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Indian Call Centre Scammers - SM Ltd
Irreverent_Eames
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It seems that not a day goes by without a silent call or some Indian call centre phoning me to ask about my Sky TV package, a recent accident or my mortgage.
One particular company name that comes up at the beginning of calls is SM Ltd.
I had a call from them yesterday about my Sky TV package, and again today about my mortgage. The interesting things is that whilst they offer up the company name right at the beginning of the call, if you ask them the name of their company again, they appear reluctant to confirm it. Persistence usual results in them hanging up.
It appears that India is rapidly becoming the new Nigeria when it comes to scams. Clearly my telephone number is on a list that's been sold to these scammers and they're repeatedly trying it on with any number of schemes.
If India wants it's IT industry to be taken seriously they need to sort out their growing cybercrime issues pronto.
One particular company name that comes up at the beginning of calls is SM Ltd.
I had a call from them yesterday about my Sky TV package, and again today about my mortgage. The interesting things is that whilst they offer up the company name right at the beginning of the call, if you ask them the name of their company again, they appear reluctant to confirm it. Persistence usual results in them hanging up.
It appears that India is rapidly becoming the new Nigeria when it comes to scams. Clearly my telephone number is on a list that's been sold to these scammers and they're repeatedly trying it on with any number of schemes.
If India wants it's IT industry to be taken seriously they need to sort out their growing cybercrime issues pronto.
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It amazes me how many of the people from india are called ................ Dennis , Alfred , Mary , Joanne , Peter etc......
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:A Bast**d I May Be ! I Was Born One !
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Ricky Martin rang me the other day
:D he was very puzzed when I asked him to sing one of his chart hits 0 -
Try shouting down the phone "You are one big goonda!"* before you slam it down.
*Hindi for bandit. Or you could call him a 'badmash' - a lowlife character or thief. Which is of course exactly what he is."Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracyseeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.0 -
I had a man called 'Stanley' the other day trying to tell me my pc was sending out viruses. Of course it is, bye bye2 angels in heaven :A0
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Lol, or you could try "rogue" or "rascal"... Hindi is a very expressive language and there are lots of other words that would be a lot more hard-hitting.WhiteHorse wrote: »Try shouting down the phone "You are one big goonda!"* before you slam it down.
*Hindi for bandit. Or you could call him a 'badmash' - a lowlife character or thief. Which is of course exactly what he is.
It really bothers me that wherever industry progresses, fraud thrives too.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0
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