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Have You Received a Scam Phone Call in the UK?
Scammers are not just busy on the internet, they are burning up the phone lines
in attempts to scam people. There are a number of common scams, such as:
and some new and as yet, uncommon scams. Just to prove that you can't trust
phone calls you receive, see the examples reports of phone scams we've received:
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Example phone scam, received from a visitor, March 29, 2008:
The Scam I have just identified is that a call came
to my home phone number in the UK and it was a recording of
"Hello....Hello... Can you hear me" with some crackling in the back ground.
This kind of scam is to make you dial 1471 to find the number and then call
them back. In this instance the number was 07036563317 which is a premium
personal number.
Reporting Phone Scams in the England, Scotland and Wales
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Start by contacting
the phone company (British Telecom) and alerting them to the scam.
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The
Bureau
of Trade and Standards may be more interested:
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Finally, if neither of those groups pay attention,
try
your local Councilman ) or
your MP
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