Comments by "Barrie Rodliffe" (@barrierodliffe4155) on "Jim Browning" channel.

  1.  @pippilongstocking-qs7fm  I was getting a lot, and I tried different things to wind them up, one with a very Indian accent so I said what is the weather like in India today, he said it is raining a bit then a pause and why do you think I am in India, too late I know. the call ended quickly. I had one who started with is it ok if I ask you a few questions, they are all yes or no answers, so I said ok, first question what suburb do you live in, I said No, then a pause what is your post code I said No, then a bit flustered she started again same result after all she had told me to say yes or no, She was now geting angry and she said what game are you playing, I said No, she then said I am not going to waste my time on you, I said No. end of call. After a number of other attempts to scam me I now only get the odd call. I love to waste their time playing a rather vague old man.
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  2. Sometimes coincidences happen, I bought a new car and while I paid a big deposit I took out finance, all was approved and I was enjoying the car when I got an email, supposedly from a finance company asking me to confirm my bank account, fortunately I was a bit suspicious and ignored the email. two years later and no problems but I could easily have fallen for it.
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  3. I talk to scammers and waste their time, they get angry and I enjoy making them even angrier, it is satisfying to wind them up, sometimes I play along for some time but I always hint that they are scammers from the start. I always check the number of incoming calls and I know that scam calls use fake numbers, if they use a UK number the one place they are not is the UK, I ask questions like where are you if they answer London, I say, I used to live in London I know it very well, which part of London West London, I say OK but where, then if they give a street, I already have Google Earth even if I don't know the area well, then I ask what is close to there, that gets a response and one time the response was a park, I said which park, her answer was there is only one park near here, I know there are several but I played along which park is that, she said I know bit I am not going to tell you. It is funny how long you can play them.
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  4. I had the same scam except it came up on a page with the heading NZ POLICE and my computer was locked up, all I had to do way pay an $85 fine to get it unlocked, or what they didn't tell me which was easier just pess ctrl, alt, delete and then remove the page on task manager..
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  5. I get a lot of calls and many of them are an accounts manager, I ask where are you and they say England, I say you don't sound English, where in England, London, I say London is quite big where in London, they keep trying to get back to there script but I persist then when they give a location I say really are you sure, tell me what is close to there, this can go on for ages and they get frustrated that I know where they are claiming to be better than they do. I once did this with someone claiming to be in Switzerland, Zurich and when he gave an adress, he knew three restaurants close by but not a swimming pool and leisure complex that was right there. if they get back to the scam I ask questions and make it as hard as I can
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  6. I have had a lot of scammers try to take my money, the last was based in USA at the NSA, he called my New Zealand number using a fake British phone number, I called him out on it by saying where are you, USA, where am I New Zealand. then why use a fake UK number because it is cheaper. He tried to say that there was suspicious activity on my online trading account, and that they had all of my information, full name, email and pone number, well they had my phone number but when I said what is mt name, he got it wrong and he got my email wrong then he tried scare tactics saying that if the information is wrong I must have given false information and he would report me, I laughed and said go ahead report away scammer, he hung up. Two things I know for sure, he isn't in USA or UK.
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  7. I got a call last night supposedly from NSI, about my online account, it seems that there was illegal activity on my account, I don't have an onlie trading account so I said I know, there probably is, that didn't go down too well, he said there either is or isn't. So I said OK, noow you are going to tell me you can get my money back and you only want a small percentage, he said we don't want any money so I said well what do you want? he said we have all of your information, full name, email and phone, so I said what is my name, he got it wrong and the email wrong so I said wrong, try again, he was getting angry and he said if it is wrong you deliberately gave the wrong information and we can report you for that, I said go ahead report me, I don't care, this went on for a bit until he hung up, I guess he didn't like being called a scammer, the funny thing is he said at the start that NSI is a US organisation and has branches in Australia and New Zealand, he didn't say which country he was in but since he used a UK phone number and I an in New Zealand, I knew he was a scammer and not in UK, Australia or New Zealand, funny how he sounded like an Indian. There is an NSI in New Zealand but it is different from NSI in USA. In New Zealand it is National Student Index while in USA NSI is a partnership among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement that establishes a national capacity for gathering, documenting, processing, analyzing, and sharing SAR information—also referred to as the SAR process—in a manner that rigorously protects the privacy and civil liberties of Americans.
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  8. Scammers make me wish I could do what Jim Browning does, I just got a call from a fake UK Number and the lady said " I am from the Serious Fraud Office" I knew what was coming so I said "Oh no, I am very scared, you are going to tell me my online trading account has suspicious activity and I am in big trouble," She said 'Yes" and before she could go on I said " you are nothing to do with Serious Fruad Office, you are in a scam call centre and those voices I can hear in the background are scammers like you trying to take peoples money? I must have sounded convincing because while she at first tried to deny it and called me stupid, she then said " how do you know this" I said I do know and you will never scam me, my real name is" I put on a deeper voice, "Jim Browning" she went silent so I said "You do know who Jim Browning is don't you" She hung up. A couple of days ago I got a call from a different fake UK Number about my online trading account and he said he was at the NSA in USA. He was going to report me so I guess he reported me to the Serious Fraud Office.
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  9. It is very hard to help people, I have been tartgetted by phone and email scams and now i know what to look for but I almost fell for one which was from a finance company asking for my bank details to do with a car loan I had recently taken out, I hesitated because the loan had been approved by my finance company, I did wonder how they knew I had just bought a car but I thought it must be a scam so ignored it. I get many calls and they seem to think that I am old which I am and stupid which I hope I am not, the last was from the NSA in USA but it came from a UK number, I asked where are you? USA, where am I? New Zealand, so why are you using a fake UK number? It is cheaper. he then said there has been suspicious activity on your online trading account and we have all your information, full name, email and phone, he got my name and email wrong, I called him out on it then he said the only reason we have the wrong details is if you gave false information, and we will report you, scare tactics, he mentioned the FBI and CIA, so I just said report away, NSA is not in New Zealand, he then said we are world wide, the problem is I know the NZ equivalent is NZSIS. , he gave up with a couple of swear words.
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