc companies. They then sell it on to others. Somewhere along the line, the scammers get it.

Incidentally, by providing your number you are giving permission for those companies to contact you -- even if you're registered with the TPS -- unless you specifically state otherwise.

andy2004 wrote: »

i'm going to put it next to the phone and pull the trigger, hopefully this will make them go deaf.

At worst (for them) they'll get a load of distortion on their tiny telephone speaker. At worst (for you) you'll blow your microphone. Don't do it.

andy2004 wrote: »

Every time its been some INDIAN on the other end.

So? Last year's prolific scammers -- the ones who claimed to be from your bank -- were invariably Geordies and Scots. Criminals are all over. There are scammers all over the increasingly-shrinking world. The ones who speak English target English-speaking countries. Live with it.

spannerzone

andy2004 wrote: »

new. the other day i had some indian phone me up, and tell me he was a repair technican from WINDOWS, a sub company to microsoft, yeah right, scary thing is he knew my address, street name and house number even my post code, my telephone number, and the fact i owed a car. i told him microsoft doesnt have a subcompany called Windows, i also told him a few other things, and he got annoyed with me and told me to how can i put it politely, he told me to GET LOST then and put the phone down.

Sounds like this clever scammer had everything that can be found on 192.com or the phone book, well except for the car ownership and that's just a very likely guess!

If you pay 192.com a few quid they'll also give your parents details, partners name, registration district, property prices etc...... it's no wonder people get scammed and stolen identities when so much is out there let alone people leaving personal papers in the dustbin etc.

prowla

Wasn't there something in the news about the DVLA seeling information?