To tell me my subs would soon be due, but I couldn't haqrefgnaq anything
of the message, so I asked if the caller had my e-mail address...

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To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 30/10/2023 15:59, RustyHinge wrote:
> To tell me my subs would soon be due, but I couldn't haqrefgnaq anything
> of the message, so I asked if the caller had my e-mail address...
>
It's a common scam. When they tried it on me, they asked who I was when
I answered the phone.

Then they couldn't tell me my account number...

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John.

On 30/10/2023 16:53, John Williamson wrote:
> On 30/10/2023 15:59, RustyHinge wrote:
>> To tell me my subs would soon be due, but I couldn't haqrefgnaq anything
>> of the message, so I asked if the caller had my e-mail address...
>>
> It's a common scam. When they tried it on me, they asked who I was when
> I answered the phone.
>
> Then they couldn't tell me my account number...

But this wasn't a scam. And my domain name is safe for another period.

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On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:27:27 +0000, RustyHinge
<rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

>On 30/10/2023 16:53, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 30/10/2023 15:59, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> To tell me my subs would soon be due, but I couldn't haqrefgnaq anything
>>> of the message, so I asked if the caller had my e-mail address...
>>>
>> It's a common scam. When they tried it on me, they asked who I was when
>> I answered the phone.
>>
>> Then they couldn't tell me my account number...
>
>But this wasn't a scam. And my domain name is safe for another period.

Most of the phone scams that I get, these days, are robo-calls -
so so easy to just hang up.
but the one that is often a real person is the Windows scam -
for which I act like a bumpkin and go on & on about my
windows being just fine, just cleaned, screens and all .. :-)
... more than once I've had the scammer curse and
hang-up on me ! ... very satisfying indeed.
John T.

On 30-Oct-23 17:27, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 30/10/2023 16:53, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 30/10/2023 15:59, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> To tell me my subs would soon be due, but I couldn't haqrefgnaq anything
>>> of the message, so I asked if the caller had my e-mail address...
>>>
>> It's a common scam. When they tried it on me, they asked who I was
>> when I answered the phone.
>>
>> Then they couldn't tell me my account number...
>
> But this wasn't a scam. And my domain name is safe for another period.
>
But WTF would your ISP _phone_ you?

I've been with PlusNet for... (bleedin' 'ell!) 20 earth years and have
never had any communication with them other than via email.

The only spam calls we have had in the last 6 months is some woman who
phoned from time to time saying she is our "Area's Energy Advisor".
I think she's now got the memo, since we haven't heard from her for
several weeks.

--
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hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote in
news:0qrvjilb72v0l4q7hfme7q74hkieed1gve@4ax.com:

>
> but the one that is often a real person is the Windows scam -
> for which I act like a bumpkin and go on & on about my
> windows being just fine, just cleaned, screens and all .. :-)
> .. more than once I've had the scammer curse and
> hang-up on me ! ... very satisfying indeed.

I too enjoy those. My usual response is to pretend to recognise the caller
as a long-lost friend. "Oh, how are you? Haven't heard from you for
ages...etc". One exchange that pleased me was lady scammer:"you are wasting
my time..", me:"I do hope so", lady scammer: "Oh, you scamp" (said with a
laugh in her voice.
But haven't had one for quite a while: I wonder if I'm on a black-list. I
do hope so.

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On 30/10/2023 18:12, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 30-Oct-23 17:27, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 30/10/2023 16:53, John Williamson wrote:
>>> On 30/10/2023 15:59, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>> To tell me my subs would soon be due, but I couldn't haqrefgnaq
>>>> anything
>>>> of the message, so I asked if the caller had my e-mail address...
>>>>
>>> It's a common scam. When they tried it on me, they asked who I was
>>> when I answered the phone.
>>>
>>> Then they couldn't tell me my account number...
>>
>> But this wasn't a scam. And my domain name is safe for another period.
>>
> But WTF would your ISP _phone_ you?
>
> I've been with PlusNet for... (bleedin' 'ell!) 20 earth years and have
> never had any communication with them other than via email.
>
> The only spam calls we have had in the last 6 months is some woman who
> phoned from time to time saying she is our "Area's Energy Advisor".
> I think she's now got the memo, since we haven't heard from her for
> several weeks.
>
Prolly because one time they got no response from e-mail 'cos I was in
hospital fragesandages.

And it's a nice small outfit and local, and I did some of my
transactions in their office

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John Williamson wrote:

> It's a common scam.

In other news, I've won about a several of posh rBuan fang fettlers this
week. If anyone wants one, let me know.

Yes but the snag is that often the scammers use better quality lines than
the companies themselves do. I once asked a genuine rep why if they rang me
from a phone, theycould not actually publish a list of numbers for different
issues. He had no answer.

Brian

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"John Williamson" <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> On 30/10/2023 15:59, RustyHinge wrote:
>> To tell me my subs would soon be due, but I couldn't haqrefgnaq anything
>> of the message, so I asked if the caller had my e-mail address...
>>
> It's a common scam. When they tried it on me, they asked who I was when I
> answered the phone.
>
> Then they couldn't tell me my account number...
>
> --
> Tciao for Now!
>
> John.

I find it amazing that the NHs when you fill in their on line forms ask for
your email address, then as a blind person ask for all letters to be in
plain text emails they tell me they will not do emails only texts as email
is insecure. Eventually I do get them to do it but even then it usually
stops if the staff change. On one occasion I got an organisation to look at
communication options where it clearly says all communications in email. You
just cannot get the staff. Also on people calling from a call centre In a
far flung place with a thick accent over a line that has a worse bandwidth
than a normal phone hardly enriches the user experience.
Brian

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"RustyHinge" <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote in message
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> To tell me my subs would soon be due, but I couldn't haqrefgnaq anything
> of the message, so I asked if the caller had my e-mail address...
>
> --
> Rusty Hinge
> To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the
> BOFH.

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> The only spam calls we have had in the last 6 months is some woman who
> phoned from time to time saying she is our "Area's Energy Advisor".
> I think she's now got the memo, since we haven't heard from her for
> several weeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRimYymMVus
for some fun with that one

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in
news:oGp*VR4uz@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk:

> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>> The only spam calls we have had in the last 6 months is some woman who
>> phoned from time to time saying she is our "Area's Energy Advisor".
>> I think she's now got the memo, since we haven't heard from her for
>> several weeks.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRimYymMVus
> for some fun with that one

Excellent! Want!

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