HMRC ones are common . Ignore that. Sure they only contact you by letter
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HMRC ones are common . Ignore that. Sure they only contact you by letter
Or liquidators if you’re deadco/huns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squealing pig
Thanks. Are we supposed to report this to them do you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by 90+2
No need to panic about this one, but obviously stay vigilant.
https://fullfact.org/online/city-of-london-police-scam/
HMRC will never txt you and ask you to click on something. Same goes for any bank etc.
Nah just ignore 😎Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
I hate those b******s, preying on and robbing people!
No need to panic about this one, but obviously stay vigilant.
https://fullfact.org/online/city-of-london-police-scam/
Loads and loads of them, Amazon, Netflix, BT, TSB, and many more.
I did receive an email from His Right Royal Highness Davide Zimbabwe Umgragndaha the third informing me I had won £380,000,000 and I only had to give him £450 admin fee and my bank details?? [emoji848] tough one
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I seem to get more calls these days. Lucky my Samsung now tells me they are scam calls on the front of the phone when it rings. So annoying and how did they get my number.
Received one yesterday, a call from HMRC saying there was a tax fraud against my name and if I didn't press 1 then i would be arrested.
I was getting scam calls “from” HMRC a couple of years ago but they had cloned the real HMRC number so it looked more genuine. The give away was that “Mike Smith” with the strong Indian accent that was on the other end had no idea was PAYE was.
Always remember if it smells like the brown stuff it is the brown stuff.
As such never click on it and never respond to it.
You have not won a prize, you are not due a tax rebate, you will not be arrested or penalised, no one will share their fortune with you.
Just ignore.
Scammers or HMRC?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe6-2
:greengrin
I had a call the other day from an unknown number. Claimed to be from O2 regarding an upgrade being activated on my account. I know O2 only call from a couple of numbers so was confident it wasn't them so played along to see what info he had.
He read out my (correct) current address and asked if that was correct. I said no. He then read out my (correct) previous address and asked if that was correct. I said no. I then hung up and called O2 to confirm it wasn't them and make them aware if anyone tried anything with my account with them. Quite frightening that they knew, as a minimum, my phone number, current address and previous address.
I've set up a few extra alerts on my accounts and have been checking my credit file to make sure nothing untoward appears there.
That used to be the case. You could assume that any email from "HMRC" was a scam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squealing pig
However, with the recent help for self employed people, they have discovered technology..... pretty successfully as it happens.
Now that they're in the 21st century, we can no longer assume that they will only write to us.
You obviously hung up before they got to the sting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
A mate of mines was called by a number that came up as O2(easily spoofed) and said his O2 account has become compromised, the caller confirmed details and assured my mate they were not after any account or financial details.
After a spiel, they wanted to verify my mate was who he said he was (they phoned him!) they'd send a code to his phone, if he could confirm the code they'd unlock his account ASAP.
The text came, again from an O2 number, but my mate hung up the call and called O2 himself. Turns out the scammers can order services and phones if they got the code that was texted out.
Luckily my mate works for Bank of Scotland in the "Risk" department so could smell something fishy quite early on.
They’re all phishing scams. Just ignore the lot and delete the emails/texts.
If you're on Facebook, like Trading Standards Scotland. Also, lots of information here, and you can subscribe to a regular email containing details about the latest scams: https://www.tsscot.co.uk/
Done it. thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdinCapitals
Personally, I never respond to anything financial whether texted, telephoned or emailed, unless it's backed up by letter.
Just received a very realistic one about TV Licensing.
It was a good job I'd been reading this thread recently.
I hope you passed it on to some of our fellow posters :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by grunt
I forwarded it to [email protected] like a good citizen.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
I got that one too, very convincing.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
It's always worth checking the e-mail address the e-mail came from - that was the only thing that appeared dodgy about the TV licensing one.
I'm quite good at ignoring stuff, it does get me into bother from time to time but I'm less likely to get scammed.
I checked my spam bank today for the first time in months and was amazed at the amount
that had been intercepted. Some of it - in fact all of it - was obviously a hoax but if they send out one thousand
it only takes one to make it worthwhile for them.
I would personally liquidate those that rip off OAPs on their doorstep for repairs never done etc.
Anyone care to join me ...? ( Joke )