Jamesrob637
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Not your GP practice trying to get hold of you, was it?
Surely they would have left a voicemail? I checked and there are currently no messages pending.
Not your GP practice trying to get hold of you, was it?
Be your internet provider then telling you that your service is about to be disconnected, or some similar other implausible tosh!Surely they would have left a voicemail? I checked and there are currently no messages pending.
I don't think they normally do?Surely they would have left a voicemail? I checked and there are currently no messages pending.
My local surger certainly doesn't leave voicemail messages.Surely they would have left a voicemail? I checked and there are currently no messages pending.
I had two similar phone calls from Amazon saying I owed over £1000 for unpaid orders, which is complete fantasy.I have just had the monotony of being adhering to the lockdown at home as usual broken by the call from the "female American" recorded voice message to inform me that my non-existent Amazon Prime account has been debited by the sum of £79.99, which was responded to in my usual manner of saying nothing and doing nothing. After the customary ten seconds, the line went dead.
Indeed! Can you even order stuff from Amazon without a prepaid Gift Card or a Debit Card / Credit Card?I had two similar phone calls from Amazon saying I owed over £1000 for unpaid orders, which is complete fantasy.
Not likelyIndeed! Can you even order stuff from Amazon without a prepaid Gift Card or a Debit Card / Credit Card?
In the UK, I don't think so. In some countries you can order, then pay in a store. But even then, you have to pay before shipment.Not likely
Amazon UK doesn’t offer PayPal as method of payment as it’s part of the EBay systemIn the UK, I don't think so. In some countries you can order, then pay in a store. But even then, you have to pay before shipment.
The only way you could end up owing Amazon money is if you pay by PayPal and they pay Amazon before debiting your account (which doesn't have sufficient funds), though I suppose you would owe PayPal, not Amazon.
That's a good point!Amazon UK doesn’t offer PayPal as method of payment as it’s part of the EBay system
That used to be a tactic used by burglars trying to identify possible targets where nobody was at home.In the last couple of months I have had a spate of calls that are silent and then hang up, all 'from' fake numbers. Never, ever used to have them. Bizarre; if someone wants to trick me into giving bank details (or whatever), they need to say something!
I have had several such calls, including one this morning. As usual, I ignored it.I have just had the monotony of being adhering to the lockdown at home as usual broken by the call from the "female American" recorded voice message to inform me that my non-existent Amazon Prime account has been debited by the sum of £79.99, which was responded to in my usual manner of saying nothing and doing nothing. After the customary ten seconds, the line went dead.
Amazon UK doesn’t offer PayPal as method of payment as it’s part of the EBay system
Yes they did.I though eBay sold PayPal several years ago?
I've had a bitcoin one today on my mobile, sounded like it was from the UK. Dunno what the 'scam' involves, no doubt directed to some dodgy website.
Anyone else had this?
edit of sorts: Just before I was going to post I think it was 'Eurocoin'
07985 180276.What was the number? I always Google the number.
My wife has had a lot of issues over the last year (not Covid) and had dealt with several hospitals, consultants and the local surgery. I asked my wife whether she had received voicemail messages. She said she hadn't but generally surgeries will not leave a voicemail because they don't know who may be able to access the voicemail and there may be patient confidentiality issues. She has been asked if she consents to voicemail communication, which she did, but she hasn't received any.My local surgery certainly doesn't leave voicemail messages.
I think it's very unlikely that there's anything to worry about - scammers send out loads of these calls, including to people who have never had an Amazon account. The only one that once caused me concern happened to come in a few minutes after I'd done an Amazon transaction with a foreign vendor. In the end I ignored it and nothing untoward followed.I just had a call on my landline from a recorded female saying that there is something suspicious on my Amazon account for just over £ 1,000.00, then a few minutes later I received a text supposedly from Amazon, with a link to click on. I have not ordered anything from them for over 3 months, there does not seem to be anything dodgy on my account, I also checked my bank / card accounts and they look ok with nothing pending. I hung up and deleted the texts and I presume that they were scams / phishing, it is very disconcerting though.
But the incoming number on the display can be spoofed to be different from the actual number the call is coming from...I spoke on the telephone to a neighbour as we both had "strange calls" recently and he said if it was any BT department ringing, the incoming telephone number would always be an "0800" prefix number, as BT do not use any other methodology. There must be quite a number of people who now can see the telephone number of the organisation who are making calls to them.
Thanks for that information, which I will pass on to my neighbour when I ring him later today.But the incoming number on the display can be spoofed to be different from the actual number the call is coming from...
Where possible, you should forward any emails/texts to the organisation concerned as it helps them figure out where the scams are originating.I hung up and deleted the texts and I presume that they were scams / phishing, it is very disconcerting though.
07985 180276.
Just googled the number myself, didn't bother before- just told them goodbye and blocked it. Plenty of people complaining like 'Crypto currency scam' - rated as 'Dangerous'
edit: they did know my full name.
Yeah, that sounds like multi factor authentication (sometimes known as 2 factor authentication, or 2FA). There's some information about it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=G9MX9LXNWXFKMJYUOn a similar theme, sometimes when I try to go into my Amazon account, it won't let me in, then in a few moments I get a text with sign in attempt and a link to click on, does that sound ok? I wondered if it was an extra security check that they are doing now, like some of the banks do?
That could well be genuine, though I'd have expected it to tell you on your screen that it was going to ask you, see the above from @RomeoCharlie71 for more on that.On a similar theme, sometimes when I try to go into my Amazon account, it won't let me in, then in a few moments I get a text with sign in attempt and a link to click on, does that sound ok? I wondered if it was an extra security check that they are doing now, like some of the banks do?