Spam & Scams Questions and Answers in The AnswerBank

Bluddy Scammers - Do They Think I'm Daft - Rhetorical Question, Don't Answer ;-)

Such an obvious scam from the wording, so many clues as to its bogusness, and the e-mail address it came from is even more of a giveaway - it was [email protected] (I would invite you all to...

chrissa1

Daughter And Hmrc Scam

The scammers are still going strong, so this is a warning. My daughter who is very savvy, took a phone call this afternoon from a very official sounding man saying he was calling about an outstanding...

melv16

Tv Licence Scam.

I've now had 2 emails telling me that my TV licence has expired. They want the usual bank details etc. They didn't spell my name correctly and spelt licence incorrectly....

Rosie29

Calls From Amazon Prime ( And The Like )

Please can anyone explain to me how firms employing tactics such as the above make their money? Like most people I get quite some of these calls - usually on my landline - saying for example that my...

Gizmonster

Can I Be Charged For This ......

So recently I've had a few phone calls informing me that I'm going to be cut off, or I owe some money .... or some other scam .... but in order to proceed, I have to press "1" on my phone to be...

xanthoma

Why Me?

RECEIVED AND EMAIL ASKING ME TO RESPOND TO A REQUEST I DIDN'T MAKE! WHAT TO DO?

Ken4155

Argos Scam

Can't remember the last time I visited an Argos store - it was that long ago - but I've just received a text from them saying I've won a £500 gift. A link is provided to visit a website and the...

dannyk13

Microsoft Scam

Received an e-mail this morning, purporting to come from Microsoft, thanking me for my order and informing me that $590 would be taken from my account.There was a phone number to ring if I had any...

Stephen_G

Amazon Prime - 01350693793

Another Amazon Prime scam phone call number to avoid. Automated message that my subscription to Amazon Prime will auto-renew. Checked my account and I'm definitely not subscribed to A.P.

pussyfoot

Facebook Hack.

Hi, I don't know weather to call this hacking or not! Every time I advertise anything on FB someone keeps using random peoples accounts to act as interested. I know who this person is (a disgruntled...

bobbie22

Delivery Scam?

I had had the message from a nice furniture shop stating that a respected delivery firm was going to deliver a parcel to me the next day. I checked the store number on line and rang them, then I did...

Barmaid

Paypal - Text Message

Had a text message from PP last night saying "Enter your code on the PayPal website. CODE: 4*****. Msg and data rates may apply." There were no links in the text message. I havent used PP since before...

Coppit

Latest Scams

I extricated myself from being an Amazon Prime customer but recently had a phone call saying that if I didn't press 6 on my phone keypad I would be signed up again. Call ignored - but how did the...