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What a Shame

(66 Posts)
glammanana Mon 15-Feb-21 09:41:54

This morning after being up early and getting all bits and bobs done I sat down to read the morning paper when the phone went about 9am,after not having been out at all and not spoken to anyone for a few days I was glad of the chance to chat to someone,great says I to myself a bit of chatter with a pal I hope !!
Wrong they are sending Police with a warrant to arrest me for none payment of Taxes ?? then just now they have rung back again and switching off my broadband & services as well as what makes it worse is that it was the standard recording and I still did not get to speak to anyone what a shame.

Mildmanneredgran Thu 18-Feb-21 13:13:14

Oh well, I haven't paid DPD that money to have my parcel redelivered. Now I'll never know what it was .....

kittylester Mon 15-Feb-21 17:11:33

Thank you for this thread glamma - a silly thread like in the olden days.

Esspee Mon 15-Feb-21 16:56:14

Goodness gracious don’t hang up! I always enjoy allowing these calls to continue as long as possible. Slows them down.

Happyme Mon 15-Feb-21 16:48:36

? Free the GN one

merlotgran Mon 15-Feb-21 15:00:47

I think McAfee have now given up sending me e-mails telling me my pc is unprotected because I haven't renewed the subscription.

It's due at the beginning of December!

Callistemon Mon 15-Feb-21 14:57:12

Is there a hacksaw in the cupcake kittylester?

We'll soon have you freed, glammanana, have no fears, the GN posse at the rescue!

glammanana Mon 15-Feb-21 14:42:08

kittylester No TV or newspaper interview I'm afraid as not allowed to go to hairdressers blush

Parsley3 Mon 15-Feb-21 13:52:57

I unplugged my landline phone because of these calls. Rarely get anything like this on my mobile. However, I did get an email this morning telling me that a package will be delivered if I click on the link and pay 1.99 pound (sic). I wonder what can it be??

GillT57 Mon 15-Feb-21 13:35:07

Three Amazon calls so far this morning.

lemsip Mon 15-Feb-21 13:29:24

hang up as soon as you realise it's a recording.. warned about these frequently.

kittylester Mon 15-Feb-21 12:43:03

Glamma, will the TV and Papers be there too - I need some excitement in my day!! I'll send you cupcakewink

3nanny6 Mon 15-Feb-21 12:34:56

I am fed up with the recorded Amazon message telling me that my Amazon account has been hacked into so I have to pay outstanding money.

I know many people use Amazon but I have not got a Bloody Amazon account and this recording gets on my wick.

Juliet27 Mon 15-Feb-21 12:24:32

That was nice JaneJudge. We're all getting a bit desperate for chats.

JaneJudge Mon 15-Feb-21 12:18:54

I phoned a wrong number last week instead of my Mum and the woman said, who is this? and I said 'it's Jane, but you don't know me as I've called the wrong number' she says 'are you ok Jane?' and I said, yes I'm fine, how are you? and the woman told me all about the weather grin

I hope you don't have too much bother with the fake police glammanana

Chestnut Mon 15-Feb-21 12:12:24

I hang up as soon as I hear the 'call centre voice' or a recording, so I never hear what it's about. Then I blacklist the number. End of story.......until the next time.

Blossoming Mon 15-Feb-21 10:40:32

I miss the ‘you’ve won a holiday’ call. Maybe they’re waiting for the travel ban to be lifted.

annodomini Mon 15-Feb-21 10:38:56

Come to think of it, I haven't heard from Microsoft recently about a problem with my PC. I seem to remember that it was a live call last time, so I was able to string him along for a couple of minutes. grin

glammanana Mon 15-Feb-21 10:29:00

I always add these numbers to my blocked list but then another one always seems to wriggle through confused

harrigran Mon 15-Feb-21 10:25:33

All quiet here today but last week we had at least two scam calls a day.
Answer machine is on 24/7 and they do end the call when machine answers.

Juliet27 Mon 15-Feb-21 10:22:26

Anyone heard lately from the Indian call centre men with English names. I’ve heard in the past from John, David and Peter. I did once have a really interesting long chat with one man...it was fascinating to share thoughts. I hope the call wasn’t reversed!!

Callistemon Mon 15-Feb-21 10:19:24

I haven't heard from Amazon lately about a problem with my Prime Account (12 calls over a few days).
I didn't have a Prime Account.

Juliet27 Mon 15-Feb-21 10:17:03

I haven’t heard lately why my pc has been running slow. Microsoft must have sorted it remotely for me.

Callistemon Mon 15-Feb-21 10:16:46

Please post later on this thread to reassure us you are not in the clink, glammanana!

How disappointing.

A friend phoned right at the beginning of all these lockdowns and said she was going to phone everyone on her Christmas card list, which I thought was a good idea.

Jaxjacky Mon 15-Feb-21 10:15:58

glammanana just to add to your longed for calls, the one to say there’s be a fraudulent transaction on your bank account must be imminent!

Juliet27 Mon 15-Feb-21 10:14:46

FannyCornforth

Sorry, didn't realise it was a joke blush

Aaaw bless! ?