The telephone number 00 263 7 87828937 is being used as part of an international premium rate number scam. The tactic they employ is called Wangiri, loosely translated from the Japanese as one cut. This refers to the way the scammers do a one-ring call to your phone then cut the call. This is in… Read More »
The telephone number +685 7381604 is a scam number that is being used as part of a Wangiri premium-rate campaign originating in Samoa. If you receive a call from the number +6857381604 you should not answer the call. More importantly you should not phone the number back. @ThreeUK I have been getting all these strange… Read More »
The telephone number +6785098203 is being used as part of a Wangiri scam originating in Vanautu. Wangiri is a Japanese term meaning One-cut. This refers to the fact that the scammers make a one-ring call to target mobile numbers and then cut the call immediately. This is in the hope that the person who received… Read More »
Phone Number Date Reported +35138970003645 30/09/2020
The telephone number +351 3897 000 3645 is being used as part of a Wangiri scam originating in Portugal. The word Wangiri means one-cut. It translates to this phone scam because the scam caller will dial your number let it ring once then cut the call before you can answer. The reason they cut the… Read More »
This is a dangerous call that has originated in Tonga. The one-ring phone call that you received is an example of the Wangiri scam, that lures unsuspecting victims into calling an International Premium Rate Number (IPRN). The reason they only give a one-ring call and then cut is that they don’t actually want you to… Read More »
The telephone number +389 70003984 is being used as part of a Wangiri one-ring International Premium Rate Number (IPRN) scam. It is extremely important that you do not phone this number back if your receive a call from this number. The telephone call originates from North Macedonia. We know this because of the +389 international… Read More »
A scam in which a caller imitated Domestic & General was reported on 30th September 2020 from telephone number 01697 744406. The caller suggested that the person they were calling needed to renew their warranty. They then tried to extract credit card details. 01697 744406. Call made at 10:25 this morning. Sounded like a contact… Read More »
The telephone number 07538349565 is being used as part of a scam that targets 02 customers. The method they employ is Smishing which involves sending targets a text that includes a malicious link. The link is to a website called o2.uk.inv-no1990.com Hey @O2 here’s a phishing heads up. 🍻 pic.twitter.com/v6MytgtFZc — Mike Thompson (@AppSecBloke) September… Read More »
This is not a phone scam. It is a number that is used by BT engineers when there is being a working line takeover.