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ChrisH21/04/2022 15:56:59
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A 'heads-up' for yet another scam.

Today so far we have had three calls on our land line, apparently from "banking security", an electronic type message as such, saying we have pending a £300 payment to Amazon and a £1100 international funds transfer, press 1 to pay or press 2 to cancel.

The whole message shouted SCAM at me, but after the second message I contacted my bank to ensure that all was well. The banks' fraud department checked all accounts and cards and confirmed there were no 'flags' raised and that all was well.

The fraud dept. also said that the bank would NEVER send a message saying press 1 to pay etc. and that they would never contact us in that way either - which is what we thought anyway.

Interestingly, only one of the three calls had a "withheld number" status - the other two were from 02045 203908. This number is being forwarded to the banks' security for checking out and we were given the email address [email protected] to which we could send further telephone numbers if we were bothered again. Presumably other banks will have a similar email address available

Hope this is of help to forum members,

Chris

Lee Rogers21/04/2022 17:47:13
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who-called.co.uk Has hundreds of comments and thousands of enquiries about this number. It's a good site to check on a number and share with others.

Peter Greene21/04/2022 18:29:09
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Running a scam from a number that you own would be a bit like shooting yourself in the foot.

Like all of these scams the number is certainly faked.

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