148 calls · 2,307 minutes wasted · 0 scams that worked
The call log
Every call the line has ever run, newest first, with the flags the Fraud Desk found. Nothing was gained in any of them.
No real company will ask you to let them into your computer over the phone to fix a warning on your screen.
No real support line needs remote access to fix a fault, and urgency is the pressure, not the proof.
No real company calls out of the blue about a virus on your computer and asks to look at it remotely.
A real company never refunds you too much and asks you to send the difference back in vouchers.
A refund you never asked for is bait. No real company needs remote access to your computer to return your own money.
A warning that appears on your screen and gives you a number to call is bait, not a real alert.
A real support line never says it must look at your system right now, and a genuine company does not hand you to a senior technician to pressure you.
No real company calls out of the blue about warnings on your computer, and none needs remote access to fix them.
A real refund never needs you to send money back, and no caller needs to see how you pay your bills.
A real company never asks you to let it into your computer to send you a refund, and real refunds are not secrets.
A warning that appears on your screen cannot phone you, and no real company needs remote access to fix it.
A real support desk does not cold-call you, pass you to a supervisor and ask to look at your machine.
No real company calls about warnings on your computer, and none of them needs to look at it.
No real company refunds you too much money and asks you to send the difference back, and a surprise bonus for cooperating is bait.
No real company calls you out of the blue to hand you a refund, and none needs to look at your computer to send it.
A red warning on your screen is not a phone number, and a real company cannot see your computer unless you let it in.
A real support service does not hand you to a supervisor who needs remote access before you have asked for any help.
No real company will cold-call you about warnings on your computer and ask to look at it remotely.
A real company never asks you to send a refund back as shop-top-up cards, and never says the books close this afternoon.
A real company never needs to look inside your computer to release a refund, and any refund that comes with a secrecy rule is a trap.
A warning on your screen is not a phone call, so never ring the number it shows or let anyone talk you into remote access.
A real company will not need to look at your computer today to fix a flag on your account.
A real company does not cold-call about warnings on your computer and ask to look at it while you are near the machine.
No real company ever asks you to pay a refund back with shop vouchers or read out a code.
A refund you did not ask for is a hook, and no real company needs remote access to your screen to give you money back.
A warning that arrives with a phone number to call is fake. Real companies do not phone you about a pop-up you did not ask for.
A real support line will not need remote access to a machine while refusing to name the problem first.
No company can see faults on your computer before you tell them about any, and none needs to be let in to fix one.
A refund you never asked for is not a refund, and no real accounts team needs it back before the books close.
No real company needs remote access to your computer to send you a refund, and anyone who asks you to keep it secret is not on your side.
A warning on your screen is not from a company, and no real one needs remote access to fix it.
No real support line needs to see your computer, and a supervisor appearing to fix a colleague's mistake is part of the script.
No real company calls out of the blue about warnings on your computer, and none needs to be let onto it.
A real refund never needs you to send money back or read out a voucher reference, so treat any refund that asks you to pay as a scam.
No real company asks to look inside your screen to release a refund you never requested.
A warning on your screen is not a phone call, and nobody who is genuinely helping needs to look inside your computer from their end.
Real tech support does not call you out of the blue and ask to get onto your computer.
No real company calls out of the blue to fix your computer, and none needs remote access to do it.
No real company will ask you to pay back a refund with shop vouchers or rush you before a deadline.
No real company needs remote access to your computer to release a refund or credit you did not ask for.
A pop-up that gives you a phone number is not a warning from a real company, and no support team needs to be let onto your machine to clear it.
No real support desk needs to look at your computer, and urgency is the tell, so hang up and call back on a number you find yourself.
A real company will not cold-call you and ask to look at your computer. Unsolicited warnings from your own machine are the setup, not the news.
No real company asks you to buy vouchers and read out the code to fix a refund error.
No real company needs to look at your computer to give you money back, and a real one would never ask you to keep it quiet.
A warning on your screen is not a phone call, and no real support line will ask to look inside your machine from theirs.
No real company will pressure you to let them look at your computer before a deadline that expires.
No real monitoring service rings you out of the blue about warnings it says are coming from your computer.
No real company needs to see your screen or be repaid by an unusual method to fix a refund error.
No real company needs to look at your screen to give you a refund, and a refund bigger than the bill is the bait.
A red warning on your screen is not a phone call, and no real company needs remote access to fix it.
A real company will never need remote access to your machine just to check an account, so a request to look is the moment to hang up.
A real company will never call out of the blue and ask for remote access to your computer to fix a problem you did not report.
No real company asks you to buy vouchers from a shop and read out the codes to settle a refund.
No real company reverses a charge or pays a reward by asking for remote access to your computer, and no legitimate refund needs to be kept secret.
A warning on your screen is not a phone call. Real help never begins with a stranger asking to get into your machine.
A real support line will not cold-call about a fault and ask to look at your computer.
No real company calls out of the blue about warnings on your computer, and none needs to look inside it to fix them.
No real company asks you to send money by voucher or transfer counter to fix a refund mistake on your account.
A surprise refund that needs remote access to your computer is not a refund, it is a request for your money.