Scam sent to mobile.

I got a text this morning, just a phone number..it said, I'm close by , phone me...must be a scam, hoping I'll phone the number...
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I have a Google phone and there's a Google Assist on there so if I'm not sure I used that and it takes a message for me. Scammers usually finish the call before the message has ended.

I nearly got scammed when I received an email from my friend asking me to send an Amazon voucher to the value of £50 to her daughter saying she couldn’t manage to send one in time for her birthday - these scammers try all sorts of tricks, in this one my friend had been cloned 🤬🤬🤬🤬 I’m now well prepared for future scams these scammers will need to get up much earlier than me to scam me it just won’t happen so b off

I'm much more cautious after being scammed early this year. I had this text but know you don't have to claim and that I'll get it automatically. I was lucky when I was scammed the bank gave me my money back. I don't know if the bank got it back though!
When I get suspected scam calls, if I'm not busy I try to waste their time for a while to reduce the number of other people called. Eventually I call them out and hang up.
Once when I called out a scammer he called me a F***ing B**ch! Nice!

ElaineI - I got the same message and it looked authentic so don't beat yourself up. However, I know that you don't have to apply and also that I would never quality in a month of Sundays and the deadline of that day was another giveaway because that's the typical scammer's technique - make you rush into something for fear of missing out. I know what I'd like to do with all these criminals!

Had this come on my phone twice now. Reported and blocked the first time, but guess they used a different number the second time. Horrible people

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I try not to answer any calls that come from numbers I don't recognise. If it is a genuine call they will usually leave a message.

Thanks although this scam has been going on now for a few years as I received it around 2020.

Thank you for all this.

I got an email saying that my car wasn't taxed. I remember actually doing it online but still found my self looking for the payment on my bank app.

@Lizzies , I never answer the phone if it’s an unknown number that I don’t recognise . If it’s important to them they will contact me in another way .

I got it too. I knew it was a scam immediately as I didn’t qualify for it.
Thank goodness you caught it in time…

I know you don't apply in Scotland or in any other part of UK,I think.Never respond with bank details to anything by text,e mail or any other way.

I answered a phone call on our landline just last week. The caller asked for the ‘lady of the house’ which instantly sparked my suspicion…………I asked who they were and apparently they were Domestic & General and the call concerned the policy on our appliance ……..we have no such policy on any appliance. They were told in no uncertain terms that I knew they were fraudsters and they were trying to scam me……..they soon hung up. Wonder why……..

I had the same text too!
I can n believe it now but I responded, credit card details and all.
The penny dropped five minutes later and I realised how gullible I had been.
Cancelled card.
Lesson learnt ….

Sorry, meant to say that I don’t know how this scam works, if it is a scam.

I keep getting calls from mobiles and when I answer it’s a recorded message saying that they want to talk to me about a job and to add their number to WhatsApp. I just keep blocking the number, but they always use a different one.

I got one te other day telling me there was a problem with my regular payment to EE. I checked my bank ( cos it’s on Direct debit) …and there it was …paid!
You have to be so careful nowadays!

I also received a message about the winter fuel allowance, I reported it as a scam and blocked the sender:
1) gov.uk would write to me if they needed to tell me anything
2) I know for definite that I’m not entitled to it
3) it said it was urgent that I had to apply by the end of that day - which seems typical of these types of scam
I like foxyferret’s ABC mantra - we should all adopt it 😉

I have an ABC mantra. Assume nothing, Believe no one, Check everything.

I got that message about Winter Fuel Payment too.
If you’re suspicious about an email, check the sender’s email address. You can do that easily on your phone without opening the email itself, just tap on the name, then the blue name, and the address comes up.
In this case I think it was an Australian email address.
Block & delete.

If I get a call from a number I don't recognize I don't answer and check it on Google. If it's a genuine number, I'll hope they call back. If it's a scam then I block and report it.

Most important thing to remember is that your bank will NEVER call you out of the blue. But I appreciate it's also human nature to panic in the spur of the moment which is of course how these B#$7@79$ catch you out in the first place.

And last of all, be kind to yourself. It happens to lots of people X

That is a German mobile number. But the scanners can program their phones to show any number.

I have googled this number and didn't come up with anything. Mobile numbers are harder to trace, but sometimes we get a call from an unknown mobile number and when we Google it, everyone is saying it's a scam.

I had a call on my landline today, 004917896419017,
I've never seen a phone number with 15 numbers before, they didn't leave a message, I've blocked it ,,probably scammers