National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has issued an urgent warning to everyone with a mobile phone urging them to be on the lookout for scam calls that appear to be coming from numbers similar to their own.
When you see the number pop up on your call display, it may be confusing at first because the first seven digits will probably match your own unique phone number.
This tricks people into answering as they believe it’s a legitimate phone number, but is in fact the latest dangerous scam being used by crooks to dupe potential fraud victims into revealing their personal and financial information.
The calls impersonate well-known government organisations, or law enforcement agencies, and will ask the recipient of the call to “press 1” in.
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