I generally tend to receive at least one scam telephone call a week. The script occasionally varies (largely between something to do with my Amazon Prime account, or ‘hackers’ using my internet), but their aim is pretty much always the same. Namely, to extract either information or money from me. – While I largely take more than a little amusement in trolling them as much as I can, however, it’s hard to deny the huge impact these can have on the less-knowledgeable, and particularly so, those in vulnerable situations.
Following a report via the BBC, however, if you were thinking that these scam calls and/or text messages did seem to be happening more often, you’d be right. With the publication of a new report, it has been confirmed that UK consumers have received around 83% more fraudulent calls and/or misrepresentative communications in the last year!
You might initially be wondering why such activity has increased so much in the last year. Are scam calls centres simply becoming more prolific? – Well, while that might be the case, there is a much simpler answer to that question. Following the COVID-19 situation, we’ve all been at home a lot more than usual and, by proxy, have been far more likely to answer these telephone calls.
What do we need to look out for specifically though? Well, at least according to this report, some of the most common scams at the moment include:
Getting one elephant out of the room, it’s well known that many of these call centres are based in India. While they are, of course, completely illegal there, however, it has regularly been alleged that the people who run these places often bribe local authorities (with, again allegedly, a lot of success) for them to turn a blind eye to their operation. – The short version is, scam calls and text messages are not going to go away any time soon.
In regards to what you can do, however, we do have some good advice for you to consider:
Remember folks, there are unfortunately a lot of people out there who are determined to part you from your private information or cash! And, based on this report, their efforts do appear to have kicked up a gear. So stay safe, stay informed, and spread the news because at the moment it’s about the best we can do!
What do you think? – Let us know in the comments!
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