Fraud warning as scammers use bank phone numbers to fleece victims
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Fraud warning as scammers use bank phone numbers to fleece victims

The Telegraph  

Scammers have learned how to impersonate banks by using their phone numbers to call victims, Ofcom has warned. Huw Saunders, the regulator’s head of telecoms technology, said people should not rely on caller ID to be sure they were dealing with legitimate organisations on the phone. However, Ofcom said criminals were now increasingly able to “spoof” legitimate phone numbers of banks when calling customers. “It’s an unfortunate place to be in, but the same message is being given by our counterparts in the US, Canada, France, Australia and elsewhere.” Spoofing has become an increasing problem due the technology the UK’s phone system is currently based on. He added: “It’s only when the vast majority of people are on the new technology that we can implement a new patch to address this problem.” One prominent spoofing technique deployed by scammers is to call victims and tell them they have been fined by the Government.

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