![]() Internet/phone line scamįraudsters are attempting to con residents into providing their bank card details by phoning and advising that either their internet connection or phone line will be cut off unless an immediate payment is made.ĭo not give your card or bank details to anyone over the phone. The scammers ask for the bank details in order to move funds to a 'safe place'.Īnyone receiving a call of this nature should hang up and report the incident to the police. Scammers are calling individuals reporting to be either head of security or fraud for the bank and advising that a named member of the branch staff is under surveillance for stealing money from accounts. We have received reports from banks one Angus resident has been scammed out of £140,000 and another almost lost £84,000 (thankfully quick-thinking bank staff stopped the transaction). So if you, or someone you know, has been phoned by iTunes scammers please contact the Angus Financial Abuse Support Team using our online form. Through our colleagues in Trading Standards, we can help more vulnerable people get protected from scam phone calls by the free fitting of high tech call blocking devices which stop people from being bothered by phone scammers. We would strongly warn everyone to never pay a bill by buying iTunes vouchers. All such calls are scams and actually a really nasty way of getting money from people (often those most vulnerable). These scams follow a certain formula where the victim receives a call aimed at causing them to panic and are pressured to make a payment by buying iTunes Vouchers from the nearest retailer and then paying by sharing the 16 digit code on the back of the card with the caller over the phone. ![]() Generally, people have been phoned about things like Council Tax, inland revenue, hospital bills, or utility bills. In Angus and indeed across the UK a lot of people have been scammed by the use of iTunes vouchers. If you, or someone you know, has received a call like this, please contact us using our enquiries form. Angus Council has not authorised changeover to smart meters and Housing Services do not get involved with changing tenants' energy provider. This number is a known nuisance caller and Angus residents are being advised not to engage with them. ![]() The telephone number they called from was 08. The company advised the next time residents tried to top up their card meter it would go straight onto a bill. We have received reports from Angus Council tenants who have received a number of telephone calls from a company advising that they have been authorised by Angus Council to change the property over to a smart meter and would have to gain access within 5/6 weeks. Never send money to someone you have met online, particularly if they are abroad. Once the scammers gain trust they will either directly or subtly ask for gifts, bank details, money, or photos/videos of an intimate nature in order that they can go on to blackmail you. We continue to receive referrals about individuals sending money to people that they have befriended online either through a dating website, social media, or email. If you receive an email like this report it, delete it, and change your email password. Extortion scamsĮxtortion or blackmail scammers email you saying that they have a video (usually sensitive) of you and that they will share it publicly unless you make a payment (this could be by bank transfer, iTunes vouchers, bitcoin, or another method). This article from the Chartered Trading Standards Institute explains how the scams work. In Angus and Tayside, we are hearing more about Amazon Prime scams. Someone phones the health and social care worker and gets into a conversation about the payment, then ends asking for their bank details so they can pay the £500 into their account, resulting in the person's bank account being cleared out. We have been made aware of a scam, in the Glasgow area, based on the £500 bonus payment to health and social care workers recently announced by the Scottish Government. Bonus payment to health and social care workers
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