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Re: "BT" scammers seem very active today.
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David Wade
Oct 30, 2020, 1:04:27 PM10/30/20
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On 30/10/2020 15:25, MB wrote:
> Had a couple of calls from BT Technical Dept(?) to say that suspicious
> activity on my line and they will be disconnecting it. :-)
>
>
> Unfortunately I do not have the BT8500 call filtering enabled because
> expecting calls from doctor, hospital, pharmacy etc.
>
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> They are using "ordinary" UK telephone numbers and not the BT 0800
> number that you would expect.
>
I have been getting a selection of Amazon, Inland Revenue and Tax Fraud.
They have been using rotating CLIs, some international, others from
non-existant exchange codes. This is to avoid normal call blockers.
I would expect your doctor, hospital and pharmacy would be used to call
filtering.
Dave
G4UGM
> Had a couple of calls from BT Technical Dept(?) to say that suspicious
> activity on my line and they will be disconnecting it. :-)
>
>
> Unfortunately I do not have the BT8500 call filtering enabled because
> expecting calls from doctor, hospital, pharmacy etc.
>
>
> They are using "ordinary" UK telephone numbers and not the BT 0800
> number that you would expect.
>
I have been getting a selection of Amazon, Inland Revenue and Tax Fraud.
They have been using rotating CLIs, some international, others from
non-existant exchange codes. This is to avoid normal call blockers.
I would expect your doctor, hospital and pharmacy would be used to call
filtering.
Dave
G4UGM
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