The Official Nonsense Thread

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(01-08-2013 10:05 AM)Minty Wrote:  Rory Kinnear? Is that Roy Kinnear's son?

Yes I believe he is.

It amazes me that people fall for stunts like the one you mention. "Give me your card and pin number"? You would think that the crook would have to try harder than that - but no. I knew someone who lost a lot of money because he kept receiving those 'you have won a big prize, just call this number!' cards through the door. He'd phone them and be on the line for ten minutes only to be told that he'd won a biro, then the phonecall would turn out to have cost £25 a minute or something. Probably all there in the small print but he was very elderly and I suppose rather vulnerable to being preyed on for this sort of thing. He honestly believed it was all legit.