Does anyone on here know much about phone scams?
A couple of weeks ago, I got 6 calls in the space of 2 days from a dodgy scam (HMRC investigation, I think). The callers number was different each time, however the first 8 digits were always the same and identical to the first 8 digits of my number.
It seemed to have stopped, however just now I've had a call from another similar number (again, the first 8 digits the same as mine)...this time it was what sounded like a genuine young lad saying he'd just had a missed call from my number, however I've not called anyone.
Is this just another trick in the scammers book and best left ignored, or do I have a genuine issue now with using my number?
Posted By: NxNW on May 27th 2021 at 15:51:05
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- Does anyone on here know much about phone scams? (General Chat) - NxNW, May 27, 15:51:05
- had a few like that - same a my mobile but last 3 digits different (General Chat) - matt in london, May 27, 19:05:22
- Have you googled the numbers? (General Chat) - Huge Small, May 27, 18:59:59
- HMRC scam calls are my favorite sport. The longer I can waste their time the less chance (General Chat) - Biggles, May 27, 18:41:41
- You beat me (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 27, 18:48:36
- Ha ha 10 is still good. That’s 10 mins they are not scamming someone else. (n/m) (General Chat) - Biggles, May 27, 19:38:44
- You beat me (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 27, 18:48:36
- Not on mobile but on landline (General Chat) - Old Splat, May 27, 18:32:26
- I had a similar call from someone saying my number had called them (General Chat) - watfordcanary, May 27, 18:18:46
- I get loads from people telling me my daughter's had a bad accident (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 27, 18:10:30
- When I make a telephone call from skype, the caller ID comes up as a random french mobile (General Chat) - shoddy, May 27, 17:45:11
- Unless a caller comes up as being in my contacts list, I dont answer. (General Chat) - CB41, May 27, 17:40:08
- Yep, the fuckers never leave a message, do they. (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, May 27, 19:01:00
- Yep, had the same thing for the last year or so. (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, May 27, 16:37:13
- I've had the same thing the last two weeks (General Chat) - ede, May 27, 16:13:01
- Just checked...I first got the calls 6 days before I got a text re booking vaccine (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, May 27, 16:19:24
- Ok. Cheers. Seems like a coincidence then (n/m) (General Chat) - ede, May 27, 17:59:21
- Just checked...I first got the calls 6 days before I got a text re booking vaccine (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, May 27, 16:19:24
- We had someone say they'd had a missed call from our business number yesterday. (General Chat) - tudders, May 27, 16:12:47
- I had that quite a few times on my work mobile. People calling claiming they'd just... (General Chat) - Brom, May 28, 07:57:14
- Disgruntled customer breaking in to make outbound calls on your phone? (General Chat) - NxNW, May 27, 16:20:39
- I've had a lot of spam calls claiming to be from HMRC over the past month or so (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 27, 15:58:55
- Have had the same - "HMRC are about to open a fraud case against you..." (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 27, 16:27:35
- 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, May 27, 16:07:43
- I’d ignore it for now (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, May 27, 15:56:07
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