Everyone Lobbing Ice-cream (into) Trolleys (with) Excitement

tigerwhite_2

WishI'dReadSooner wrote: »

I've had the same with Nationwide - they asked a LOAD of questions DOB, full address etc. which I refused to answer. They then GAVE ME A TEL NUMBER to call them back on - as if I'd be so stupid to call them back on THAT number! When I rang Nationwide on a number that I'd looked up they couldn't see why I thought it was a problem???:eek:

It was a genuine call & they'd stopped a payment on my credit card as I'd made 2 or 3 small transactions to that company in same day - believe it was a body shop glitch! lol Apparently it's what people who have stolen cards or cloned them do initially.

ha ha :rotfl:

Mrsfrugal

Has anyone used the Vax mop yet? I'm sorely tempted!!:p

dipdap

WishI'dReadSooner wrote: »

I've had the same with Nationwide - they asked a LOAD of questions DOB, full address etc. which I refused to answer. They then GAVE ME A TEL NUMBER to call them back on - as if I'd be so stupid to call them back on THAT number! When I rang Nationwide on a number that I'd looked up they couldn't see why I thought it was a problem???:eek:

It was a genuine call & they'd stopped a payment on my credit card as I'd made 2 or 3 small transactions to that company in same day - believe it was a body shop glitch! lol Apparently it's what people who have stolen cards or cloned them do initially.

It just goes to show one hand doesn't know what the other is doing with banks :rotfl:
It sounds like India and the call centres here have 2 seperate sets of rules and computer systems as my bank when I rang them back couldn't figure out either what I'd been called about :rotfl:
I don't think the person who originally called me expected my reaction or understood exactly what my problem was with answering the questions (it obviously wasn't on his script!)

cauciuca

Went to moriboobs to buy some cat food but the shelf was bare, but look what I found instead, not that I needed more laundry liquid


Works out at 3p per washing
hth

Forgot to say is £2.98 5l bottle RTC

tweets

This is genuine from my bank. It was in my messages when I looked at my account online yesterday.


Dear Customer

Urgent Security Update - Please Read

Prevention through awareness is the best way to avoid becoming a victim of a scam

At Santander we take protecting your finances very seriously. Banks are seeing an increase in incidents where criminals are persuading customers to hand over their credit and debit cards or persuading them to transfer funds from their account.

Warning signs

A fraudster may

• - Call purporting to be from Santander Bank, the Police or another financial institution
• - Suggest you call the number on the back of your card or 999 for verification. (Unbeknown to you, the fraudster does not hang up and stays on the line so you are speaking to the fraudster again)
• - Arrange to have your debit and credit cards collected by a courier*
• - Request you to key in your Card PIN using your telephone keypad*
• - Advise that another account has been set up to keep your money safe and urge you to transfer your money to the new account immediately*
• - Insist that it is necessary for you to act NOW to protect your funds
• - Request you to withdraw and handover cash along with your card as needed for forensic evidence*
• - Request that you do NOT discuss the reason for withdrawal with branch staff

* Despite how convincing the caller sounds Santander, the police or another financial institution will NEVER ask you to do ANY of these things.

What you can do to protect yourself

• - Call a family member or friend first to ensure that the previous call has been disconnected or alternatively use another phone line to call Santander
• - Do NOT enter your Card PIN details into the phone
• - Do NOT allow your cards to be collected from your home
• - Do NOT be persuaded to transfer funds out of your account
• - Do NOT hand over cash
• - If you are concerned that you have divulged security details, contact us immediately on 08459 724 724

MrsBartolozzi

perkypam123 wrote: »

Anybody know the cheapest way buying Cow & Gate First Infant Milk Powder from Newborn Stage 1

I seem to remember a poster saying they bought baby milk in Asda which matched to Morries (same price everywhere) and gave 10% back via apg. I'm not sure if this still applies though, was last year I read it.

dipdap

tweets, I like the way they start it off with 'Dear customer'

Some good advice but you can guarentee loads of people won't have read it because (if they're like me) they see dear customer and click delete without going any further.

(where's that head slapping emoticon!)

tigerwhite_2

"Request you to withdraw and handover cash along with your card as needed for forensic evidence"

This is the reason I'm going to give to my OH for spending money.. it was needed for forensic evidence :cool:

tigerwhite_2

tweets wrote: »

This is genuine from my bank. It was in my messages when I looked at my account online yesterday.


Dear Customer

Urgent Security Update - Please Read

Prevention through awareness is the best way to avoid becoming a victim of a scam

At Santander we take protecting your finances very seriously. Banks are seeing an increase in incidents where criminals are persuading customers to hand over their credit and debit cards or persuading them to transfer funds from their account.

Warning signs

A fraudster may

• - Call purporting to be from Santander Bank, the Police or another financial institution
• - Suggest you call the number on the back of your card or 999 for verification. (Unbeknown to you, the fraudster does not hang up and stays on the line so you are speaking to the fraudster again)
• - Arrange to have your debit and credit cards collected by a courier*
• - Request you to key in your Card PIN using your telephone keypad*
• - Advise that another account has been set up to keep your money safe and urge you to transfer your money to the new account immediately*
• - Insist that it is necessary for you to act NOW to protect your funds
• - Request you to withdraw and handover cash along with your card as needed for forensic evidence*
• - Request that you do NOT discuss the reason for withdrawal with branch staff

* Despite how convincing the caller sounds Santander, the police or another financial institution will NEVER ask you to do ANY of these things.

What you can do to protect yourself

• - Call a family member or friend first to ensure that the previous call has been disconnected or alternatively use another phone line to call Santander
• - Do NOT enter your Card PIN details into the phone
• - Do NOT allow your cards to be collected from your home
• - Do NOT be persuaded to transfer funds out of your account
• - Do NOT hand over cash
• - If you are concerned that you have divulged security details, contact us immediately on 08459 724 724

Yes, but how do you know if that telephone number is genuine :rotfl: (I'm just playing Devil's advocate tweets)

WishI'dReadSooner

dipdap wrote: »

What exactly is he allergic too? (I know you said just right cereal)
I hate it whenever DHs face swells up, I keep thinking I'll wake up one morning and he won't because his throat closes up too
It's so scary, DH finally has tests booked for November which can't come around quick enough. (Our doctors have been worse than useless with this, Hubby is putting in a complaint against them!)

OMG Dipdap I WISH we knew! He's had the tests but nothing really came up apart from allergens he knew about - like cat/dog hair and some form of tree pollens. I had to rush him to a docs in London of all places once as we had our caravan parked almost under an oak tree at the Ealing Jazz Festival - he was allergic to that BUT nothing like the food allergy reaction.

I phoned the allergy nurse after the 2nd BIG scare & she said she'd make him another appointment - that was 7 months back - not holding my breath!

Thankfully both times I've managed to get him to take piriton before his throat closed up too much for him to take - at first itch now he gets it. We always have some out with us, along with epipen. I think if he hadn't have had the piriton & he wasn't in a state to get it himself he'd no longer be with us.

Yes - it's REALLY SCARY!