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They always refer to you by your name :yesnod:

oh, is this one doing the rounds again :nonod: as Jan says above, they always put your name, not 'paypal member'

:broon: cheers Jan.

Always forward these things to [email protected] and they will chase them up.

The latest one I keep getting is that Paypal has paid a bill of £180 to Skype. If I want to dispute this payment please fill in this online dispute form.

Yeah. Right. :bang:

Yeah, I got that one too. The first thing that struck me was 'Who is paying £180 for Skype?'
The real problem is that there will be people out there who fill in the form.:yesnod:

We were getting phone calls, saying that they were from Microsoft and they could see we had a virus on our computer.

Last time I asked for the guys bank details, got a shocked "why, what for", so I said, "well thats what your after from me".

Not heard from them for a couple of weeks, so hopefully they got the message.

We are registered on the Preference thingy, but if they ring from outside the UK it doesnt work.

Saying that, we check the incoming calls and if we dont recognise the number. let it go to answer phone. Number that just go quite must be 90%,

Complete and utter waste of time, dont know what it is about phone rings, but its like a compulsion to rush over and pick it up before it stops ringing. Just about getting out of that habit now.

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I've had that.

The woman said "Hi. I'm from Microsoft technical department"

I said "No your not"

She kind of went quiet for a moment and hung up.

How rude.

I must admit we have caller ID on the phone, and if I don't recognise the number it goes to answer-phone.

Number withheld and international calls - forget it!

The Microsoft one makes me laugh, as if Microsoft know or care if you've got a virus. Tell them you use a Mac.

In all seriousness the number of cold calls is getting ridiculous. I even get texts on my mobile telling me I am owed money for mis-sold PPi or an accident claim.
Someone needs to come up with a safe way to send something back that locks their phone/computer for ever;or preferably explodes in their face!:bust:

not very useful for spam mails and phone calls, but when it comes to junk mail, a friend of mine told me a genius suggestion:

get all of the junk mail, find one that has a postage paid envelope for enquiries in it. stuff as much junk mail in it as you can, and mail it all to the company whose envelope it is. if you can get it overweight, even better, as then the Royal mail charge them extra for it :broon:

David Aiketgate wrote: I must admit we have caller ID on the phone, and if I don't recognise the number it goes to answer-phone.

Number withheld and international calls - forget it!

I hope I never need to phone you from my landline. My number is always withheld. Paranoia is a strong state to break.

A genuine caller will usually leave a message if it's important.

Calls such as these prey on the fear that your computer will cease to function. They appear to target older or less technologically savvy householders. They are convincing, as they have a certain amount of your data, although they are using publicly available information and rely on the fact that (almost) everyone has a computer.

The best thing to do with these calls is to put the phone down. Alternatively, if you have nothing on at the time, fake an interest and then keep them occupied as long as you can. When you reveal that you have no interest in buying their services, they'll probably become annoyed, but while they are on the phone to you they won't be ripping off anyone else. It's worth noting that Microsoft says it will never contact a customer unless you have registered a problem with it first.