Be Aware - SPAM call from VM Technical Department
20-12-2020, 15:50
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Re: Be Aware - SPAM call from VM Technical Department
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VM doesn't call anyone.
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I think they do - to try and sell you more services. Then again, they want you to verify with specific password characters, which I flatly refuse to do [as they called me, not the other way round] so I have no proof they were genuine VM calls.
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20-12-2020, 16:00
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Re: Be Aware - SPAM call from VM Technical Department
I had an email from VM support says my DD had failed (which it had not) and I should contact support at xxx.gmail.com, I just deleted it
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20-12-2020, 16:00
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Re: Be Aware - SPAM call from VM Technical Department
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Originally Posted by Paul
I think they do - to try and sell you more services. Then again, they want you to verify with specific password characters, which I flatly refuse to do [as they called me, not the other way round] so I have no proof they were genuine VM calls.
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Same with me, in fact I ask them for my account number for security reasons  , usually ends in an information exchange stalemate and the call ends.
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20-12-2020, 17:43
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Re: Be Aware - SPAM call from VM Technical Department
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Originally Posted by Paul
I think they do - to try and sell you more services. Then again, they want you to verify with specific password characters, which I flatly refuse to do [as they called me, not the other way round] so I have no proof they were genuine VM calls.
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All I can say then I must be lucky because I've not been called by VM for simply ages. I mostly get emails or post from them. If I have an issue I phone them or I contact via the website.
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23-12-2020, 19:34
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Re: Be Aware - SPAM call from VM Technical Department
I no longer say hello when i answer the phone, if i then get a voice saying they are from (insert ISP here) i say Hello welcome to the broadband support line for (insert the name of the company they say they are from). The confusion is fantastic. i try to keep it going as long as i can so they are not bothering someone else
I do like watching this guy take them to pieces
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC9...hx5NdctLBx5X7w
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24-12-2020, 10:08
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Re: Be Aware - SPAM call from VM Technical Department
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Originally Posted by Skie
Erm yes they do. They even call you asking for your account password* to prove it's you just so they can then try to sell you junk.
*Used to be the full password, now they at least ask for some different characters.
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Correct! They ask you for specific characters, like 2nd, 5th, 10th. I'm not sure how useful it is to nick anyone's password though. Mine never works on the telephone. 
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