Check and Report
Last year in the UK, 11 billion pounds was taken by fraudsters, it’s a growing problem and we want to put the scammers out of action, it’s not right and it’s not fair. With Check and Report, we can help you be in control of your call security, check who called you and if it’s a troublesome caller, report it and we’ll do the rest.
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Working together, this year we've blocked:
800 Million Calls
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A male with an Indian accent called, first from another number I've just reported and then from this second number. First he said he was from Microsoft, but later in the call when I asked him to verify he said he was from Talk Talk. He said that someone had been sending spam and/ or phishing emails from my email address. He said he'd received complaints. He gave me a password to reset my email password, and I asked why he had to do this. He couldn't explain, but said my name was at risk if "something happened" as a result of the emails supposedly coming from my account. He suggested I would be liable for something or another. I countered that I didn't think it to be true, since no such activity could be traced to my ISP address. He hung up.
Computer generated voice said my Amazon Prime account subscription was about to be taken (don't currently have one) and to avoid this I should press 1 to speak to a representative. I hung up. Obviously not genuine.
A male with an Indian accent called. First he said he was from Microsoft, but later in the call when I asked him to verify he said he was from Talk Talk. He said that someone had been sending spam and/ or phishing emails from my email address. He said he'd received complaints. He gave me a password to reset my email password, and I asked why he had to do this. He couldn't explain, but said my name was at risk if "something happened" as a result of the emails supposedly coming from my account. He suggested I would be liable for something or another. I countered that I didn't think it to be true, since no such activity could be traced to my ISP address. He hung up.
BT Openreach - asked what colour the light was on my router and went on to say they had detected scam activity on my internet connection and they could clear this if I gave them remote control of my devices. Terminated call.
Text message pretending to be EE unable to process your latest bill. In order to avoid fees update your billing information and then includes a website link. I'm on pay as you go so feels like a scam.
Automated voice claims to represent BT and instructs to co-operate with tech team.
No-one answered when I said hello. After second time saying hello a “gentleman” said hello and his name was Mark. After a long hesitation he said he was from talktalk. He didn’t seem to remember which company he was from. Obviously a scam so I put the phone down.
