scam calls

[Curty27]

I have had 3 calls today from Sky telling me that sky are giving 40percent discount to custiomers, caller didnt even ask my name or nothing about my sky package.

01208 

01258

01869

All of the above have now been blocked on my mobile but would be interested to see if any other customers receive these calls

[daveNOS]

@Curty27 I get them a couple of times a month, it varies who they claim to be(Sky,Virgin Media and EE aswell several mobile companies) all use the same script and offer various tech items for free(or in the case of mobile companies try to scare you into believing your sim will stop working in a few days) to try and seal the deal.

[Daniel0210]

@Curty27 

They try to obtain sufficient information to be able to order expensive mobile devices under your name which Sky innocently deliver to you.

The scammers would then recontact you (again claiming to be Sky) saying they have made a mistake and for you to send it to a (non Sky) address. If you did that they then have the device and you have the bill.

They are very cunning. They may send packaging to post the item (to them) or might even send a 'courier' to collect it.

See this link

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

With any calls from 'Sky' (especially unexpected calls) if the caller asks for your previously agreed telephone password to confirm you're the account holder (which I would expect a genuine Sky agent to do) initially give an INCORRECT one on purpose. If the caller doesn't challenge it then you know it'll likely be a scam call.

[cuke]

If you register your phone number(s) here https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ the number of calls reduce. In my case drastically.