on 25-08-2021 09:23
I have just received a call from BT? about the speed of my internet connection. Obviously a scam?
He explained that BT supply to all IPs...He was very convincing. He gave me his details below which I told him I would share with my IP Virginmedia
ID 10844429
25-08-2021 16:09 - edited 25-08-2021 16:10
You seem to have worked this out already but (if you are after a second opinion by way of confirmation) the call was most certainly from a scammer.
on 25-08-2021 16:26
Hey @Laurance,
Welcome back to the community and thanks for taking the time to post here on our forums.
This would have been a scam call and other providers such as Sky and Talk talk use the BT network for their cabling but our broadband is provided via Virgin Media cabling.
Regards,
Steven_L
on 25-08-2021 18:23
@Laurance wrote:I have just received a call from BT? about the speed of my internet connection. Obviously a scam?
He explained that BT supply to all IPs...He was very convincing. He gave me his details below which I told him I would share with my IP VirginmediaID 10844429
Account BT 29022000Tech no 179359693181 Newgate St EC3N 4AB.....The worrying thing is when Goggled this address is indeed a BT address.
Nothing worrying about it at all, you can Google the location of BT offices, it’s not exactly a state secret; so why shouldn’t a scammer do as well, just to add a degree of ‘authentic’ to their calls? The other numbers aren’t possible to verify so are certainly just made up.
on 25-08-2021 21:00
Yes as you say. But I wanted put the word out....These people are getting cleverer by the day.
on 06-12-2021 09:02
Like wise just had a (lovely) asian lady argue with me that Im having problems with my Virginmedia via their BT network.
She wasn't to happy when I told her they don't supply Virgin. Then she was not so lovely the mouth on her wow.
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