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Naldo58
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‎13-09-2022 11:07 - edited ‎13-09-2022 11:11

Hi, got a call yesterday, on my landline, from someone saying he'd received a message about his bank card being used fraudulently. He quoted my landline number as the source of this message.

Assured him that no such call had been made by anyone at this number, and that it was an ex-directory, domestic number. We agreed this sounded like a SCAM call, but that he should to check his bank accounts anyway to confirm if any transactions had been made that he was unaware of. 

Just a bit concerned why anyone would spoof my number and leave a message which he righty returned? 

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goslow
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‎13-09-2022 13:15 - edited ‎13-09-2022 13:20

@Naldo58 wrote:

Hi, got a call yesterday, on my landline, from someone saying he'd received a message about his bank card being used fraudulently. He quoted my landline number as the source of this message.

Assured him that no such call had been made by anyone at this number, and that it was an ex-directory, domestic number. We agreed this sounded like a SCAM call, but that he should to check his bank accounts anyway to confirm if any transactions had been made that he was unaware of. 

Just a bit concerned why anyone would spoof my number and leave a message which he righty returned? 

Have a read through this recent topic about the same thing

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Home-Phone/Phone-spoofing/td-p/5115716

In the past, scammers used random or non-existent numbers as their fake caller IDs. Networks have been increasingly successful at blocking and filtering these so the scammers have taken to using real 'stolen' numbers (belonging to innocent parties unconnected with the scam). The scammers often choose the same area code as the call victim/recipient to try to add further authenticity to the fake 'stolen' caller ID.

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goslow
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‎13-09-2022 13:15 - edited ‎13-09-2022 13:20

@Naldo58 wrote:

Hi, got a call yesterday, on my landline, from someone saying he'd received a message about his bank card being used fraudulently. He quoted my landline number as the source of this message.

Assured him that no such call had been made by anyone at this number, and that it was an ex-directory, domestic number. We agreed this sounded like a SCAM call, but that he should to check his bank accounts anyway to confirm if any transactions had been made that he was unaware of. 

Just a bit concerned why anyone would spoof my number and leave a message which he righty returned? 

Have a read through this recent topic about the same thing

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Home-Phone/Phone-spoofing/td-p/5115716

In the past, scammers used random or non-existent numbers as their fake caller IDs. Networks have been increasingly successful at blocking and filtering these so the scammers have taken to using real 'stolen' numbers (belonging to innocent parties unconnected with the scam). The scammers often choose the same area code as the call victim/recipient to try to add further authenticity to the fake 'stolen' caller ID.

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