Nice try (but failed).

CariadAgain

I get a bit wary now when one of these scammers phone up - darn "people" are so persistent.

The second I hear that it's (apparently) the security people at my bank I think "Hear we go again - it's another thief" and the phone gets slammed down.

I do feel concerned about the voice recognition thing - as I always say one word when I pick up the phone (hoping it's a "real" call - rather than another thief) - ie "Hello" in greeting. I hope that's not enough for them to copy my voice off - would think just that one word is not enough for them to clone my voice off.

Not many people make landline calls these days - so it seems to be about 50/50 whether it's a "real" call or a thief. It seems to boil down to about one-third "real" call for me, one-third a vague older person that has rung my number by mistake and one-third thieves.

This is the voice thing scam you have to be aware of.

www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/what-is-say-yes-scam/

Like many people we have several bank accounts, for different purposes with different banks, so my first question, if I bother to respond at all, is 'Which bank account are you referring to?' ditto with credit card calls. This leaves them flustering.

I then say, 'Well if you cannot identify the bank, you must be scammers.' and put the phone down.

I would not have rung the number or engaged with the scammer. With AI and voice recognition anything is possible.

I would never press a number to talk to anyone on these calls as you end up talking to a scammer who can be very persuasive. Best to just hang up and don’t engage. The ones that really annoy me are the ‘ I am your local energy adviser’ how many blooming energy advisers can there be in one area!!

I get a bit wary now when one of these scammers phone up - darn "people" are so persistent.

The second I hear that it's (apparently) the security people at my bank I think "Hear we go again - it's another thief" and the phone gets slammed down.

I do feel concerned about the voice recognition thing - as I always say one word when I pick up the phone (hoping it's a "real" call - rather than another thief) - ie "Hello" in greeting. I hope that's not enough for them to copy my voice off - would think just that one word is not enough for them to clone my voice off.

Not many people make landline calls these days - so it seems to be about 50/50 whether it's a "real" call or a thief. It seems to boil down to about one-third "real" call for me, one-third a vague older person that has rung my number by mistake and one-third thieves.

Indigo8
I receive these scams too I just tell them to p off, sorry if I sound rude but I get so angry, these scammers will need to get up earlier than me to trick me and I NEVER reply to anyone asking for payment

Excellent Indigo. I think that we should all be Delilah McBumm when speaking to phone scammers from now on.

Indigo8

I quite often get calls from "Bank Security" telling that some unusual transactions have taken place often a payment of several hundred pounds to Amazon and some payment abroad or for a rail ticket to Scotland. Because of fishing for voice recognition I now hang up immediately.

A while back I pressed 2 to talk to an adviser and he didn't seem to know which bank account the money had come from so he asked for my name so he could check. I told him my name was Delilah McBumm (it isn't) and he said "Yes here we are Mrs McBumm now remind me which bank you are with".

Priceless!

I quite often get calls from "Bank Security" telling that some unusual transactions have taken place often a payment of several hundred pounds to Amazon and some payment abroad or for a rail ticket to Scotland. Because of fishing for voice recognition I now hang up immediately.

A while back I pressed 2 to talk to an adviser and he didn't seem to know which bank account the money had come from so he asked for my name so he could check. I told him my name was Delilah McBumm (it isn't) and he said "Yes here we are Mrs McBumm now remind me which bank you are with".