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On 05/04/12 18:50, Jason Witcher wrote: > On 5 April 2012 18:10, Martijn Grooten <sweetwatergeek@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:sweetwatergeek@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Keith Abraham wrote: > > Just a phone call from someone claiming to be Ebay customer service > > asking for Mrs Kate Abraham. Obviously a scam as, apart for > getting my > > name (and sex) incorrect, Ebay does not have my telephone number > (and as > > far as I know no one else's either). > > Any idea what they were calling about? > > eBay does store some people's phone numbers (it doesn't look like a > mandatory option and I haven't given them mine, but I could) so it > could have been eBay. There is always the chance that someone has > given them your contact details. Which would still be a scam, but one > of a different nature. And much more serious. > > Martijn. > > Or a good old-fashioned wrong number? > > > > As I hadn't give Ebay my number I guess it could have been a mix up between someone called Kate Abraham and me Keith Abraham. Having had so many of those scam telephone calls I automatically presumed it was another one. After my reply "Nobody by that name here." I received an apology and the caller hung up. Keith -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All e-mails including their file attachments are scanned for viruses and spam using Symantec's and ClamAV's scan engines. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq