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Old 28th February 2019, 11:03   #1
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Just had an automated call from an 0203 number pretending to be from HMRC. The voice said that a case has been filed against me and asked to "press 1" or call back on 0203 389 6110.


Needles to say, it's a scam as HMRC do not make such outbound calls.


I also had a sextortion email recently threatening to send videos from my PC dashcam of me watching porn to all my contacts unless I deposited $1000 in an account in bitcoin. I emailed back asking that they use the juciest videos as my steert cred needs uplifting with my friends. Unfortunately, nothing has happened.
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Old 28th February 2019, 15:41   #2
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Having a web site means my email address is available, and so far I've had 18 of these sextortion scam mails. They have been from Vietnam, Morocco, Brazil, China etc. I don't have a web cam on my laptop, so these morons are not as clever as they try to make out. Surprisingly though, quite a lot of people have paid!

I report each one using the BitCoin wallet address at https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/

The addresses in the emails are spoofed, so a reply to the mail doesn't go to the original sender.
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Old 28th February 2019, 20:20   #3
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Why on earth do people pay...

Honestly.... someone must have seen them coming...


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Old 28th February 2019, 20:36   #4
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Why on earth do people pay...

Honestly.... someone must have seen them coming...


Like you Peter I don’t understand too
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I am going to ask them to send me the video so I can prove to the missus she is not wasting her time...
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Old 1st March 2019, 14:32   #6
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Honestly.... someone must have seen them coming...


Yes, that is what they are led to believe, and why they pay up!
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Yes, that is what they are led to believe, and why they pay up!
At last someone got it.... I was beginning to lose hope...
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Old 1st March 2019, 22:30   #8
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I also get it now,didn't get it for a while,as i didn't see them coming.
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its easy for them to rob older people as some are not aware of the dangers of scammers,ie pensions ,internet etc its easy money for them its a pity they cant go out and get a real job and earn a proper wage instead of scamming someone out of there life savings rgds mark
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I never speak when I answer the phone and wait for the other person. Most of the automated calls just go dead or you hear all the chatter in the background from a call centre.
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