Con Men

[Ariel Badger]

My mom just got robbed.
She had a phone call at about 8 tonight from a guy alleging he was from BT and asked why she had not replied to their letters about the digital change over. They said she would not be able to use her phone unless they did some modifications and it would cost her £6. She protested but they said if she was over 65 she would get a free handset they said that they were based in Stoke but could maybe get an engineer to the house tonight. They phoned back and said an engineer could be with her in a quarter of an hour and he was, He said he was not able to accept cash and took her debit card and put it in a machine but it did not work. He persuaded her to let him take the card away and got her PIN number (I know. but she is 83). By the time she called me she had got taken for £130.
She is giving statements to the police right now.
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[Imonster]

What a cunt. Sorry to hear it
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Utter scum.

'Scum' is a much over used word these days but the people who pull this kind of scam try deserve to be called it.

May they die in pain.

[Flip]

Bastards. At least it was only £130 and she has a son to help her out.

[Ariel Badger]

We are all to willing to give out information. They got her's from the phone book ( why anyone wants to be in the phone book god alone knows, you do half the crooks work for them).
I bought a new phone last week, they called me today to tell me the benefits of being with Orange, I do not like being phoned and was grumpy with the sales twonk. He asked me for my address and date of birth so he could verify who I was.
I am a suspicious sod, I do not doubt that it was Orange but in reality it should be me checking who they are rather that them checking who I am. I told him I am perfectly able to work a phone and instructed him to never call me again.
It is so easy to give out important information, don't.
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[robs321]

cunts who prey on old people want there bollocks cutting off and the rest of them cut up with chain saws, that is all!

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Ariel..You have PM x
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[Ariel Badger]

Obviously my mom called the bank and told them what had happened.
Whilst she was talking to the cops the phone rang and I answered. A guy said he was from her bank, I repeated this to the cop and he indicated to me to pass it to mom. As soon as she spoke they hung up. Number withheld .
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[L4Isoside]

Aw man sorry to hear this,

my almost 89 year old grandfather was very close to being conned as well, but this time a "Spanish lottery company" told him he won a shit load of money etc etc, got his basic bank details (only enough to enter money in to his account, not remove)

thankfully i think he caught on to it and showed me the letter, (i pretty much live with him) I told him right away to wake up this is obviously a scam and they never got a penny.

I think its a good idea to try and remind people not to just give away their details so easily!

sorry for the rant


also *mum

[Ariel Badger]

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Duly replied

Good evening to you. All will be well with the world
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[Misc]

The last thing someone that age needs really. Hope she feels OK & gets the money back.

And hope they find the guy.

[Visitor Q]

Why do old people become retarded once they hit 80? 70-80 everything works, then bosh... purse in the refrigerator and buying magic beans.
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[MinhDinh]

Similar thing happened to my mum.

She doesn't speak English that great and two guys knocked on the door pretending to be some kind of utility people.

Then they started checking out the gas or whatever so went to the bedroom to do soemthing.

Next thing she realises they are up stairs ransacking through rooms. She runs back to her room, locks the door and calls the police and apparently she was so scared she psised herself.

Apparently they didn't get anything which was the good news.

My mum never told me this til 1 year later and I was pissed at her.
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[Ariel Badger]

[pepperami]

Sorry to hear about your mum`s plight .

Good that you posted it, as this will possibly help us/others to stay sharp and keep an eye out for C*nts like them!
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[pa_broon74]

Its a shit thing to have happen and on the cowardly criminal activity scale is fairly close to being the most craven thing a person could do.

This is a worry I have with my dad, he's at home (was going into a res home but 'decided' he didn'#t want to) and suffers from encephalopathy (liver disease related.) I like to think if someone turned up on the doorstep, as soon cash was mentioned my dad would feck them off but... Before his liver did fail 18 months ago, he had his card double dipped in Tenerife to the tune of e1800.