Has anyone else had a scam call from TechNet Corps?

First they tell you you're company has helped them out with a survey and ask for your home address to send an MP3 player to.

Then they start asking you about HP print toner and try to forcibly send some "special long life toner" out to you.

When asked for ANY company information - telephone numbers, addresses etc, they panic and end up hanging up.


I'm tempted to inform the police about this one (I did give them an address - caught me off guard) - any thoughts?

I get these regularly at work. It's usually a Premier League football shirt they want to send to a home address. If you refuse to give them a home address they aren't happy. If you start telling them what they are going to say next as it's the 17th time you have heard the call they get even less happy. They usually say they will come and take you to a pub for a meeting on their bosses expenses.

They probably aren't doing anything illegal but I don't know why they want home addresses and the toner will be no better than a normal one. I believe they want about £180 for a £50 toner.

Think the one I have had calling regularly is called Millennium Computer Services or similar.

hmmm... I certainly doubt the "not doing anything illegal" - for a start I believe they contravene a law or two simply by not giving me any registered business details on request.

I'm just a little concerned about having given them my home address - stupid I know, but as I said they caught me off guard on a bad morning, any other time I would have given the work address or reeled off a fake one.

My assumption is that they are simply going to sell it to mail-spam me, but I wonder what other possible reasons there may be. For that reason I am tempted to inform the coppers, but I don't know which of the four hundred depts to tell, and even if I did, it would probably do me no good.

I hate to be a scare monger, but I can vaguely remember something on the tv about a similar scam. They call you at work, and con your address out of you, knowing full well that you aren't at home, and then they pay a "visit" to your empty house. It probably isn't anything like that, but it might be worth calling a neighbour, and asking them to keep an eye on your house. :suspect:

If I knew a neighbour...

hmmm... I certainly doubt the "not doing anything illegal" - for a start I believe they contravene a law or two simply by not giving me any registered business details on request.

They probably just hung up as you were asking too many questions and they knew they wouldn't get a sale. As soon as I have started asking questions on similar calls they get rid of me quickly. It may be worth reporting it if you are genuinely worried. I got the impression they were just wanting addresses for sending junk mail, and trying and rip you off with the toner.

alkatraz, do you want to buy any viagra?!!

From the person that recommends ebuyer?

no from my friend in nigeria.

he's also trying to transfer some funds but needs a uk bank account. if you forward your sort code and account number, he'll leave £10,000 in there for you.

There are scams similar to this where toner is delivered and exorbitant invoices submitted.

Sometimes companies just pay them in ignorance.

When queried they may argue that you did order them on the phone call.

By the time we got to the toner, I was very suspicious and was clear to say we do not want any - but it would make no difference, anything that doesn't match a purchase order would be returned to sender. The business is secure - it's just my home I'm concerned about.