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Warning - being scammed by John Abraham

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  • Well it's an attempt at fraud, so the only way to escalate it would be to call the police. However, they are unlikely (and when I say "unlikely" I mean "it is completely beyond the bounds of all possibility") that they would do anything about it. There are tens of thousands of these happening every day and in your case you didn't even get caught by it.
  • Autumnella
    Autumnella Posts: 605 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Report it to Action Fraud.
    Make £10 per day-
    June: £100/£300
  • MothballsWallet
    MothballsWallet Posts: 15,863 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    mije1983 wrote: »
    Only if it was their bank calling......
    This OP has a history of posting things about Barclays (see their other threads for more), so I wonder if this is their next thing?
  • welshbookworm
    welshbookworm Posts: 2,905 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I get these regularly and have great fun with them.
    Windows?
    Yes they need cleaning
    Computer?
    You are going to give me a free computer? How lovely.
    There's a problem with my computer?
    Oh! I'd better get one so I can have a problem with it.
    etc etc. . .
    While I'm wasting their time,they're not annoying someone else.
    The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you.
  • Inner_Zone
    Inner_Zone Posts: 2,856 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    This OP has a history of posting things about Barclays (see their other threads for more), so I wonder if this is their next thing?

    You should see his posts on TSB as well, he thinks he will be getting loads of wonga.
  • Tallaght
    Tallaght Posts: 1,632 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The phone number goes back a few years when it was running a romance scam.
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