Yeah, I don't open unsolicited links. And when I get a call from a Service Provider (or someone claiming to be from one) I don't give them the details on their usual spiel
"Just to confirm that we are dealing with the account holder can you confirm some details for us".
I usually ask them for a phone-number where I can phone them as I've no idea that they are who they claim to be. Only ever had one caller get irate when I suggested that, who clearly wasn't who he claimed to be.
This is aside from the guys with obvious foreign accents who are informing me they are from Irish Revenue and have found I've overpaid taxes by 534 Euros and 17 cents and just need my card details to reimburse me :lol:
As I say, I'm possibly too cynical at times, and what I thought was erring possibly on being over-cautious against such scams.
But this one is very credible given the links from the official sites and it's clearly happening a lot given that yer man in the bank was able to volunteer the offending MO.
"Just to confirm that we are dealing with the account holder can you confirm some details for us".
I usually ask them for a phone-number where I can phone them as I've no idea that they are who they claim to be. Only ever had one caller get irate when I suggested that, who clearly wasn't who he claimed to be.
This is aside from the guys with obvious foreign accents who are informing me they are from Irish Revenue and have found I've overpaid taxes by 534 Euros and 17 cents and just need my card details to reimburse me :lol:
As I say, I'm possibly too cynical at times, and what I thought was erring possibly on being over-cautious against such scams.
But this one is very credible given the links from the official sites and it's clearly happening a lot given that yer man in the bank was able to volunteer the offending MO.