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Phone scam ?

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  • 22-02-2016 6:36pm
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    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭


    Hello,
    Perhaps the wrong place to post but not sure where.

    Getting 4 calls a day saying this is "Eircom" and there is a virus etc on your computer blah blah. I am not with "Eir" either so I am pretty certain it's a scam - perhaps they are calling Galway just ?
    Anyway It is/will drive me/family nuts, anyone know of a way to bar the calls ? Or just get it to stop ?
    I have done the "have fun with them wasting their time" but now it is actually just causing stress.

    Any advice would be of help.


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    beardybrewer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭beardybrewer


    We used to get about 4 calls a day from India saying it was Microsoft running a similar scam. I also had my fun with them and once even lost my temper so they called nonstop for hours until I had to unplug the phone for a few hours until they gave up (DoS attack). The only solution that works is to stop answering and let the machine pick up. Their software seems to detect this, hang up, and move on. They kept calling for several weeks but eventually their software figures out bad numbers and dropped us off their list. Never get calls like that now, but we still screen and tbh expect friends/family would call our mobiles anyway.


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    esforum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭esforum


    jogdish wrote: »
    Hello,
    Perhaps the wrong place to post but not sure where.

    Getting 4 calls a day saying this is "Eircom" and there is a virus etc on your computer blah blah. I am not with "Eir" either so I am pretty certain it's a scam - perhaps they are calling Galway just ?
    Anyway It is/will drive me/family nuts, anyone know of a way to bar the calls ? Or just get it to stop ?
    I have done the "have fun with them wasting their time" but now it is actually just causing stress.

    Any advice would be of help.

    eir is a new one on me, was Microsoft when I got em. Why would Eir be calling about a computer? Thats just bad scamming, the damn amateurs

    The number that comes up is fake, they are based god knows where so no, very little but if you strong them along and give an excuse for silence on the phone while you check the password or whatever, they get the message. Your phone number will eventually fall off whatever list is doing the rounds.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Yeah is a scam alright, and not just in Galway.
    See any of these threads.

    http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057231296
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057387160
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056942633


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