SCAM ALERT: Fake NHS Covid-19 site

I dont get how people fall for these scams. Nowdays scams are pretty much adverted and people still fall for it. 

I know these scumsbags have no emotions and prey on people but no compnay will ever email you without prior knowledge. I keep getting that dfd delivery one.... I actually fill out false info to scammers to waste their time. Maybes its the internet trolls we were talking about in our last post kimmy? A double wammy for them being caught

Hi Martyn,

Awful, isn't it?  But I think even the most tech savvy and alert can sometimes be caught out.  The problem is that even a little information just allows these scammers to gain traction.

I was almost caught out a month or so ago: I'd just arrived home and my mobile rang.  When I answered it, I heard a recording of a man's voice, demanding that I call HMRC on a number he gave regarding their investigation of me for tax fraud, saying that if I didn't do so immediately, the police would arrive at my house to arrest me.  Yes, I knew it was a scam, but I was so angry at the aggression used in the recording, I immediately thought of, in particular, elderly people living on their own who would have been petrified to receive such an intimidating call.  So having made a note of the number, I dialled it and was ready to give them a verbal assault of epic proportions!  Then I remembered, while their ultimate aim IS to con unsuspecting victims with their fear tactics,  speaking to them meant I would be verifying my mobile number and even though I wasn't going to fall prey to their scam, they have a sideline going where they sell verified phone numbers to other criminals - and so it goes on and on, and on.....  As soon as I ended the call, I contacted HMRC's 'phishing' hotline and gave them the details.

Some are so easy to spot - how many of us have received a letter from an inheritor in Africa saying that if we let them pay their inheritance into our bank account, they'll give us a share of the money? 😉  Those were the days when random emails were rife, badly written with multiple spelling errors and poor grammar, yet people still fell for them.

I asked my 92 year old Dad and his 76 year old wife to sign up for these scam alerts.  Last week, when she was out shopping, he received an email from Amazon asking him to verify their bank details.  They'd done all their Christmas pressie shopping online, so it seemed plausible, but he had a seed of doubt in his mind, so he called his wife instead and she confirmed that he shouldn't respond.  My Dad maybe old, but he isn't gullible, and even he was shocked by how "genuine" he said the message appeared to be.

I thought this NHS Covid-19 scam was particularly evil, preying on people's already heightened fears.  I was struck by how professional it looked - the scammers today are much more sophisticated than those Inheritance letters from 20 years ago 😳  I'd recommend everyone to sign up for the email alerts from "Which?", they're free and could save the heartache of being conned.

Take care and stay safe folks,

Kim

I had one a few times saying which porn i had looked and even knew my old password and threatened to tell everyone if i didnt pay them, my exact reply was "so what? I tell people what i watch" lol. You should have phoned them back from a different number and played their game back because it stops them for a brief moment conning someone else. 

Watch a comic called james vietch https://youtu.be/mrh9KbhrXD8 

He replies to scammers its hilarious, i do the same (when im bord)

I get always get Russian girls who message me, then after a few months they want to "move" and expect me to pay, thats when i drop the bombshell that i have no intention of paying for anyone randomly online. 

Brilliant! 🤣🤣🤣

The next time I receive an email from someone trying to extort money from me for pornography I haven't been looking at, I shall start my reply, "Dear Solomon....." 😉

No tbf they had been and the knew my login details from when i was like 18 but i wasnt bothered by them telling people, i showed my wife and she just said "ok, let him tell" haha. 

But watch the james veitch videos on scammers you will laugh alday