Fraud/Scam warning for those seeking help on here

[Doony]

Mods if this is the wrong place place or is a known issue then feel free to move/delete etc.

I posted details of a connection problem on here earlier today. Quickly got a private message, supposedly from Vodafone asking for a good time and number to call to resolve issue. With my eagerness to resolve the issue, I foolishly responded and got a call.

I'm the kind of guy that doesn't trust anyone but as we are all now so used to script based overseas call centres, weird time wasting waffle and poor communication doesn't in itself ring alarm bells anymore.  The bells did start to ring eventually though and a call to Voadfone's fraud department confirmed it was a scam attempt.

So at risk of stating the obvious, don't supply contact details or call any numbers you receive through the message service on here, no matter how desperate you are to fix any issues!

[Tal]

Hey @Doony, thank you for flagging this issue to us. We we always recommend customer to check the number calling them or the number given if it is Vodafone or someone else, this can be done here.