topic Call spamming me in Sky Mobile

Call spamming me

OnlyWolfie — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:59:28 GMT

I keep getting phoned by sky about a new SIM card. yet I've already told them several times to stop calling me and that I'll sort that out at a later date because cause I'm waiting for a call from the hospital for an appointment to get my brain surgery because I had a motorcycle accident in August and yet sky is refusing to listen to me. I need my phone available because I got doctors phoning me everyday and appointments being made including the fact I'm on lots of morphine. This nonstop calling me about SIM cards is frustrating me

Re: Call spamming me

caesarome — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:04:19 GMT

@OnlyWolfie

That call will not be from Sky as there a lots of these SIM card type caps going around from scammers who probably want to get access to your financial details so just hang up next time they call.

Re: Call spamming me

63johnw — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:05:01 GMT

Hi @OnlyWolfie this is probably a scam that's doing the rounds and won't be sky calling you.

Re: Call spamming me

TimmyBGood — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:00:53 GMT

@OnlyWolfie wrote:

I keep getting phoned by sky about a new SIM card. yet I've already told them several times to stop calling me and that I'll sort that out at a later date

Any unsolicited call supposedly 'from Sky' about having to replace a Sky SIM to maintain service, the end of 4G, an offer of a 30% / 40% discount or a 'free Apple watch' is absolutely a criminal scam. Because you've indicated a willingness to believe them (and realistically that your judgement may be impaired by medication) they are unfortunately very likely to be unpleasantly persistent.

The aim is to get you to reveal enough Sky account details that expensive hardware (typically iPhones) can be ordered for delivery from Sky to your home address, which the scammers will then attempt to intercept, collect by courier or have you return to their (bogus) office location to 'rectify the mistake'.

You'll find multiple similar posts in this forum: there's obviously at least one sizeable operation conducting the fraud.