Top 10 phone scams in UK. Please stay alert.
1. Phone contract scam
3,419,100
2. Debt scam
1,568,776
3. Utility scam
1,494,591
4. Energy scam
1,428,304
5. Billing scam
1,298,175
6. Insulation scam
1,044,064
7. Bank scam
987,423
8. Life insurance scam
943,588
9. Housing repairs scam
801,206
10. Survey scam
699,866
Scams typically involve fraudsters 'spoofing' a business’s phone number to avoid detection. Spoofing also makes it seem as if they’re calling from the same area or country as victims.
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