is this a spam call

DXP55 · 31 Aug 2020 at 16:14

Just had a call on my mobile thinking it was from a mate on holiday and by time I started to listen to it I heard voice saying this is UK customs -then bla bla, if you don't press 1 a warrant will be sent to - By time it got there I just cut the call. The voice did sound official.
So I have no idea who it was so has anyone else had these calls.
All the time I was on PAYG I had nothing but now I am with BT Mobile I am getting some odd calls.
Well really that is the first.
The number was 02072867933

Randomface74 · 31 Aug 2020 at 16:18

020 is always garbage

Terminal_Boy · 31 Aug 2020 at 16:20

I’m going with spam.

paradigm · 31 Aug 2020 at 16:23

Sounds similar to the "You owe HM tax and revenue £xxxx" calls.

File in "B" for bin.

Squark · 31 Aug 2020 at 17:04

I had the same call this morning, I disregarded.

Malevolence · 31 Aug 2020 at 17:47

DXP55 said:
Just had a call on my mobile thinking it was from a mate on holiday and by time I started to listen to it I heard voice saying this is UK customs -then bla bla, if you don't press 1 a warrant will be sent to - By time it got there I just cut the call. The voice did sound official.
So I have no idea who it was so has anyone else had these calls.
All the time I was on PAYG I had nothing but now I am with BT Mobile I am getting some odd calls.
Well really that is the first.
The number was 02072867933

Had the exact same thing, but they left the message on my answerphone. It's an obvious scam, you can tell by the way it turns from a call form HMRC to being a thinly veiled threat.

BowdonUK · 31 Aug 2020 at 17:49

They say press 1 so they don't need to use the operators when peoples answer phones pick it up.

Anything asking to press 1 is likely a scam.

Josh · 31 Aug 2020 at 18:27

If you have to ask...

peterwalkley · 31 Aug 2020 at 18:38

BowdonUK said:
They say press 1 so they don't need to use the operators when peoples answer phones pick it up.

Anything asking to press 1 is likely a scam.

This.

If I'm not too busy I like to press 1 on these chancers and then waste their time as much as possible. Even just making then say "hello, hello" a lot while I carry on working is an easy win.

Fakes I've had recently are:

- HMRC threatening to send the heavies round
- Amazon prime telling me my renewal is coming up
- "Your internet service provider" saying I will be cut off in 4 hours and to speak to technical support immediately for a new router

DXP55 · 31 Aug 2020 at 18:47

I did ask after I barred the number.
I remember one call I had and everything the scammer said I repeated (with a indian accent.)- he hung up in the end.

thanks guys

bazzabear · 31 Aug 2020 at 18:55

The latest one I've been getting is a company saying they can solve issues with nuisance calls. I asked if they would achieve this by stopping ringing me.

Blue160 · 31 Aug 2020 at 19:27

billysielu said:
020 is always garbage

Not quite. 020 is the area code for London..

scammers seem to be able to spoof numbers that look like they come from just about anywhere.

Marky · 31 Aug 2020 at 19:32

I never worry about this sort of stuff - if they really wanna get in touch, they’ll either leave a voicemail or send me an official letter.

Haggisman · 31 Aug 2020 at 19:36

peterwalkley said:
This.

If I'm not too busy I like to press 1 on these chancers and then waste their time as much as possible. Even just making then say "hello, hello" a lot while I carry on working is an easy win.

Fakes I've had recently are:

- HMRC threatening to send the heavies round
- Amazon prime telling me my renewal is coming up
- "Your internet service provider" saying I will be cut off in 4 hours and to speak to technical support immediately for a new router

This, always entertaining. Had "Agent James" from HMRC telling me to stay where I was until the police came to arrest me in 45 minutes because I gave him false details XD

Randomface74 · 31 Aug 2020 at 19:43

Blue160 said:
Not quite. 020 is the area code for London..
scammers seem to be able to spoof numbers that look like they come from just about anywhere.

yeah but there are no legitimate calls from London for most people.
No legit call center is in London.
No young person in London would use a landline over a mobile.

Mark1989 · 31 Aug 2020 at 19:49

Best thing if unsure don't answer then Google the number plenty of sites where people report spam numbers

Blue160 · 31 Aug 2020 at 20:21

billysielu said:
yeah but there are no legitimate calls from London for most people.
No legit call center is in London.
No young person in London would use a landline over a mobile.

Fair enough. I get a few legit calls from 020 numbers so I don’t immediately think scam.

Jono8 · 31 Aug 2020 at 20:36

An automated call saying they will send a warrant if you dont press 1...

Come on now OP, you're smarter than this.

paradigm · 31 Aug 2020 at 20:47

Haggisman said:
This, always entertaining. Had "Agent James" from HMRC telling me to stay where I was until the police came to arrest me in 45 minutes because I gave him false details XD

Did agent James have a license to shill?

FoxEye · 31 Aug 2020 at 21:01

We've been getting some interesting spam calls.

They have progressed from the automated machine-sounding voice to pre-recorded human speech.

After a quick preamble, I was asked a question - some personal info iirc. To which I responded with a question of my own, like "Who the frog is this?", and the spiel re-started as if I'd answered properly. Should have let it go on a bit longer but I just put the phone down.

Was just an ordinary chap's voice and nothing suspicious until it failed the Turing test at the first hurdle