WARNING SCAM Phone Calls purporting to be from BT ...

At 08:55 today I received a phone call from 0800 169 1608. An Automated message was left purporting to be from BT and prompting me to press numbers on my keypad I.e. if I was the Account holder press 1 etc. As I was concerned it could be something important, I tried to recall the number but connected to another automated message again purporting to be from BT and that if required, they would ring back. After Googling the phone number I became suspicious and contacted BT directly to see if they had any knowledge about calling me. They informed me that it was not BT, it was a SCAM call and to email them at [email protected] with the details. According some entries on Google this scammier is trying to obtain Account details and God knows whatever else ! This afternoon I received a call back from the Real BT reassuring me that it was definately not them calling earlier and that they would be carrying out an investigation and would recontact me again in a few days time.

So before you or anyone you know falls victim to the scheme, bear these tips in mind:
•Be suspicious of unexpected phone calls asking for personal or financial information, regardless of who they claim to represent.
•Be warned that banks will never ask you for your PIN or online information over the phone.
•Know that your bank will never ask you to withdraw money to hand over or transfer to another account.
•Your bank will never send anyone to your home to collect cash, a payment card or a cheque book.
•If you’re worried that the call may be real, hang up and call your bank through a different phone line.
•If you think the call is a scam, take note of the caller’s phone number and report it to Callercenter.com. Spread the word and warn others.

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Warning: Scam phone call

This morning I received a phone call from some people claiming to be from BT's Potential Malicious Use department (or something similar). The woman said her name was Venniser. When I said I had trouble understanding her heavy Indian accent she handed me over to a man whose name sounded like Dariel. They claimed that malicious software had been downloaded with my emails and that this was uploading more malicious software on to the BT servers. Because of this, I was going to be disconnected from BT internet. They claimed that my anti-virus and firewall wouldn't protect me from the threats.
I was unwilling to follow any directions given over the phone to resolve the 'issue'. I asked the woman for my BT billing reference as a way of confirming that the call was genuine. The number she gave me was wrong - it didn't even start with the right letters. If I'd know at the time that BT employees have an ID number, I'd have asked for that instead of their names. When I told Dariel that BT would have sent some kind of notification of their intention to disconnect, he told me it was probably in my Spam folder. It isn't. I haven't received anything from BT, email or post, since my last bill. When I said I didn't believe the call was genuine, he told me he was going to disconnect my internet there and then, and disconnect my phone at the same time. I said goodbye and hung up. That was two hours ago. I'm still here!
The call sounded like it was coming from an office or call centre - there were other voices in the background. Dariel gave himself a convincing job title - Senior Supervisor. When I dialled 1471 to find out who had called, there number was not available. This is a scam.

There are so many scams doing the rounds that you would have to get Microsoft, Banks, Building Societies, Pension Companies, Lottery Companies etc etc etc to put out emails warning of them then you would have to get emails warning you of phishing emails about warning emails from these companies and so it goes on.
The best thing is to remember that NO reputable company will ever phone you unsolicited and ask you to reveal any personal details, log on username or password details or security questions or to access your computer.
They will never ask you for bank account details or tell you that there is a problem with your bank card and they will arrange a courier to pick it up or any of the many other ways to get you to part with your cash.
No ISP will contact you about corrupted files or folders on your computer effecting their servers or that you have a virus.
In short, any one who phones you wanting your details or access to your computer is a scammer.

Scam Phone Call

Just got 2 phone calls back to back from 800-888-9614 saying that Verizon was crediting me $83 and to go to www.vzw83.com, log in, and redeem my refund.
There is a website when you type it in and when you click on anything it takes you directly to the Verizon Website.
I'm pretty sure this is a scam, so watch out for it!

I looked up the phone number you shared and http://www.callercenter.com/800-888-9614.html came up along with complaints from several others who got called, too. Looks like this scammer has been calling people for a while now.

Scam phone calls what to do

I have been receiving a large number of scam phone calls. Verizon only allows 5 phone numbers to block. I am almost at my limit. Does anyone know what other options there are to block the calls. On my old phone, I had ringtones that included silent and blocked, but I can't figure out if there is a way to do that with this phone.

You can not stop them, You can report them, but they spoff the number and the location. Ihave tried reporting, Yes the 5 calls blockagre is nice but soon fills up. My landline phone has more but it filled up in lst then 4months. I loved theone from a guy who wanted me to send $400.00 I owed a bank in CA. and then asked for my SSN so They could sue me. If a I owe a bank, they already got my SSn. Needless to say this 76 year old hang up.

Hoax phone call, pretending to be from BT vision!

Today I received a call pretending to be from BT, after which I called them back , only to hear a recorded message that it was from The Postcode Lottery!
The guy on the phone said that BT needed to see that my vision box was still working and that they had not had a signal from it, he asked me go to BBC I-player and watch a program (for 30 seconds), whilst he waited on the line. Ater this he told me my surname and initial and first line of my address, he asked me to tell him my first name and postcode. He had already told me the date I started my contract with BT, so I gave him the information he requested as I thought it was official. He did not ask for anyother information and said goodbye.
I thought the call was a little odd, that is why I checked the number.
Whilst I can not see that any scam is involved, maybe I get a whole load of junk mail asking me to join their game, this practise seems a bit underhand and one that BT should be aware of!
I have already phone India and told them what happened.
The number they used to call me on was 08004080817

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Phone call saying they were from Microsoft Windows

I received a phone call today from a man that said he was from Microsoft Windows, & that Microsoft had been receiving notices for several weeks that " something" was wrong with my computer. Offline he had me do a system check, then said my computer
was corrupted, then put on his floor supervisor who had me get online and do some more system checks and told me that I was corrupted and it would cost $150-$350 to fix. I hung up thinking this might be a scam. My question is do you have someone who
makes these type phone calls, or was it a scam? If it is corrupted how do I fix it.
Thanks for your help
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Hi, I also had a phone call from someone who claimed they were from the microsoft team and were having warnings suggesting that my computer had serious issues. When I asked which computer they said the one with windows 7. After a long phone call
and they even went onto my computer remotely without asking for my permission showed me severial files which they classed as hackers trying to get into my information which can be corrected at a cost of £89. When I told them I was not interested as the
computer was only a cheap note book for the kids to use, I was put onto someone else for them to convince me that now all computers used in the home are now effected. It came to an end with me hanging up on them. If anybody out there is interested
into investigating this, the company who is doing this is: BC Repair and Services, and claim to be microsoft authorised services. Tel number:020390105670.
Hope this can help,
Ian

Can you choose to block phone calls but not texts from a number?

So I have searched all over the place and have not found an answer. I am sure someone has blocked me from calling them because when I try to call them I recieve this message: "Welcome to Verizon Wireless. The number you were trying to reach has calling restrictions which has prevented the completion of your call."However I am wondering if they can still receieve my texts. I have sent two and they both show that they have been delivered on my phone and they both also show up on my online bill as having been sent from me and recieved to the number that I am pretty sure has blocked me. Does Verizon allow someone to block just phone calls but not text messages? Or if you block a number from calling does that mean texting from that same number is automatically blocked as well (or is it two seperate processes)? I understand it may look like it has been sent on my end, but I am wondering, since I never got a "message failed" indicator or anything else telling me they never got it, if they were able to receive and read the 2 messages? We both are Verizon customers by the way. Thanks!!!

That person did block you, and no they cannot receive or read your texts.

Scam phone calls

Is there away of reporting these numbers so that I can have them stopped etc. I am on TPF but they only deal with UK phone numbers the five I have today all start with 001 and have had 3 with 0010000000000 Getting fed up with them time BT stopped this
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The fake windows call's are impossible to stop BT say they cannot stop them because they said they reside in another country, at least thats what they told me.
I did some research into them a while ago and found they used to be a legit company that did some work for microsoft I dont remember the details but did have them written down address, bank details and most important and hardest to get was there phone number as they always withhold that when calling you. I also did report them with all there details to the police but they did what they always do nothing.
If I can find there details which i did write down I will post them here, phone number, address, ip, bank details ect.
You could get caller display and not answer any number with held and there number if you see it which is normally withheld
For some reason they dont call me any more LOL

Creepy phone call from Apple

My friend received a phone call the other day from an "apple operator" who wanted to know if he was still interested in buying his powerbook. Short of him putting the actual computer in his cart and then not purchasing it, how could she know that he had an interest, and, more importantly, isn't this violating some privacy by calling like this so randomly? Has this happened to anyone else?
How very big brother...

I got 2 phone call from Apple from the past. Fist time it was about a PowerBook G4 900Mhz that I save the order but never reallly buy it. I guess becasue I save it for later that is why I know that I interested. Normally I have a bunch of Apple product that I want but never really need it so it just on the cart but never save them. So Apple people never call me just that. Second time was after I bought a PowerBook G4 17". The one that I using right now. They called about the Apple Care. They said they call because I used phone support many time so I might be interest in Apple care. So other than that they never call me. I guess Apple keep record of your activity with the company and they make a phone call only when they see the potential of selling you something. It's fine with me.
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Mac support phone call??

Has anyone received a phone call saying they are from Mac Support? I said I was not interested before they could finish their sales pitch, but I am curious as to how they would know if someone owned a Mac, or if it was just a random lucky call? Any security issues I should check into?
Thanks

It's a scam, hang up on them should they call back. Apple won't initiate contact with you via phone unless you've asked them to call for support.

IChat only works when I make phone calls??

Ok, so this is getting absolutely ridiculous. My ichats constantly disconnect after about 30secs each and every time i start a conference from my Macbook Pro in the UK to my parents iMac located in Norway. Both running Leopard 10.5.5 and with the latest software upgrade (including the ichat/quicktime 7.5.5 fix released on 17nov)
I've got a Netgear wireless router DG834G with latest firmware installed.
I've opened up all the ports on the router recommended by apple. I've done this while UPnP is off. I've also tried turning on UPnP and closed the ports.
We've both tried setting bandwith limit to 500, and quicktime streaming settings to 1.5mbps with no luck.
Internet sharing is off on both sides.
Both tried ports 443 and 5190 in ichat prefs.
I've tried turning "Respond to Ping on Internet WAN Port" on and off in the router setup.
I've tried the connection through Ethernet instead of wireless.
We're both logged in with AIM accounts.
NOW, the interesting bit is this: when I make a phone call on my landline from the UK to Norway and start an iChat conference, it works like a dream! Smooth crisp video and audio and no interruptions! As soon as either of us hang up the phone, our ichat connection freezes and we both get the error -20 (no audio video for 10 seconds etc..) It is as if our phone has opened some sort of direct connection by which our video chat can travel alongside?
Same thing happens to audio chats.
Connecting to [email protected] however, works fine.
My internet connection is going through the Netgear router to a Time Machine (set to bridge mode) providing me with the wireless connection. I'm with Toucan ISP in the UK.
So basically, what we were trying to avoid in the first place (making expensive phone calls) is now the only option to maintain a video conference. So much for convincing my parents how reliable their brand new expensive mac is.
Please if anyone can make sense of this I'd be very grateful for your help!

I agree with Defcom that a Dodgy Micro-Filter looks like the first choice to check out.
I also can't see that you disabled the DOS or SPI setting on the WAN Page in the Netgear.
DOS can see the amount of data iChat sends as an Internet Attack and will cut the one port that the data is being Streamed on to protect your Internet Connection.
SPI checks to see if the data is "Valid" and iChat seems to be able to send data faster that it can cope. On some Devices DOS is also a part of any SPI firewall it may have somewhat adding to the issue.
I used o run the Netgear DG824G with the Allowing Pings and Disabling DOS using UPnP.
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I upgraded to a 4g and the most recent backup (today) is not showing up. I went ahead and backed up and found that my texts, phone calls and messages did not backup.

I upgraded to a 4g and the most recent backup (today) is not showing up. The most recent backup that showed was 3/3/12. I went ahead and backed up to that date and found that my texts, phone calls and messages are the part that did not backup.
Can anyone tell me 1) why my most recent backup did not show in ITunes, 2) why I could not backup using the Cloud (I tried this way first), 3) how I can get all the phone calls, messages and texts from 3/3/12 until today? Please help if you can...thanks!

I found the answer on:
transferring Txt messages from old phone to new iphone 4
It worked great!

How can I silence email alerts at night and still hear phone calls come in?

Hello,
This might be a ridiculous question (either because it is impossible or because it is obvious and easy) but one I really want to know.
I no longer have a landline in my house. With 3 college kids, I don't want to miss any phone calls that might come from them while I am sleeping. However, I also don't want to listen to emails coming into my 2 email accounts all night either.
Is there a way to silence the emails and leave the ringtone on?
Thanks!
Susan1

This is for the Motorola Droid
Settings --- Sound----Volume-----there should be four (4) slide bars, set the all but the top one to the far left.
Then only your phone calls should come thru.... it works for me.
Good Luck!!!

Phone calls on Tablet

I'm a beginner & new to Tablets. Is there an App for making & recieving phone calls?

google voice from the app market has all the advantages and more and it avoids all the skype rigamarole.

Origin of phone call and destination

I was recently out of town for a while and looked at my husbands phone bill. His origin of phone calls certain days came from scottsdale arizona even though we are in phoenix. His other phone bills due not have scottsdale. Of course he has been caught in many lies and swears he was never over there. Is it possible signals got crossed r just another lie he is telling. He has no clue I had to look at his phone bills. thanks if anybody can give me advice.

Obviously it is either one of two things: either he was actually there....or he was close enough that he picked up one of their towers which would have caused the origination to appear to be from that location when he was actually in another location. Happens ALL THE TIME so it's hard to tell. At this point, there's really no proof that he was there because of this HOWEVER if he has no previous calling history of his calls appearing to come from that location so I can understand your concern. It may have happen with other locations though.

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