Monster supra Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Today I recieved a letter from SRJ Dept recoveries They got my name & address correct I googled the phone number & found out its a telepest number I have read many posts elswhere about this & still not sure what to do! SRJ are a legal company But dont want to ring it incase it is a scam. The letter said : We have made enquiries for confirmation of your current place of residence, information has been received confirming that your address details have changed to this address. Due to data protection legislation details of the account are not included in this letter. Please call immediatly 08453137203, quoting the above refrence for more information. Yours Sincerely (poorly scanned squigly signature) SRJ What do you guys think Sounds dodgy to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra N_A Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 ahh its you nut nut from uksc lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Ring them, when they want to "confirm that it's you" simply give them false information (other than your address and what they have already said they have from the letter you got). Basically lie about everything that they don't know. If they say that the information you are giving them is correct then that's a sure sign that they are at it. I used to do this regularly with the "your paypal account may have been compromised" type emails. I would log in with various insulting usernames and passwords, each time I was thanked for logging in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Ring them what if there's a massive charge for the call? That's one of the ways this sort of scam makes money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 what if there's a massive charge for the call? That's one of the ways this sort of scam makes money. He said he googled it and found it's a telepest no, I should have said to ring the non 0845 variant but I don't see this as being the angle here. Use the work phone Is there not a cap on 0845 numbers anyway? I thought it was 10p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 what if there's a massive charge for the call? That's one of the ways this sort of scam makes money. Good point, it is an 0845 number... use a work phone then Are you expecting a letter from them? If not then don't worry, if you are worried then write to them. A name and address can be easily retrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster supra Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Looking like a scam Read elsewhere that when they rang the number that they heard laughing in the background & they hung up on peis ople when they couldnt get any info like D.O.B Only post here for your views on this Cheers guys ahh its you nut nut from uksc lol Yeah mate How you been ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Plethora Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 You should file that right in the bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 As above, or call them and pretend to be their bank/building society? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 We have a circular cabinet that I can file that letter in if you want. If you haven't heard of them or are expecting anything from them, then I would bin the letter. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08453137203 End of thread..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08453137203 End of thread..!! Yeah I spotted that earlier. I would still ring them though, just for funsies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I got a similar one a year or so back from these jokers. Bunch of chancers, bin it and forget it. http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?64943 read this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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