Soldato
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I normally don't answer "Withheld" numbers but I'm house sitting as my parents are away on holiday and their phone rang. Thinking it may be them phoning from abroad I answered it and a man with a strong Indian accent started speaking to me. It went something like this...
Him: "Hello is that Mr [Surname]?"
Me: "Who's asking?"
Him: "I am calling from the National Investigation Bureau. We believe you have been involved in an accident in the last two years and we'd like to talk to you"
Me: "Is that right?"
Him: "Yes, Is that Mr [surname]?"
Me: "No"
Him: "You are not Mr [surname]? Is your Postcode [their postcode]?"
Me: "No"
Him: "Did you have an accident is the last two years"
Me: "No"
Him: "Well OK Mr [surname], I need to tell you that we believe you are entitled to compensation for this accident"
Me: Laughs
Him: "We are you making fun of me? I am in Investigating Officer and we've found you have been cleared of fault in an accident and we'd like to send you a cheque for £2,000"
Me: "Oh wow, that's great and it really sounds legit (in sarcastic manner)"
Him: "It is Mr [surname], we have investigated the RTA you were involved with and found you innocent of any fault."
Me: "Oh well I must say this sounds really genuine, please carry on (again sarcastically)"
Him: "Yes well I am ringing because...."
...at this point I hung up. I was going to string him along for a bit more but couldn't be bothered in case it's one of those calls that charged you just for answering.
He hasn't phoned back.
Now whilst my dad is pretty savvy to these kind of things and they don't answer withheld or international calls it still annoys the hell out of me that there are people on this planet that would happily try and scam a man in his 70s (a pensioner no less) out of his money. The fact I answered 'No' to all his security questions and yet he carried on was the giveaway (as well as the Indian accent and withheld number). Oh well the call was fun whilst it lasted.
Him: "Hello is that Mr [Surname]?"
Me: "Who's asking?"
Him: "I am calling from the National Investigation Bureau. We believe you have been involved in an accident in the last two years and we'd like to talk to you"
Me: "Is that right?"
Him: "Yes, Is that Mr [surname]?"
Me: "No"
Him: "You are not Mr [surname]? Is your Postcode [their postcode]?"
Me: "No"
Him: "Did you have an accident is the last two years"
Me: "No"
Him: "Well OK Mr [surname], I need to tell you that we believe you are entitled to compensation for this accident"
Me: Laughs
Him: "We are you making fun of me? I am in Investigating Officer and we've found you have been cleared of fault in an accident and we'd like to send you a cheque for £2,000"
Me: "Oh wow, that's great and it really sounds legit (in sarcastic manner)"
Him: "It is Mr [surname], we have investigated the RTA you were involved with and found you innocent of any fault."
Me: "Oh well I must say this sounds really genuine, please carry on (again sarcastically)"
Him: "Yes well I am ringing because...."
...at this point I hung up. I was going to string him along for a bit more but couldn't be bothered in case it's one of those calls that charged you just for answering.
He hasn't phoned back.
Now whilst my dad is pretty savvy to these kind of things and they don't answer withheld or international calls it still annoys the hell out of me that there are people on this planet that would happily try and scam a man in his 70s (a pensioner no less) out of his money. The fact I answered 'No' to all his security questions and yet he carried on was the giveaway (as well as the Indian accent and withheld number). Oh well the call was fun whilst it lasted.
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