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  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    Found this in answer to my question earlier in this thread.

     Not easy to see the difference between the correct address and the Scam one unless you are looking very closely. Look at the letter a in bank.

  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    This is so worth pointing out, Palustris, as scammers always find ways to trick us.



    I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

      Martin Luther King

  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    I just heard a man on the radio saying he receives many bank related calls from scammers but has no idea what to do about them.  He's registered with the TPS.

    I know from personal experience that, unfortunately, scammers take no notice of the TPS. 

    To report a bank-related- fraud or scam, call 159, especially if you’ve received a phone call from the bank asking you to make a payment.  (159 works in the same way as 101 for the police or 111 for the NHS.)



    I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

      Martin Luther King

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    i regularly get an automated message from "your bank" saying £300 charged to Amazon and 1100 to Western Union. Funnily my OH gets the same. I just put the phone down.
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    This is a useful service if you get phone calls from an unknown number.

  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    fidgetbones said:
    i regularly get an automated message from "your bank" saying £300 charged to Amazon and 1100 to Western Union. Funnily my OH gets the same. I just put the phone down.
    That's good as it keeps you safe but, in order to help others too, a scam should also be reported.  

    https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/phishing-scams/report-scam-call
  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    steephill said:
    ... The old adage about not believing anything you read now needs to be expanded to anything you see or hear. Always check using alternative means to make sure any contact is genuine.
    How true!  Thank you, steephill.
  • PhaidraPhaidra Posts: 582
    I should like to remind everyone that anyone can join for free the scam info of the Which? magazine: [email protected]

    They cover many of the scams but not all of them, of course; so, we will all continue to need the support of the members of this Board.
  • Artemis3Artemis3 Posts: 751
    Very useful indeed.

    Which.co.uk/news/tag/scams

     

    Which? scam alert emails 

    https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/scams


  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    We keep getting an email from BootsRewards. But since it has an msn.com address rather than Boots.mail and the address is in America it cannot be anything but a scam.
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