Re: "BT" scammers seem very active today.

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From	David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid>
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Subject	Re: "BT" scammers seem very active today.
Date	Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:04:25 +0000
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On 30/10/2020 15:25, MB wrote:
> Had a couple of calls from BT Technical Dept(?) to say that suspicious 
> activity on my line and they will be disconnecting it.   :-)
> 
> 
> Unfortunately I do not have the BT8500 call filtering enabled because 
> expecting calls from doctor, hospital, pharmacy etc.
> 
> 
> They are using "ordinary" UK telephone numbers and not the BT 0800 
> number that you would expect.
> 

I have been getting a selection of Amazon, Inland Revenue and Tax Fraud. 
They have been using rotating CLIs, some international, others from 
non-existant exchange codes. This is to avoid normal call blockers.

I would expect your doctor, hospital and pharmacy would be used to call 
filtering.

Dave
G4UGM

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