Just had a new (to me) variation on the "This is BT, we need you to..." phone call.
Phone rings, an automated message advised me that my Internet and Phone service is going to be discontinued with immediate effect unless I press 1. So I do.
Guy with barely understandable accent tells me BT have noticed that 7 different IP addresses have been trying to access my 'internet account' and I need to follow certain steps for my safety.
Well as luck would have it I was doing some ironing at the time so I put the phone on loudspeaker and played along. pretending I was nearly deaf so he had to repeat everything 5 times, telling him to hang on while I cleaned up some dog vomit, asking how his wife & kids were, hold on while I go to the toilet, don't understand what he's asking me to do explain again ...etc. etc.
After about 20 minutes I got bored and he must surely have been biting lumps out of his desk and I said "Merry Christmas, scammer" and screamed as loud as I could down the phone.
Poor Fifi pressing 1 at a cost of ££££'s a min lol.
Got to be careful when you get calls like that. We all know they are scams but some if you press 1 etc costs a effing fortune. It's caught a load of people out too running into £100's of pounds. So be extra careful.
I have next to my phone a Perry Whistle I had on my survival suit and some ear protectors for the sound. When it rings and they are not of the UK they get the whistle full blast. Thats after I put on the ear protectors. Works a treat.
Went to work last night and I didn't realize there was a Christmas party going on, so had a lovely dinner again - Mediterranean style food, very nice indeed! The people that catered our Christmas do a few weeks ago - well we went to their restaurant for our Christmas do, catered for this Christmas party at our workplace last night.