OK, so how does True Call work? I can only think that it has to check the numbers you have in your phone and not let anything through, unless you have that number as a contact or on either of those lists you mention below. Is this right? Carol P ----- Original Message ----- From: john gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 3.38 pm Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning > > > hi there well i have dyson as one of my stared callers so it would not be > blocked this is the beauty of true call you can create a stared list or a zap > list so if the caller is not a stared list it asks them to say their number. > then truecall rings you and ask if you want to accept their call. of course > they will say who they are but all these idiots ringing will not go that far > so you just do not get the hassall of even hearing that they ring you the > best thing i have done since my last win at chess smile but no being serious > it really has made a big difference to not getting silly calls. again if it > was the hospital when truecall asks them for the number and who they are then > again you have the choice whether you anser it or not. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eleanor Martha Burke <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 3.29 pm > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning > > > > I understand where you are coming from John but for instance I had a > withheld phone call this afternoon and it was from Dyson who are coming to > repair my cleaner tomorrow morning. Now if I ignored the call then I would > miss out on the appointment. Likewise hospitals tend to withhold their > numbers. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "john gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 11.07 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Computer Scam: Warning > > > > hi there this is why should should use true call this is one of my zapped > > numbers they are trying to get clever now and showing there number. i > > never ever pick the phone up to this kind of number or person and it is a > > shame open reach cannot stop it and we have to buy extra tools to do so. i > > was getting 4 or five calls per day some were genuen piano tuning calls > > but again never ever answer them i say. these people are getting very very > > clever it can be very scarey though but now for me i do not get these > > calls because of true call. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: Access UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Monday, 11 August 2014 10.59 am > > Subject: [access-uk] Computer Scam: Warning > > > 0was > 0was > 0was Hi Everyone > 0was > 0was I know most of us know about these scams, but I thought I would share my > 0was experience of one. I have to confess that I did not just put the phone > 0was down, which I should have done, as I was intrigued to see how things > 0was would go. > 0was > 0was An Asian gentleman rang up last Friday afternoon. He knew my surname and > 0was initial, which is the same as my husband's. He knew our address. > 0was > 0was I asked for his phone number which was > 0was 02033 180712 > 0was > 0was He said his company was > 0was Windows Technical Department > 0was Windows Service Centre > 0was > 0was He said he was investigating a cyber security breach and needed to > 0was change our computer licence. He gave me the following licence number: > 0was > 0was 888DCA60-FC0A-11CF-8F0F-00C04FD7D062 > 0was > 0was He said I should type Assoc from the DOS Command line to see if this > 0was number was correct. > 0was > 0was I put the phone down and did some work with Google. I found an article > 0was on the net which contained this same licence key and a very similar > 0was phone number. > 0was > 0was My computer also has this key. It is shown on a line beginning > 0was > 0was $diszfsendtotarget7clsid > 0was > 0was When he rang back I told him what I had found and he evinced surprise. > 0was > 0was He then said that if I did not let him give me a new licence key he > 0was would take the current key away and my computer would not work again. > 0was This would happen in 3 hours. > 0was > 0was I told him he was talking rubbish and he said if I thought he was a scam > 0was he could not help me. > 0was > 0was I have found out from a Technical Support person at Eset that the > 0was licence keys are issued by MicroSoft to different manufacturers. So Dell > 0was have one, Acer have another, and so on. > 0was > 0was Needless to say, I am sending this message from my PC 3 days later. > 0was > 0was I think some people could be rather upset if they were told their > 0was machines would not work with their current licence key. > 0was > 0was Pele West > 0was > 0was > 0was ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > 0was ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > 0was ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > 0was ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 0was ** and in the Subject line type > 0was ** unsubscribe > 0was ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > 0was ** immediately-following link:- > 0was ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > 0was ** or send a message, to > 0was ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > 0was > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** unsubscribe > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > > ** immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > > ** or send a message, to > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > A Carol P ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq