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Fraud or Genuine ?

southcoastboy
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Received calls from the ID +44 115 794 0099, +442080896259 and +44 20 7883 305323. Each time they rang back the number changed (Spoofing ?)

They were offering to halve by bill for 12 months - very tempting !

They knew my address

My Name

My email address

That my pets name was my security ID.

The amount I pay each month

The date on which I paid my last bill

 

They required me to supply my pets name (long since departed) and I offered to give any two letters, but that was not sufficient.

They spoke very poor broken English and were difficult to understand. I was transferred to "the manager" who was even harder to understand.

 

SO......

Was it genuine and I have missed out on an offer ?

OR

As I suspect it was a scam and if it was how come they had so much data about my O2 account. Really worrying.

I requested that they email me so I could back track the source - and I am still waiting for that to arrive.

 

O2 fraud department is as useful as a chocholate teapot. Tells me could take an hour to speak to someone !

Found one very recent article on line and the O2 answer was, to say the least totally unhelpful.

 

I think O2 has had a data breach, please prove me wrong !

Terry

 

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It's a well known scam.
Forward the scam number to 7726 - It's free.
Other ways to report here including Action Fraud website
https://www.o2.co.uk/help/safety-and-security/phishing-and-smishing-advice
How to block a number:
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00062352/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201229

I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.
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Thank you, I was pretty sure. What worries me is the information the scammers have, it must come from a data breach and O2 seem remarkably complacent.

 

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Check your marketing preferences in your MyO2 as you may have given permission for your data to be shared by O2.

I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.
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@southcoastboy Be sure to change your passwords. If they had that much information about you when they called you need to change every single one you have.

I DO NOT WORK FOR O2



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