That’s awful. He’s not going to be able to buy anymore Warhammer now.
There’s so much I could say about what I think, but I’m going to keep a lid on it.
Yeah, I did put something else in my post, but thought better of it in case it offended and edited it to just the link.
I know many of us might think how could someone fall for these, and lots of scams maybe that’s true. But don’t be fooled, it takes just one momentary lapse of judgement, one bad day, or just the perfect timing getting a text or email at just the right time and you end up as a victim in one of these scams as well.
That’s very true. I’ve just published a communication at work for colleagues explaining exactly this 
Maybe I’m being too superstitious but I don’t want to get too cocky about how I respond to these scams and tempt fate. For one thing, there may be a new one round the corner that just manages to bypass our usual techniques. Also, I have sometimes when busy and irritated, just clicked on my phone sort of unconsciously or even just meant to close it and distractedly clicked on something I didn’t mean to. The more stressed a person is the more likely it is to happen. Fortunately I have not fallen prey to anything yet as I DO try to do all the things mentioned above but I don’t feel it could never happen to me!
I think that’s the perfect approach - remain vigilant but don’t assume it can’t happen to you
I’ve had quite a few of these - Hermes, DPD, Royal Mail, Parcelforce etc etc
On a couple of occasions I have input a whole array of spurious details, including false credit card details (you can get a credit card number generator online that generates “correct” but non-functioning test credit card numbers)
Hours of endless fun.
The ones I’ve filled in have been littered with rather strong expletives. 
Ah, but they put those straight in the bin. If you give them a Test or a made up CC number, they spend HOURS trying to get it to work.
Just had a Barclays add new device added to my account texted to me ask me to confirm by text but I don’t have a Barclays account.
Yes, had that one as well, and a phone call this morning about my Amazon Prime Account renewing…
I would never get a Prime Account ever, so that was an interesting conversation, that went the same way as the “insurance” on my non-existent Sky dish.
Had the amazon prime on phone saying owe money in dollars left on answer phone.
As if we already didn’t all know but some are still falling for it:
Oh, and watch this:
Besides my iphone, I also have a Nokia. Google now seem to be well on the ball for filtering out the scam texts as I haven’t had one for ages now.
I did get a very strange WhatsApp message the other day from a total random whom I immediately blocked and reported. There’s some very strange people out there.
Checking my Android phone this morning, and a news feed about ‘Bitcoin Equaliser’ popped up in the feed. I read the article and thought I’d do a bit more digging, but essentially, it is allegedly, a scam. I don’t want anyone thinking I’ve fallen for this by the way!
I haven’t included a link to the actual site, but this one gives some ‘fact checks’ on it:
I also stumbled on a site this morning which actively promotes Martin Lewis founder of Moneysavingexpert advocating a similar trading system. I’ve reported it to MSE via email.
Small wonder I suppose how people can get sucked into losing their entire life savings.
I suppose that was the failure of the new online bill to make Google etc somewhat responsible for removing these sites from such feeds and search.
This type of story absolutely bloody infuriates me. If you read it, both banks involved allegedly gave her enough warnings that she was being scammed and yet, she’s fighting to get her money back:
Just waiting for the outcome to appear on the FOS website.
If the banks have followed the code there is no claim.
I do think that banks and the National Crime Agency can do more to prevent scams. I also think mobile networks should be doing more to stop SMS scams
And quite rightly so. I’m not sorry saying that I cannot support what she’s trying to achieve. It’s terrible for her, but it’s not right that the banks should cough up because of decisions people make with their own money.