Is this a scam?

[Kate!]

So I got an automated phone call this afternoon saying that my National Insurance number has been suspended and to return the call to discuss it by pressing 1. I hung up and when I tried the actual number it said invalid number.

Anyone experienced anything like this?

[LeatherTrumpet]

it is a SCAM

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19052829.police-issue-scam-warning-fake-calls-national-crime-agency/#:~:text=The%20automated%20calls%20state%20that%20 National%20Insurance%20number%20has%20been%20suspe nded.&text=%E2%80%9CDo%20not%20respond%20to%20this,by%20 calling%200300%20123%202040.

[Kate!]

They said they were the Department for work and pensions?

[Smithy]

They said they were the Department for work and pensions?

Well yeah that’s how they get you

You can’t suspend a national insurance number, it’s not a bank account

[Kate!]

Ok thanks LT and Smithy.

[AnnieK]

DWP would never ring you with something like that Kate and they certainly wouldn't use an automated service

[Denver]

I had one the other week saying it was an arrest warrant for tax invasion like bitch they would come to my door not send an automated message

[GoldHeart]

They said they were the Department for work and pensions?

Sounds very scammy, never trust things like that Kate.

There's so many scams and more so now in lockdown . There's people pretending to be Amazon, internet providers, your local bank you name it :bored:.

[Calderyon]

Scam.

[Kate!]

DWP would never ring you with something like that Kate and they certainly wouldn't use an automated service

I thought that afterwards Annie. They'd send a letter if there was an issue.

[LeatherTrumpet]

I had one the other week

woman calls up claiming she was The TL and when was i going to pay her back the 10K i borrowed from the safe under her bed the day before we split up. tbf she did sound like the TL and as it goes I did rob 10K from a safe under her bed but I just hung up and blocked the number.


They wont get old LT like that, I wasnt born yesterday

:nono:

[Cherie]

Scam

they nearly got my elderly aunt with the Amazon account compromised one

Luckily she stopped just in time

:skull:

[AnnieK]

Scam

they nearly got my elderly aunt with the Amazon account compromised one

Luckily she stopped just in time

:skull:

They are swines aren't they? I worry my dad will be caught out one day but he tends to check with me before he does anything now.

[AnnieK]

I had one the other week

woman calls up claiming she was The TL and when was i going to pay her back the 10K i borrowed from the safe under her bed the day before we split up. tbf she did sound like the TL and as it goes I did rob 10K from a safe under her bed but I just hung up and blocked the number.


They wont get old LT like that, I wasnt born yesterday

:nono:

:laugh:

[Kate!]

It was very convincing. I was quite worried. They said hello the is the Department for Work and Pensions. Your National Insurance number has been suspended due to suspected fraud. Please press one to discuss your case with our team.

[Cherie]

They are swines aren't they? I worry my dad will be caught out one day but he tends to check with me before he does anything now.

I wouldn’t mind but she knew about the scam before the call just shows how convincing they are

[Cherie]

I had one the other week

woman calls up claiming she was The TL and when was i going to pay her back the 10K i borrowed from the safe under her bed the day before we split up. tbf she did sound like the TL and as it goes I did rob 10K from a safe under her bed but I just hung up and blocked the number.


They wont get old LT like that, I wasnt born yesterday

:nono:

:laugh:

[arista]

Kate
Post a thread everytime

These Criminals have your Landline number
they will keep trying to TRICK you.

[hijaxers]

I had one the other week saying it was an arrest warrant for tax invasion like bitch they would come to my door not send an automated message

Lol i had one of those saying there was an arrest warrrant for unpaid taxes in USA :laugh:

[Kate!]

Kate
Post a thread everytime

These Criminals have your Landline number
they will keep trying to TRICK you.

They rang me on my mobile Arista. We don't have a landline. Xx

[Niamh.]

We've been getting loads of those type calls at work from "amazon "

[arista]

They rang me on my mobile Arista. We don't have a landline. Xx


Same Problem
they have your number

[GoldHeart]

It was very convincing. I was quite worried. They said hello the is the Department for Work and Pensions. Your National Insurance number has been suspended due to suspected fraud. Please press one to discuss your case with our team.

Yeah your national insurance number would NOT be suspended and you wouldn't be told like that , they're such lying idiots:joker: :bored: .

There's some terrible email scammers aswell, I always delete and I always hang up on the phone ones.

[parmnion]

Same Problem
they have your number

And can call you outside now as well.

[rusticgal]

Lots of scams going on....I trust no one.

[hijaxers]

Lots of scams going on....I trust no one.

Too right i've stopped answering any number i don't know... and the ones i don't i blacklist immediately.
They ring at all hours as well its very annoying.

[bitontheslide]

register your number with the site below and nuisance calls will stop. I did it years ago now, and never received any more crap

https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/