More on line and telephone scams

[towny44]

If I had my way these scammers would be put up against a wall and shot. For all the ones that get blocked or recognised there is some poor vulnerable individual who falls foul of them.

You should all try the “what underwear you wearing” it kind of throws them off their spiel.

You two will have the Chinese Triads gunning for you, they seem to be running a lot of the computer scams.

[Manoverboard]

Could be a couple of trays of Chicken & Black Bean on the doorstep in the morning ... just saying

[Stephen]

Could be a couple of trays of Chicken & Black Bean on the doorstep in the morning ... just saying

Hope they keep it hot and don't forget the special fried rice.

[towny44]

Could be a couple of trays of Chicken & Black Bean on the doorstep in the morning ... just saying

Hope they keep it hot and don't forget the special fried rice.

The just slaughtered horses head should keep it warm, if a little sticky.

[allatc]

Dreadful news - my Barclays bank account has been suspended.
Woe is me.

Odd though, I don’t recall ever having had an account with Barclays.

[oldbluefox]

My Royal mail parcel will not be delivered if I don't cough up £1.99

[Stephen]

My Royal mail parcel will not be delivered if I don't cough up £1.99

I had that one as well recently via a text message.

[CaroleF]

This morning, as a change from Amazon, apparently my Broadband supplier has been trying to get in touch to warn that my internet is being disconnected - not sure why, didn't listen that long to find out!

Carole

[Onelife]

I had a knock at my door Tuesday morning from a chap who said he was from the NS&I whatever that is? I told him to p*ss off and go find himself another sucker

[david63]

he was from the NS&I whatever that is

National Savings and Investments - he had probably called to tell you that your Premium Bond had won the £1,000,000 for this month

[oldbluefox]

I had a knock at my door Tuesday morning from a chap who said he was from the NS&I whatever that is? I told him to p*ss off and go find himself another sucker

Indeed, you get a personal caller like that when you've won a million on the Premium Bonds!! Just saying..............

[Manoverboard]

We had a bloke knock on the door yesterday morning claiming he was delivering our groceries from Sainsburys .... bloody cheek, sent him packing that's what

[Onelife]

he was from the NS&I whatever that is

National Savings and Investments - he had probably called to tell you that your Premium Bond had won the £1,000,000 for this month

You were right David... they’ve come back to me with the good news. I now know how Foxy must have felt when he won his

[Onelife]

We had a bloke knock on the door yesterday morning claiming he was delivering our groceries from Sainsburys .... bloody cheek, sent him packing that's what

Seeing that you do you’re shopping at Tesco’s I would have said thanks very much

[allatc]

We had a bloke knock on the door yesterday morning claiming he was delivering our groceries from Sainsburys .... bloody cheek, sent him packing that's what

You should have said "That's good, just leave them on the doorstep here"

[david63]

My Royal mail parcel will not be delivered if I don't cough up £1.99

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-56660334

[Manoverboard]

We had a bloke knock on the door yesterday morning claiming he was delivering our groceries from Sainsburys .... bloody cheek, sent him packing that's what

You should have said "That's good, just leave them on the doorstep here"

They did just that ... and the weirdest thing is that it coincided with the order that I had placed with Sainsbugs that very morning to be delivered one hour later