The crowd in Tunisia can’t get enough of me
I’ve gotten 2 of these calls since. My record is 10 mins I’ve kept them on the line.
The app they try to get you to download is called ‘Quick Support’. Unfortunately for them I always seem to have so much hassle downloading everything. They’re quite patient when they think I’m a pure gobshite.
The pretend you’re a gobshite to drag out a conversation trick is working a charm for @glenshane over on the Russia v Ukraine thread.
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Text from AIB reporting suspicious activity. I do NOT have an AIB account
Any activity is fairly suspicious then, no?
This is fairly sophisticated effort
The power of the word “mam” can disarm the majority of Irish women but bells should have been ringing when she read the “do you have a quick moment now?” line, classic scammer talk.
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The fucking Moldovans are at me now
They’ll have their hands full next month when they are busy trying to stop Putin from liberating the Transvestites.
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Being fucking plagued by these cunts the last few days. I wouldn’t mind but it’s a fucking dreadful attempt at a scam.
They are probably saying “it’s only Horsebox, no need to use the sophisticated scam lads”
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He is on a list from the last time they caught him
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AIB sent out this email
Don’t put your bank card in a taxi
This may sound like a strange idea, but it shows the lengths fraudsters will go to get their hands on your card.
We’ve heard about cases where a fraudster, pretending to be from AIB, calls or texts you to tell you your card details are already in the wrong hands of criminals and we (AIB) have arranged for a taxi to collect your card from you.
Here’s the scam:
A genuine taxi arrives, collects the card, and innocently delivers it into the hands of a real criminal. They now have access to the money in your account.
Here’s the truth:
While we may call you if we see suspicious activity on your card, we will never ask you for your card back.
We will never send a taxi to collect the card.
We will never ask you to click on a link.
Here’s what to do:
If you get a call about suspicious activity on your card and the call sounds strange in any way, just hang up. You can also freeze your card or cancel it online.
Given the complete lack of inter-face activity in banks today there must be vast swathes of the day consumed with hi-jinx in the “back office” department. God knows what the randy bastards get up to.
I’d imagine there are some lurid stories out there……
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This follows on from a Claire Byrne feature on scamming the other night. Some lass working in financial services fell for the “pop your card in an envelope and we’ll send a taxi around to collect it” scam.
Anyone ever hear of this crowd?
Lady outside Aldi in Bayside asking for used receipts for “market research”. Given that the first 8 digits of every Mastercard in the country is the same and the last 4 digits are printed on the receipt I’d say the research is to figure out the missing 4 digits.
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I’d say you’d be waiting a long long time to see a Mastercard in Aldi or anywhere??
But that sounds like an unbelievable situation that you’ve outlined
Doesn’t everyone pay by card now though?