Just had a phone call from someone who sounded as though he came from the Indian sub-continent.
He said he was from Sky, and this was a follow up call - he wasn't trying to sell me anything (fat chance!!). When I insisted that he gave me a number to call back to confirm his identity he said "Incoming call" and hung up.
I have Googled this, and the type of scam is common and goes back many years. However I am not a Sky subscriber (not that I mentioned this) and the other reports have been from Sky subscribers.
And yes, I know that I could have had hours of harmless fun keeping him on the line but I happen to be busy at the moment :-)
I might have to put the answer phone on two rings for a while. There really should be some legislation to force these (usually overseas) calls to leave some valid ID behind or prevent them from completing. Report, trace, block; that might discourage them from preying on the naive and confused.
Cheers
Dave R