NON POKER: Is this a scam?

[I KNOW IT]

Earlier this evening I had a phonecall telling me my mobile phone contract was up for renewell and this company
(not existing Co I use) would like to offer me a better deal.
Firstly they asked how much my bill is at the moment, then they give me a figure which is half of present, they give me xtra 200 mins a month, free latest mobile worth £300+, free texts (forgot how many) .
So of cause im intrested , who wouldnt be.
They ask for name, adress and proffession, then comes the worrying part. Bank sort no. plus acc number.
I tell them there is no way im giving that to someone who has cold called me on my mobile, but send me a direct debit mandate in the post and Ill be wiiling to oblige
He then tells me there is nothing to worry about as its only for the direct debit and they wouldnt be able to to do anything with out my authority.
I repeat that there no way im giving that info over the phone , but ill join if you send it in the post.

At that point he said he wouldnt be able to offer the deal then and he hung up.

I know it sounds dodgy or is that the way these good mobile offers are done
appreciate any input for future ref

Craig

[Royal Flush]

Most mobile deals are done like that now, but not asking for bank details!!

That is just a scam posing as a phone deal!!

Ty for the warning m8.

[Ginger]

Sry, but I don't see the problem. I have taken out 3 contract this way over the last several years, and those details are no different to the details that are on a cheque, and we all hand those out on a daily basis without even thinking about it. Now, if they asked for your card number (the long one across the middle) I may be a little hesitant, as this would NOT be needed to set up the mandate.

TBH, you can get some REALLY cracking deals this way. Another tip, last time as I had not heard of the company b4, I asked for the website URL, then you can look them up whilst still on the phone!

[RED-DOG]

btw Ginge, what IS your card number....

[Ginger]

 

[VANDAM]

Hello matey you should of told him its the bank of nigeria ,What difference is it to them to post the mandate out sounds very dodgy, you should of put him on to ginger (A)LOL

[VANDAM]

2yrs ago i got a telephone call from a guy, he said i had been recommended to him by business ass of mine i enquired who this was, he gave a name i had never heard of anyway he said he worked in the ministry of finance for the nigerian goverment.he explained that the head of his department had been instructed to divert funds to the uk by the back door he asked if i would be interested in helping them i asked what kind of amounts was he talking about he said £250000.00 a time for helping them i could take 10% of the top all he needed was the bank account no and sort code .i said he could get the details from my finance department .i gave him the telephone no for my local police station                   

[I KNOW IT]

Vandam, next time you see me, ask me about the nigerian scam I NEARLY FELL FOR.
this was very complex and was fed to us over a few weeks, there was other circumstances though which made it plausible. But  they were v good,

there is a lot of nigerian scams just try google and you will see

[dik9]

I had that one by email about 2 months ago