Is this a scam?

HMRC, car tax, tax office, Royal Mail, Hermes etc. All these and more are being hit by scam messages. It appears my car's not taxed, I owe money/ will be fined by tax office, need to pay £2.99 to Royal Mail for delivery of parcel, warranty on washing machine running out and I could go on. ALL OF THEM ARE SCAMS. Be very very wary. They are also managing to get the phone number of genuine businesses coming up on your phone called ID so you believe it is your bank etc calling you. Never press 1 or whatever, don't give any bank or personal information over the phone. If in doubt phone the company involved from a different handset as the scammer might not have disconnected from your phone. Use phone numbers from your bank card or genuine business letters etc not one given to you by the scammers.

Anything like that is a scam just hang up and block number and report to your supplier also when you hang up pick phone up and reput it down. If mobile turn off and back on. I told it stops your number being still on system

As others have said it is a scam. If you think about it if you were being investigated they would hardly use a recorded message to tell you. Unfortunately I think we have to treat all unknown calls as possible scams.

I've had that very call several times. And ones saying my broadband or mobile account will be shut down. All scams. Block their numbers. Though they might call back on another number.

i have had the same call several times now i just hang up as it is a scam and i advise everyone else to do the same

I've just had a look at the Snopes website - it used to be really good, but it seems impossible now - nothing but pop up ads and difficult to navigate - apologies! You would do just as well by putting the key words into Google. But as other people have said all these recorded calls are scams. If you really had committed a crime why would they warn you on the telephone!!!!

Its a scam. They can go on to say that the police are coming around to arrest you if you don't pay some money etc. so good think you put the phone down. Well done.

JaneJudge, I get these frightening calls too, nearly every morning around 8 or 9am!! I am just like you beginning to think I have done something wrong, things are my fault, etc., etc. I often have to get a grip because as a Convent educated girl with strict parents, it is the guilt trip they use to punish us. I am relieved to hear it is a scam and others have experienced these calls. Thank God!

Check anything on: www.snopes.com/ It is a really good website that is pretty up-to-date and what is real and what isn't. It is a minefield and can make anyone worry that perhaps they might have inadvertently done something wrong.

I've had it twice this morning on my iPhone.

welbeck

get a Call Guardian phone.
never had a scam call since.

Brilliant phones. After buying mine quite a few years ago I quickly bought my 94 yr old Mum one.
She had been getting 20 + calls a day and despite me saying don't answer if you don't recognise the number on the display she always did.
Now I have the peace of mind knowing she is hopefully protected from these scum.

My son had the same, it’s definitely a scam...

If I answer the phone and there is a recorded voice or a pause after I say hello (while the line connects to someone upon hearing a voice) I hang up. Never going to anyone I want to speak to!

My ‘mantra’ is ‘if it looks suspicious, then it probably is’. Any genuine call of this kind would be followed up with a letter or some other more personal communication.

Yes it’s a scam. Called me a few times

Thank you everyone anyway xx

I have reported it but I have just seen on facebook they are using numbers similar to your own. It also asked me on the gov website if I had been in contact with HMRC in the last two months which I have been as I have had to contact corporation tax office about my tax return

I had three the other day. I leave the phone and go and do something. It automatically rings off after a while. It means they are not scamming others, while it's lying on my worktop!
I get lots of medical phone calls from many different nos, so I have to answer unknown numbers.

I had this call to my mobile phone three times on Monday, each from a different number. Blocked them all but they are a nuisance !

I have had four of these calls. Blocking the number does nothing as they obviously use different ones.

From my own personnel knowledge this scam has been around for at least 3 years.

If you have the number you can check it out here. People post their experiences with that number and it often comes up as a scam. You can also post here if the number is new, it helps other people who get called. You don't need to login or anything.
who-called.co.uk/

get a Call Guardian phone.
never had a scam call since.

from yer actual, kosher, national crime agency:

We're currently receiving an increased number of scam call reports. These calls are NOT genuine. NCA will never contact you about your bank account or NI number.

Victims have reported receiving an automated telephone call, during which they are told their "National Insurance number has been compromised". They are then instructed to "press 1 on their handset to be connected to the caller” in order to supposedly fix the issue and get a new National Insurance number.31 Mar 2021

God thank you all, I am such a goody two shoes. Every time something like this happens I think it is my fault and I have done something wrong