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Posted 08 October 2018 - 02:12 PM

Simply a headsup.

I've been called about ten times today by a robo caller telling me my IP address has been compromised. Information technology's a cheesy program, as the first few words are e'er cutting off. (I but listened to it via speaker phone as the voicemail was being recorded.) It says something similar, "...and your IP accost has been compromised in several countries. It will be disconnected within forty-8 hours. To avoid this, and go a new IP address plus a free new router, printing one to exist connected to a technician."

I learned via a Google search (and another forum) that people in the UK were getting these calls last April. (The voice had an American accent). I guess the scam has "crossed the pond," as they say in merry olde England. :tophat:

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#2 britechguy

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Posted 08 October 2018 - 04:37 PM

The warning is appreciated, though I would hope these days that more than and more than people recognize that "common cold calls" telling you that anything in your dwelling house has "been compromised" in any way that does not come straight from a company you lot do business organisation with, is definitely a scam. If it does come up from someone claiming to exist from a company you lot do business concern with, give thanks them, stop the telephone call, and call the company in question to verify (or report someone trying a scam using their name).

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Posted 08 Oct 2018 - 04:48 PM

Thanks. Unfortunately, they don't identify the 'visitor' they are with and our caller ID displays our ain phone number.

Btw, on the U.k. forum I mentioned in my previous message, one of the posters said he would have liked to have asked them, "How did you match up my IP address with my phone number?"

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Posted 08 October 2018 - 05:55 PM

Well, since it is an impossibility for caller id to be legitimate if information technology'due south showing a call as originating from the same number equally the caller is on, that'due south a HUGE ruby-red flag right there.

I have caller ID and accept had two calls that appeared to be originating from my own number. That was a very expert, and simple, reason non to respond.

Scams accept tells. Some more obvious than others.

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#5 Chris Cosgrove

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Posted 08 October 2018 - 06:16 PM

Well-nigh of these scams would be funny, even hilarious, except for the fact that people proceed falling for them. An elderly acquaintance of mine got taken for nigh £1500 after he gave somebody remote access to his computer and there was a report on the BBC web-site yesterday about a pensioner in SW Scotland beingness conned out of £38,000. This one apparently was a phone scam every bit well, like to the ones referred to above.

This is why these calls take place - considering enough people autumn for them to make them profitable to the criminals who make them.

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Posted 08 Oct 2018 - 06:41 PM

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This is why these calls take identify - because enough people fall for them to make them profitable to the criminals who make them.

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Lamentable just very truthful.

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Posted 08 October 2018 - 07:25 PM

Most of the complaints I take seen for this were in the Britain and Australia. Wonder if they are making their fashion to the states now.

tommyguy, did y'all get their number by whatsoever take chances?

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Posted 09 October 2018 - 05:46 AM

We weren't able to become their number and they provided no ID. On our caller ID the number displayed was ours.

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Posted 09 October 2018 - 07:52 AM

Well the kickoff alarms ring loud when they say, "To avoid this, and get a new IP address plus a free new router, press one to be connected to a technician."

Your Router gives your NIC an IP addy under DHCP.

Hang up or severe connectedness

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear!

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Posted 12 Oct 2018 - 12:20 AM

We take spammers of our own. last calendar month my dad got a phone from an unknown number pretending to be a govt official who wan to inquire about his banking details. Luckily there was very less amount in the bank and then not much harm was washed.

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Posted 14 October 2018 - 01:22 AM

British Telecom accept a organization to forbid repeats of these scammers messages. Immediately after receiving ane, dial 1572 this will enable you to put the number that terminal chosen you lot into a junk file. Information technology tin't be done if the number that called you is "unavailable" but I don't answer those anyway. I have reduced my nuisance calls a lot.

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Posted 14 October 2018 - 05:29 AM

I don't answer 'number unavailable' calls either (except in this instance the number existence displayed was our number), but they nevertheless go to voicemail. Our phone plays the voicemail as it's being recorded so we tin hear it. In the U.S. it is usually illegal for a caller to modify the system and so caller ID displays a number other than the one the call is actually originating from. This is called "Caller ID spoofing." Beneath is a quote from the Federal Communications Committee's website

Under the Truth in Caller ID Act, FCC rules prohibit anyone from transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller ID data with the intent to defraud, cause harm or wrongly obtain annihilation of value. Anyone who is illegally spoofing can face up penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation. Link

Obviously information technology is a difficult criminal offense to trace and the FCC does not have the resources to investigate individual cases.

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Posted 01 April 2019 - 12:01 PM

I too accept been getting calls from this IP scam. Except I have a phone number they called me from. I'k afraid to remember because of what it may allow them admission to. Practice you know who I tin contact to requite the number to and/or forward the message to?

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Posted 01 April 2019 - 12:13 PM

I usually press the number to get the live person and then say, "Is Dave there? I'thousand calling for Dave is he in that location?" they either hang up or say "No" when the say "no" I apologize for dialing the incorrect number and hang up.

On computer related calls my usual response is, "Please hold while I transfer you to our I.T. department" then I expect until they hang upwards.

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Posted 01 Apr 2019 - 01:24 PM

I too have been getting calls from this IP scam. Except I have a telephone number they called me from. I'chiliad afraid to call back because of what it may permit them access to. Practice you know who I can contact to give the number to and/or forward the message to?

About the just affair you can exercise is written report to the FTC's Complaint Webpage: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov

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