New type of Fake ID
The latest fake caller ID scam involves using a fake ID in your local area code. I only realised it was fake when the caller suffered from heavy break up, had a thick foreign accent and a typical call centre background noise. This is a worrying development, most of us would answer a local number.
I wish OFCOM would stop calling them SPOOF caller IDs, it makes them sound like a good natured joke rather than a sinister fraud.
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