18-07-2021, 01:19 PM
(17-07-2021, 10:40 AM)colly0410 Wrote: Had a call saying my virgin router had been hacked, I said "this is the police station, do you have a problem?" He then called me a "mother f-----" & he then admitted he was a scammer & in India & that you English police can't do anything about it. It was an 0161 Manchester number & have not had another call since...
The silly thing about anything like this is that in impersonating a police officer or law official you are commiting an offence that maybe the genuine police would regard as far more serious than that of the scammer in the first place. In my view we are in a no win situation until the telecom companies are held to account for the criminal behaviour they allow on their systems.
International companies need no refuge either.
Tracy
