Hi Derek, Thank you for those consoling words. I would feel happier if I knew what they were trying to do. The sad thing is that TalkTalk who must have known about this for a little while has not bothered to notify its customers.
Regards John > On 31 Jul 2019, at 08:16, Derek Cross <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John > We’re all vulnerable to scams! > Shouldn’t this be reported to the police? > Cheers, > Derek > >> On 31 Jul 2019, at 08:14, J.Sagues <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> Help please. Does anybody know anything about this? >> I’m normally ultra careful but this time have fallen foul of what seems to >> me now to be a very strange Talk Talk scam to do with very poor line speeds >> and the sending of ‘Talk Talk’ engineers to my home twice to ‘fix’ it (the >> first time by installing a new master socket, which I have now removed). I >> have searched for the two numbers I was given to arrange the appointments, >> 03301000466 and 07378905544, and found a lot of posts about them but no >> indication as to what the risks and dangers are. >> Very sad that TalkTalk has not thought of warning its customers. I had great >> difficulty in finding out if the ‘engineers’ (both with unmarked white vans >> and identity badges) were genuine TT engineers until yesterday evening when >> I was told there were no record of their visit. >> Does anybody know what the scammers are trying to achieve, what are my risks >> and what I can do to remove any danger. >> My silly fault but still very worried >> >> Regards >> >> John >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/C32A7446-6F0A-4CA3-A680-723F87EBFED2%40uclmail.net >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/C32A7446-6F0A-4CA3-A680-723F87EBFED2%40uclmail.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/BFF97327-BDD5-4BA3-9D95-1E2BE39094B4%40cross1.co.uk > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/BFF97327-BDD5-4BA3-9D95-1E2BE39094B4%40cross1.co.uk?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/0CB9952E-DE0C-4A91-AC11-2284F539C0A7%40uclmail.net.
