Amazon Prime scam.

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Worth warning the vulnerable.
Phone call ;
"Your Amazon Prime is about to be charged £79 for the year ,if you want to cancel press1".
Press 1 to a scam artist.

 

[Tipp blue]

Worth warning the vulnerable.
Phone call ;
"Your Amazon Prime is about to be charged £79 for the year ,if you want to cancel press1".
Press 1 to a scam artist.

What happens after you press 1

 

[Baines' left foot]

You’d have to be a bit daft to fall for that one.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

What happens after you press 1

I never done it but reports state a scam artist ask you for your details including bank account.

 

[Bungle]

What happens after you press 1

They tell you they don't recognise the response and to press it again, got bored of them asking so just kept pressing it until they hung up.

Seems worth paying the £7900 to not have to talk to one of these frauds.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

You’d have to be a bit daft to fall for that one.

Vulnerable people mate .
Not necessarily daft.
Lot of older trustworthy folk have Amazon kindle for downloading books etc.
Catch them at the right time and savings vanish.

 

[4737carlin]

Is this the thing you need to watch the derby ?

 

[Huyton Layne]

I get about 10 calls a week with poorly designed warnings or threats. Some about popular products and some about arrest warrants that don't exist. Got a lot more frequent when VOIP became more prevalent. I'm on the do not call list but scammers couldn't give a frig.

 

[Toast]

We have had our card used twice by scammers.

Both times immediately after using Amazon to purchase goods.

 

[DanB90]

No problem, that inheritance from my Nigerian uncle should be cleared any day now.

 

[tommye]

£79 is a fair price to pay to keep that massive river for another year. I'm in

 

[tommye]

We have had our card used twice by scammers.

Both times immediately after using Amazon to purchase goods.

More lies?

Let me guess, you can't tell the whole forum blah blah blah..

 

[OneTrueLegend]

I had one the other day, phone call with a recorded message saying that my broadband was going to be cut off due to illegal activity, unless I press 1 and pay a fine. Its not something I would fall for, but there are a lot of confused and vulnerable people out there, people who run these scams want shooting

 

[PhilM]

I had one of those ambulance chasers ringing me up explaining that they'd been informed of a road accident and they could potentially help me.

Was it my fault they asked. "Well sir, I don't think it was my fault, but the magistrate claimed I was to blame for running the children over outside of their school."

Few comments about alcohol as well and surprisingly they put the phone down and I've never had a phone call back. Had one about needing to install anti-virus.

Do this.. do that... follow this instruction... all in all it took about five minutes. What does the message on our screen say sir? "K'off you...."

 

[Rob17896]

Worth warning the vulnerable.
Phone call ;
"Your Amazon Prime is about to be charged £79 for the year ,if you want to cancel press1".
Press 1 to a scam artist.

Another one is the real company making it hard to see how to make an order without a trial 'Prime' subscription they hope you forget about. Avoid the pigs and go direct.