cold call offering 30%discount

[joK11]

caller offered 30%discount for 1 year on my sky subscription. asked for my email address (which unfortunately i gave him). then apparently sent me a 6 digit code for me to use for him to be able to apply the discount. i stopped at that point , he became rather agitated so i ended the call.

a scam????

[Mark39]

@joK11 I've not heard of Sky operating in this way, that is, sending you a code to apply a discount. Most likely a scam, I'm afraid. 

[peter-marlow+1966]

I have had these calls in the  past and yes they are scam calls, if you  call sky the will have no record  of the call  most likely  and they may ask you  for the number  that called  you so they can pass it on to their scam team, they did with  me the last time i  had a call like that, when I  phoned  and checked if they had phoned  me with an offer, I did not give the scam  phone  call any info  from my account,just put the phone  down and called  sky straight  away  on their  number 

[PandJ2020]

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@Mark39 wrote:

@joK11 I've not heard of Sky operating in this way, that is, sending you a code to apply a discount. Most likely a scam, I'm afraid. 

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It's the password reset procedure.  100% scam.

By giving the caller the 6 digit code they will compromise the account.  (And then start ordering expensive mobiles etc.)

I suspect the mail says something about not giving the code to anyone...  It's quite a clever scam that many will fall for!

[caesarome]

@joK11 

I have seen a few posts on here mentioning this pin reset option and as stated above it will be a scam in an attempt to get access to your account to

order devices as per this:

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/account-takeover