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Unknown | Report | 16 Nov 2004 13:25 |
Hi all, Yesterday I had a phone call to say I had definitely won £20,000. I was supposed to phone the number above. Needless to say I didn't until I had checked. Today I overheard a woman waiting at the Hospital for a blood test say she had been told she had won £5,000. She phoned the number and was kept talking for some time. It turns out she was phoning someone in Portugal at a high rate. Just another Scam. Be warned everyone. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. Jim |
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Merlin | Report | 16 Nov 2004 14:24 |
What I do with most of the junk mail is,Remove my Name and address,Then swap the contents into their Prepaid ones and send them all back to the various destiations,It must cost them a bomb. Hal. |
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* Bridget * | Report | 16 Nov 2004 15:02 |
I recently started doing the same as harold as I hate junk mail, it might not stop it but it makes me feel better. |
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Ramblin Rose | Report | 16 Nov 2004 15:09 |
I do exactly the same as Harold |
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Shirley | Report | 16 Nov 2004 15:32 |
My husband was phoned to say he had won a phone. He said "ok send it to me". "Oh no is not as easy as that" "If I have won a phone send it to me " This went on till they got fed up and hung up. Everytime they rang he said the same thing. "Send it to me". This went on for a few weeks. Different people calling sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. He found it quite amusing. I dont know why they thought he needed a new phone. The one they were calling was working quite well! Shirley |
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Sean | Report | 16 Nov 2004 15:47 |
what i do with junk mail is fill out gibberish on the forms etc then post them back to them in the envelope kindly provided |
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Ramblin Rose | Report | 16 Nov 2004 16:38 |
jIM,I've had a think about this during the day nd I think there is a number you can ring to report this type of scam.The Police might be interested to have it too,Thanks for alerting us Rose |
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Winter Drawers Ever Near | Report | 16 Nov 2004 17:11 |
My green wheelie bin is filled to the brim with junk mail every week. I' getting my revenge on some of them who are silly enough to send me a prepaid envelope. I do the same. Fill it with junk and send it back. Childish I know, but it makes me feel good. Our poor posties are lugging more junk mail around than post these days. More profitable I hear. I like having the local newspapers but even they are getting filled with the stuff. How many rain forests are left on this planet? Capital One I don't mind as I keep the pen and send them the junk too. |
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Unknown | Report | 16 Nov 2004 17:35 |
I have reported this one to the Police. Their advice is that if it sounds too good to be true it probably isn't. |
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McAnne's Gahan-Crazy | Report | 16 Nov 2004 17:53 |
Try this website:- www(.)mpsonline(.)org(.)uk It's the Mail Preference Service - you will also see a link to TPS - Telephone Preference Service - both designed to combat exactly all of these nuisances. I registered with TPS, take about 28 days to have full effect, but I havent had a single unsolicited phone call since :)) Now I can eat my tea and watch tv without constantly being disturbed by cold callers .............. PS. There's even FPS for faxes!! |