New scam happened to me this morning

custardy

deep_in wrote: »

Not interested any more sick of the bust ups I will not be posting on this site again ever as I find it pointless all it does is stress me out which has a negative effect on my mental health goodbye and keep it up I won't be logging on again not interested in petty stupid arguments thanks to all the people who stuck up for me

did you take the budget spelling lesson..... without punctuation?

mr_sharma

deep_in wrote: »

Not interested any more sick of the bust ups I will not be posting on this site again ever as I find it pointless all it does is stress me out which has a negative effect on my mental health goodbye and keep it up I won't be logging on again not interested in petty stupid arguments thanks to all the people who stuck up for me

Don't take things personally and don't worry about what other people have said. This is, after all, an internet message board. People in the real world are usually a lot nicer (and remember their manners!)

fozmcfc

Well hopefully deep in, will log back in.

Is this still going on, or was it simply a myth scam or a scam shut down a long time ago.

Two people have posted up on Facebook today, warning about another scam, that was yonks old. The one about having a missed letter/package card through the door and the number they have to ring is an 0906 number of similar from Belize and costs £200 + to call.

I did think it was amusing that the OP original post, was a complete copy and paste. It was a bit like telling someone a story and then a year down the line, them telling the same story as if it happened to them.

I seem to remember this coming up a few times before on the forums as well.

keyser666

hybernia wrote: »

The OP reported on her personal experience of an actual attempted criminal scam.

She didn't

But perhaps some of the more myopic / more stupid here simply saw the link to Hoaxslayer and lazily assumed that if this featured on that website, then of course, it must be a hoax (despite the glaringly obvious fact that Hoaxslayer is confirming that this *isn't* a hoax.)

So the myopic one and lazy assuming person here would be, er ... you:rotfl:

System

custardy wrote: »

shouldnt be long before the RM/parcel scam, gets posted over and over.........

Your wish has been granted
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4299477

hybernia

keyser666 wrote: »

So the myopic one and lazy assuming person here would be, er ... you:rotfl:

Oh, keyser. What a sad existence you lead, rolling about on the floor in laughter at your own editing of someone else's post so as to inflate your own misplaced self-esteem. . . Here, have another one: :rotfl:That better for you, sweetie?

Homeagain

deep_in wrote: »

Sailorsam along with you has attacked me I was trying to help others and I didn't warrant the abuse I got and I never claimed to be perfect but if you insist on attacking others then make sure your perfect in every way first which no human is. I may have gone the wrong way about posting it but the abuse I got was not needed if I had been given constructive advice on how to post it then I would have happily changed it as I have done now. Surely the fact I got a call yesterday suggests it is doing the rounds again and not all people have heard of it as I hadn't until I got the call, if it helps one person then that is a good enough reason for me to post it.

Thank for posting the warning. I for one really appreciate the advice. I have never heard of this scam. Whether or not you copied and pasted is totally irrelevant - you took the time to try and warn others against this scam. Quite a cynical lot you are up against hence their pointless and unhelpful replies. Sad really.