Prank / fraud calls of recent

Premchand1976 · Postby **Premchand1976** » May 8th, 2018, 1:46 pm

Got a call last Friday and when I called back, no answer , only background music.

Got the call today and a person with a foreign english accent told me about some money I owed ( sound like they said Scotiabank ) and how I intend to repay it.......

Funny thing is.....I DONT BANK WITH SCOTIA.

Any suggestions in dealing with this and preventing others from being scammed ?

skylinechild · Postby **skylinechild** » May 8th, 2018, 1:53 pm

Premchand1976 wrote:Got a call last Friday and when I called back, no answer , only background music.

Got the call today and a person with a foreign english accent told me about some money I owed ( sound like they said Scotiabank ) and how I intend to repay it.......

Funny thing is.....I DONT BANK WITH SCOTIA.

Any suggestions in dealing with this and preventing others from being scammed ?

take number and go to service provider.... OR do what i do.... dont answer private #'s...

Premchand1976 · Postby **Premchand1976** » May 8th, 2018, 1:55 pm

It's a local coded cellphone number.....when I call back, they pick up the call but saying nothing......before, they had background music playing only. Already spoke to provider, checkin dat tmrw for me

Les Bain · Postby **Les Bain** » May 8th, 2018, 1:59 pm

Got a similar text from "Scotia" yesterday but I don't bank with them.

hydroep · Postby **hydroep** » May 8th, 2018, 2:05 pm

Some phishing going on WRT Scotiabank...received a text from 447839758556 yesterday stating:

Scotiabank Alert: We have blocked your access to your ScotiaCard. Please click here to unblock your account:

http://scotiabankmobile.com

I don't bank with Scotia either...

Premchand1976 · Postby **Premchand1976** » May 8th, 2018, 2:07 pm

Got this about 2-3 weeks aback as well. Might just go in to Scotia and report it and ask for ah interest free loan...for my troubles.....

X-Axis · Postby **X-Axis** » May 8th, 2018, 2:08 pm

They're amping up their efforts.

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » May 8th, 2018, 2:12 pm

You know how many prizes I won.......for a competition I didn't take part in.......in England?

airuma · Postby **airuma** » May 8th, 2018, 2:40 pm

I got the same "scotia bank" msg today from 447839757775

88sins · Postby **88sins** » May 8th, 2018, 3:42 pm

Morpheus wrote:You know how many prizes I won.......for a competition I didn't take part in.......in England?

If you kno how nice I feel to kno that I alone could help a generous Nigerian prince keep his money & that he would pay me to do it :wink:

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » May 8th, 2018, 3:47 pm

LoL ent. Send $5,000 to collect you $5,000,000 prize. What?

redmanjp · Postby **redmanjp** » May 8th, 2018, 5:14 pm

447 is from UK but are used to forward calls so it can be from anywhere including Nigeria. I think scotiabank in t&t has an ad about phishing so maybe they aware of a trend whch uses their name

Bareback · Postby **Bareback** » May 8th, 2018, 6:04 pm

It's called a reverse fee scam, sounds like it's combined with roaming fraud as well.

Premchand1976 · Postby **Premchand1976** » May 8th, 2018, 6:08 pm

Morpheus wrote:LoL ent. Send $5,000 to collect you $5,000,000 prize. What?

Ah told them to take their fees from my winnings......and send the rest

rspann · Postby **rspann** » May 8th, 2018, 6:17 pm

I know a woman send all her savings to a rich man from Nigeria . When he come to marry her he is going to repay her all and she will live happily ever after. If you see the pic how handsome he is.

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » May 8th, 2018, 6:19 pm

Premchand1976 wrote:
Morpheus wrote:LoL ent. Send $5,000 to collect you $5,000,000 prize. What?
Ah told them to take their fees from my winnings......and send the rest

I don't see what so hard in that! LoL. Smh

RedVEVO · Postby **RedVEVO** » May 8th, 2018, 6:22 pm

airuma wrote:I got the same "scotia bank" msg today from 447839757775

Everybody getting that call .. :shock:

Just block or ignore and continue drinking that beastly cold Sangria :roll:

ProtonPowder · Postby **ProtonPowder** » May 8th, 2018, 10:51 pm

Once last year i wake in the morning to find a missed call from a strange foreign number

Googled the area code and found out it was from Poland. Turns out its one of those expensive toll lines (think along the lines of $20/minute erotic phonelines) that send out mass calls and try to keep you on so your bill runs up/credit runs out.

thelem-again · Postby **thelem-again** » May 9th, 2018, 1:07 pm

Premchand1976 wrote:Got a call last Friday and when I called back, no answer , only background music.

Got the call today and a person with a foreign english accent told me about some money I owed ( sound like they said Scotiabank ) and how I intend to repay it.......

Funny thing is.....I DONT BANK WITH SCOTIA.

Any suggestions in dealing with this and preventing others from being scammed ?

I would have engaged them because I like those kinds of things once I have the free time.
Ask a set of rhetorical questions. Frustrate them with sarcastic answers.
They would never call again.

Happened to me once when the "Canadian Embassy" called me to say I qualify for citizenship and I have to pay an application fee. Had them on the phone for a good hour + whilst i was driving in traffic. Gave them 5 fake random Credit Card numbers and kept telling them try this one and that.