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Old 10-05-2023, 15:28   #2039
RichardCoulter
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by Maggy View Post
I always avoided cold callers by having an answer phone until my house phone became defunct.Now I just don't answer any unknown numbers on my mobile. So I have no issues with cold callers at all.
The thing is that they are able to spoof numbers to make it appear that they are from a number that you know eg your bank.

There's the 'mum' scam where they pretend to be the child of a parent and send a text saying that they are in trouble & need money urgently. They may say that your daughter has lost/had stolen her phone. Despite being told this, always ring her on the number(s) you have for her to check it's legitimate first.

Hopefully the changes later this month will stop most (or even all) of these calls.

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