'you Have Been Awarded £8000 By The Government' Anyone Else Had This Call?

[Playbill]

Asian man called from 0203890010760. Gave me a reference number and told me to ring 02032862823 to claim my money. Sounds so easy ;-).

[chrissa1]

It's probably a Premium Rate number and they'll keep you on the phone for ages. Ignore.

[bhg481]

That's probably where the £8000 comes from - it's the cost of ringing that number.

[scorpiojo]

https://www.shouldianswer.co.uk/phone-number/02032862823

[Playbill]

You could be right bhg481. Thought it unusual for the government to GIVE me money!

[DTCwordfan]

http://who-called.co.uk/Number/02032862823

[aelmpvw]

these scammers are getting tight, it used to be at least 8 million ...

[EDDIE51]

If you ring it you are asked to transfer money to India to release the funds! 100% scam !!!!
Since when has the UK government operated out of India?

[FeryUK]

This is actually more common than what I thought, actually if you look at the hashtags section on https://scam-numbers.co.uk/ you will be amazed on how creative these crooks can be. Just had this call about 20 minutes ago from a spoofed number, it was a "tax refund" of 2.5 grand from HMRC, and they wanted my card details so they can transfer the money - yeah right! It's a crazy world out there!