had a few like that - same a my mobile but last 3 digits different

my guess is they spoof one number and then bulk ring 999 others with the same starting digits, then move on to another set of numbers. maybe people are more likely to pick up when the number is so similar to their own?

my top tip is to pretty much never answer the phone

Posted By: matt in london on May 27th 2021 at 19:05:22

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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
- 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
- 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
  - 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, May 27, 16:07:29

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