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On 18/04/2022 10:04, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 09:31:14 +0100 Tom via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Tom,I notice the calls are generally during business hours - these people are trying to scam those most likely to fall for it - pensioners.Yeah, that would be me - I'm 61 and home pretty much all the time. There are several reasons I wouldn't fall for those scams; I grew up using computers - ZX81 onward. I use Linux - they nearly always target Windows. I'm not gullible - My wife is(1)Though I never answer the phone between 18:20 and 18:40 as this isNor do I. Dinner preparations, or dinner being eaten at around that time. (1) I told her there was no such word as gullible in the dictionary. We argued, until she finally dragged the dictionary off the shelf to prove me wrong. Of course I was. When I asked her what gullible means. Well..... :-)
I have also heard of scammers recording you saying the word 'yes' then taking it out of context to allege you agreed to something. I always answer the phone 'Hello?' and won't even admit it's me until they identify themselves. Then if it's a scam I hang up.
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