The new phone scam that is circulating around has the fraudsters claiming to be from HMRC claiming that there is a “problem” or “issue” with the taxpayers National Insurance number. The scammers then say that the National Insurance number will be “suspended” as it is believed to be fraudulent. Twitter users have reported that the messages have both been recorded and delivered by the fraudster on the other end of the phone.
Twitter user, Nick Fletcher tweeted that he received the recorded phone message on 9 June.
Mr Fletcher said that the scammer had stated that his National insurance number and his passport would be suspended as there was a “problem” with his National Insurance submission.
Mr Fletcher immediately knew it was a scam and ended the call. At the end of his tweet, Mr Fletcher added: “Seriously, who falls for this sh*t?”
Another Twitter user had also received a fraudulent call with the same premise.
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Another Twitter user had also received a fraudulent call with the same premise.
Under the account @KBelle_Arts, the user claimed that the call she received had claimed that her national insurance number had been used “fraudulently”.
The user then questioned the scammer on the phone asking them to explain what the call was about; however, the fraudster couldn’t answer the question.
In the tweet, @KBelle_Arts said: “Scammers need to try harder to make their scams more believable….
