Aargh I got scammed! So cross with myself!!

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Had loads of weird calls from mobile numbers similar to mine and I knew I’d be at risk but then I saw a message from dpd saying I’d missed a delivery (which I was waiting for) while I was on a zoom call then rushed through the website link. I put my credit card info in and hope to god I didn’t put in my bank info.

Then it linked my to dpd U.K. and I thought NO!! Omg!! I’m not in the U.K.!!

I stopped the card immediately and called my U.K. bank as it was my U.K. credit card but I’m now a bit worried about my bank account and my mobile number. That they’ll have “marked me”

Any advice, similar experiences l, rage against criminals n internet providers that don’t stop this or just plain old sympathy for my stupidity v v welcome!!

Money Box on Radio 4 did a piece on this fraud recently.

It starts with you putting your credit card details into the parcel delivery site.

Later in the day you get a call from “your banks fraud department” to tell you something odd is going on on your account. They spoof the caller line identification so it looks as if the call is genuinely from your bank. They do not ask you to transfer money but request the cvc and expiry date on your credit card.

They then use the card to buy high value items. So Beware!

@UhtredRagnarson

I’ve had the DPD scam several times and it’s always when I’ve actually ordered something. I’m starting to wonder how these scammers know I have ordered things? Have the companies I’ve ordered from been hacked or are selling my info?

My parents said exactly the same thing. It's really worrying - a transaction seems to trigger a call.

Ask your bank to put a stop over any item over a certain amount and to flag up your details as high alert on fraud-they may have your address too. Change your mobile number as well.

I once had a £1 deduct and then they tried to repeatedly take amount from £30 -£50 until the overdraft limit was reached. No idea how they scammed my card.

Sorry my spelling and grammar has vanished with my common sense - don’t know what’s got into me this weekend

I was really tired and clicked on a Hermes text link about redelivery of a parcel. I got as far as putting in name, address, phone number although date of birth made me think twice, the next part was card info to pay small delivery fee so I knew then was scam. I felt really stupid and uncomfortable that I'd now linked my phone number to my contact info

I always find scams harder to spot on a smartphone than on a laptop/PC because there are fewer verifiable details on display. At least with an email, however convincing it may look, there are giveaways such as the sender's email address.

I was done by netflix -the day after they announced their prices going up -email said 'Dear IAAP just to notify you that your Netflix prices are changing to ....' looked really legit -confirm that you want your netflix to continue enter your password here -I entered my netflix password and then panicked and rang them -they got it changed immediately and I cancelled the card just in case and changed all my passwords -but it looked perfect like netflix except it wasn't!!

I never ever ever click links through emails now, even if they are legitimate. I go to the website and log in the long way. It’s just not worth the risk these days.

I had a scam email from “DVLA” telling me my car tax payment had failed, literally two days after I’d paid my car tax. That one made me immediately suspicious that they’d had some sort of breach.

I have been getting so many mobile calls by numbers like mine.

I did call one back because I'm stupid and the person who picked up asked why l kept calling them. I said you phoned me but she was really adamant l kept phoning her.

I then googled and apparently there is a way to do scam phonecalls that appear to come from someone elses mobile.

Surely people can't do anything with your bank details? What am I missing?

turbofuture.com/cell-phones/Telemarketers-Are-Using-My-Number-How-I-Stopped-Them

@HmmmmmmInteresting

Surely people can't do anything with your bank details? What am I missing?

This is what I was wondering. People used to put their bank details in the begging section of Private Eye every week. Has that stopped now? I know all my account numbers, card numbers etc by heart, but I can't get into them without going through other security measures. If I order something online and enter so much as the wrong house number, it gets declined. I need to understand properly what not to do! As it is, I don't make any financial transactions on my phone. I don''t trust myself not to be easily distracted.

@HmmmmmmInteresting

Surely people can't do anything with your bank details? What am I missing?

I have the same question We're always careful about shredding papers but then what could anyone do with the info?

[quote Muchmorethan]turbofuture.com/cell-phones/Telemarketers-Are-Using-My-Number-How-I-Stopped-Them[/quote]
Not sure that I'll be clicking on that

It’d be nice to get a real person occasionally so that you could yell at them to fuck OFF! before cutting them off, but alas all I get is recordings.

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER haha me too! Though then i would definitely be getting like my mother

Though I doubt she’d use the word fuck she might and the shouting at them would certainly fit!! 😂😊😂

Haven’t RTFT but apparently the “number like yours” trick has been running in US and Aus for years
(I’ve only noticed it very recently - had 4 in last week, all with different last 3 digits)

@GiantKitten

Haven’t RTFT but apparently the “number like yours” trick has been running in US and Aus for years (I’ve only noticed it very recently - had 4 in last week, all with different last 3 digits)

Is there a sinister implication with the similar number?

I feel like fraud is being encouraged. Trying to set up a Monzo account, it needs uploads of a biometric passport.

@CarmelBeach

GiantKitten
Haven’t RTFT but apparently the “number like yours” trick has been running in US and Aus for years
(I’ve only noticed it very recently - had 4 in last week, all with different last 3 digits)

Is there a sinister implication with the similar number?

It’s psychology.
None of the numbers that show as the caller are genuine anyway. They know many people won’t pick up an unknown number, but if they use a number that your brain “recognises” (especially now most of us don’t know anybody’s number any more, because our phones save them all) you’re more likely to pick it up and then they think they have a better chance of a response.

@gamerchick

If I remember right, this particular scam involves another phone call from your 'bank's fraud department'. Just be on your guard for it.

^ this - it happened to me. I hung up on the “bank” and they had the nerve to try to phone back.

Watch out for unknown callers phoning you that appear to be coming from your local telephone code eg if you were in Leamington you'd see 01926 123123.

"Hmm who's that?"

"Don't recognise the number, but oh god it might be my doctor dentist school nursery. I'd better answer!"

You're more inclined to answer rather than just ignoring a fully unknown number. It's the psychology as a PP says.

Bastard scammy scammers.

I did exactly the same thing with a Hermes text. In my case I believed it as I had ordered some shoes and thought it related to them. Only straight afterwards I realised I hadn't had an email from Hermes and that I shouldn't normally have paid for redelivery so cancelled my card. I felt like a right idiot.

I got caught out at work once. Opened an email and attachment, apparently from a contact, it wasn't anything which aroused my suspicion. Had to "log into OneDrive" which I didn't again think anything of, as at the time the system was always asking us to put our passwords in randomly, even when we should have been logged in already. It sent similar emails to all my contacts and everyone I'd ever emailed.

I've had scam emails demanding PayPal payment. Turns out genuine PayPal emails will have your name on it. The scams were identical but had my email address not my name.

I had the exact same thing but about hermes 2 weeks ago. Luckily had read about the royal mail one on here or i may have been tempted to click on it as i was expecting an important delivery.