Scams...

[redmist6]

Just thought i'd make you aware of a phone scam which was tried on me today.....you've maybe heard of it - i had'nt!
A company called Anderson Smythe called me on my mobile and addressed me as my business name claiming to have spoken to me a couple of months ago concerning a Tile Safety Awareness book and asking if my postcode was where i'd like it sending....now, as i was halfway through grouting up with some grey Superflex i did'nt have time for niceties and just said yes, having not even recalled a conversation on said subject..5 minutes later another call again with a blocked number came up, same company but a fella speaking...so i asked him what it was all about and apparently i had agreed in February to sponsor a Child Abuse Awareness booklet (different subject) and to have my business details printed up on the back. So, 60 booklets were on their way to me, all printed up, to be distributed to local schools...all for the sum of £380.00...Obviously i denied all knowledge and was transferred to the original girl who 'confirmed' our conversation in Feb..I told her i had no recollection, but, because the original phonecall was recorded it was a verbal contract (lol) and to deal with the invoice when it arrives..
Now, I can only assume she got my details from my website because she sucked me in with the tile association..Having spoken with the police and Googled this company I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, but from what i've read there are a lot of people that have been sucked in and parted with money because these booklets do actually arrive!!......Anyway, if you get a call from Anderson Smythe.....you know what to do!!


Red.

[whitebeam]

If I answer a call like that I go straight on the defensive, more chance of getting blood out of a stone

[hillhead]

Thanks Red,i'll not print what i think of these people!
I was scammed last year and was very lucky to get my money back !!!!!

[peckers]

I had something similiar about 4 yrs ago they said the call had been recorded with me agreeing to pay for similiar thing so i asked to here the so said recorded call and if it was me then i would pay, never got a copy off the recorded call and they never got there money, scammers

[macten]

If I'm working I always have the radio on and I just place my phone next to it and waste their money

[Colour Republic]

This was tried on me for the first time three years ago, since then I have had a number of calls along the same lines. Over this time it has included local schools, the fire brigade, hospitals and the police!. Even though the numbers have been withheld your phone provider will be able to track it and i've logged this as a crime twice with them but after speaking to the police and trading standards it only becomes a crime IF they send you an invoice until then it is just hearsay.

Scam????? Scum more like!!!

[CJ]

Had soo many of these kind of calls now. Fraid they all get the same response.........and I can't type it out on here. but fair to say it involves a lot of swearing

[doug boardley]

I always say that I'm a lawyer, not a tiler, they soon hang up then

[scott23]

I had exactly the same phone call. I started to question the call they said took place in february, that didn't happen. I then asked to speak to her boss and she put the phone down on me.SCAM!

[merlecollins]

I got a similar scam attampt on me about 4 years ago, saying I had agreed to an advert on a European Guide to Newcastle CD....

I got the CD and all sorts of threatening letters.....

I took them to my solicitor and surprisingly never heard from them again

[Daz]

I usually wait for them to draw breath and then ask them to confirm everything in an email so that I can review when I'm not up to my eyes in rapid set. I've never had to give my email address, yet, 'cos the phone goes down so quick .