Mum nearly got conned out of £10k
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Fortunately nationwide stopped the transfer as suspicious activity. Usual story in these modern times I suppose. Elderly mother got some 
on the phone (landline) who somehow told her a plausible story and reeled her in.
Long & short was started with a “problem with your amazon prime payment” and during the course of the next hour got her to install teamviewer on her laptop, transfer £10k from savings account to current account, then got her to use her card reader etc to transfer that to who knows where! Luckily nationwide prevented it
Feel sorry for her they just bamboozled her and when I spoke to her she was shaking and didn’t know if she was coming or going.
Not sure what the answer is but try and look out for your older folk!
on the phone (landline) who somehow told her a plausible story and reeled her in.Long & short was started with a “problem with your amazon prime payment” and during the course of the next hour got her to install teamviewer on her laptop, transfer £10k from savings account to current account, then got her to use her card reader etc to transfer that to who knows where! Luckily nationwide prevented it
Feel sorry for her they just bamboozled her and when I spoke to her she was shaking and didn’t know if she was coming or going.
Not sure what the answer is but try and look out for your older folk!
Edited by CoolHands on Thursday 3rd December 21:44
Much simpler in FIL's case, but one of those remarkable things where they hit on something actually happening - caller from "BT" said due to issues with his broadband he needed a new router. It was free, just a standard £5.99 for delivery. Of course, if the story was true most of us would demand free delivery buy FIL always pays for next day delivery for everything he buys, so he was unfazed by that.
Once they had his card details they tried to take two multi £K sums - thankfully NatWest blocked them.
He's sharp minded and held a high level business position. If anything, that might have worked against him as he's a big picture guy so 'trivial' things don't register with him.
Salutary ending is he was so dismayed by the thought he might be losing his mind that he tried to kill himself. Thankfully he messed that up.
Once they had his card details they tried to take two multi £K sums - thankfully NatWest blocked them.
He's sharp minded and held a high level business position. If anything, that might have worked against him as he's a big picture guy so 'trivial' things don't register with him.
Salutary ending is he was so dismayed by the thought he might be losing his mind that he tried to kill himself. Thankfully he messed that up.
Terminator X said:
The worst thing is that the rozzers don't give 2 figs about this sort of thing, no wonder there is so much of it!
TX.
I think because many of the criminals are from other country. Usually India. Even Indian Police don't care. TX.
There is a guy on YouTube who does interesting videos. Jim Browning. He partners with Karl Rock who lives in India from time to time.
A few years ago, in his eighties, my dear old late Dad was duped by a guy with a thick Asian accent claiming to be from Microsoft. The usual story we’ve probably all heard before - there was a problem with his computer which needed a MS upgrade (at a cost of £360). Despite having been told on numerous occasions about phone scams, he gave them his card details and the money disappeared from his account. Instead of just washing their hands of it, Lloyds were actually very understanding and reimbursed the money, possibly because he’d been a good customer for some 60 years.
We tried to impress upon him the potential for this type of fraud but don’t think it really sank in. Fortunately, he gradually lost interest in the PC and it didn’t take much to persuade him to ditch it.
We tried to impress upon him the potential for this type of fraud but don’t think it really sank in. Fortunately, he gradually lost interest in the PC and it didn’t take much to persuade him to ditch it.
mum had a genuine transfer blocked the other day , took us an hour waiting on the fraud line to sort it out , call handler said theyre rammed with scams atm
another new one to look for - email from courier saying couldnt deliver click here to pay for re delivery , was a semi believable especially as were was expecting a parcel
another new one to look for - email from courier saying couldnt deliver click here to pay for re delivery , was a semi believable especially as were was expecting a parcel
BertBert said:
Terminator X said:
The worst thing is that the rozzers don't give 2 figs about this sort of thing, no wonder there is so much of it!
TX.
Classic Tx nonsense. WWYD?TX.
I recently had someone in Newcastle scam my bank account with a Barclaycard. Nobody was interested, not the bank, not Barclaycard or the police. Refunded the money and none them would discuss the matter further.
And at the end of the day that refund was paid for by all of us.
CoolHands said:
Fortunately nationwide stopped the transfer as suspicious activity. Usual story in these modern times I suppose. Elderly mother got some on the phone (landline) who somehow told her a plausible story and reeled her in.
Long & short was started with a “problem with your amazon prime payment” and during the course of the next hour got her to install teamviewer on her laptop, transfer £10k from savings account to current account, then got her to use her card reader etc to transfer that to who knows where! Luckily nationwide prevented it
Feel sorry for her they just bamboozled her and when I spoke to her she was shaking and didn’t know if she was coming or going.
Not sure what the answer is but try and look out for your older folk!
Glad your mum didn't lose out to these scammers and I hope she isn't affected too much by the episode. on the phone (landline) who somehow told her a plausible story and reeled her in.Long & short was started with a “problem with your amazon prime payment” and during the course of the next hour got her to install teamviewer on her laptop, transfer £10k from savings account to current account, then got her to use her card reader etc to transfer that to who knows where! Luckily nationwide prevented it
Feel sorry for her they just bamboozled her and when I spoke to her she was shaking and didn’t know if she was coming or going.
Not sure what the answer is but try and look out for your older folk!
Edited by CoolHands on Thursday 3rd December 21:44
Sheepshanks said:
Salutary ending is he was so dismayed by the thought he might be losing his mind that he tried to kill himself. Thankfully he messed that up.
The definition of salutary is "producing good effects; beneficial". I'm not sure that's what you meant unless you really don't like the guy?!Sheepshanks said:
Much simpler in FIL's case, but one of those remarkable things where they hit on something actually happening - caller from "BT" said due to issues with his broadband he needed a new router. It was free, just a standard £5.99 for delivery. Of course, if the story was true most of us would demand free delivery buy FIL always pays for next day delivery for everything he buys, so he was unfazed by that.
Once they had his card details they tried to take two multi £K sums - thankfully NatWest blocked them.
He's sharp minded and held a high level business position. If anything, that might have worked against him as he's a big picture guy so 'trivial' things don't register with him.
Salutary ending is he was so dismayed by the thought he might be losing his mind that he tried to kill himself. Thankfully he messed that up.
That's awful. The impact crimes like this have on the victims can't be understated. Hope he's doing well now. Once they had his card details they tried to take two multi £K sums - thankfully NatWest blocked them.
He's sharp minded and held a high level business position. If anything, that might have worked against him as he's a big picture guy so 'trivial' things don't register with him.
Salutary ending is he was so dismayed by the thought he might be losing his mind that he tried to kill himself. Thankfully he messed that up.
Op - glad this was a positive outcome. A good few years back when this type of scam was still in its infancy, a close family member got tricked (though for whatever reason the scammers weren't successfull in taking money) however the said family member is not elderly and is a current-serving NHS doctor however not tech savvy or generally too 'aware' of these scams so it can impact anyone and everyone..we all have to be vigilant and esp during current times where it seems there has been a rise in scams esp of the investment variety.
Terminator X said:
The worst thing is that the rozzers don't give 2 figs about this sort of thing, no wonder there is so much of it!
TX.
I would be willing to bet that if the Police traced the number the call came from it would come back to a foreign country which the Police in this country can't progress anyway and as said above if it was traced to a particular building in say India for example the authorities in that country don't care. TX.
What would you have them do?
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