Another scam.

HannahLoisLuke

I shall use my trusty football referees whistle if I get one if these calls!

I’ve used one for years.

Must admit, if someone phones me, and the number is not in my contacts, and has a name, I don't answer. If its urgent they'll leave a message. They never do. Mind you I've no money to rob, but identity is another matter,dreadful for those involved either way. The BBC did a programme, Scam Interceptors, working with ethical hackers to trace and confront the perpetrators of these crimes.

Wheniwasyourage

Am I just being dense? How would hearing your own voice make you hand over bank details?

Precisely what I was wondering!

It might make my son worried, but he would check by phoning me back before transferring money or giving any details of any kind.

How many of you have given your number to Amazon, ebay etc etc. Or even airlines when booking a flight?
The only people who have my number are my bank and doctor/ hospital.

Dear me, what ever next?

I just sigh at it all and wonder what on earth we are coming to.

Our landline is via TalkTalk, who have a brilliant system for call screening; you are advised who is calling and you can then choose to allow that caller access at all times, accept the call just once or reject/block them. Since we initiated this we haven't had any scam calls, for which we are extremely thankful.

I have a smartphone and a landline. Only people I know and trust have my smartphone number.

My landline phone is one that shows me the name of who is calling ( as long as they are in my list of contacts) and asks other callers to say who they are. I can then hear a recording of what they say and choose whether to answer or not by pressing the appropriate button. It works well

I think there is a rumour that landlines are going to disappear, which is really annoying . I can only hope that someone is going to produce a smartphone with the same facility when that happen, - if I'm still around that long!