30 May 2019
St Mary's and St James Ward - Scam phone calls
Hello everyone,
One of the
residents on our ward has brought to my attention repeated phone calls
from this number 01865 920719. The calls were about financial planning
for your funeral 'if you were thinking of passing away' which is an odd
term to use and could be very distressing to hear. This phone call was
able to connect despite the resident being signed up to TPS to avoid
this sort of thing happening.
This is a SCAM phone call so please
ignore this and block this number. According to a Google search this
phone number seems to have been cloned and this is the latest scam being
run from this phone number. This number has been used to run other
scams to do with utility bills and windows etc.
If you receive a
phone call from this number please report it to the Phone-paid services
authority (PSA) by calling them on 0300 303 0020 or visit the PSA
website.
Kind Regards
PC Sophie Scott
4491SE
DWO - St
Mary's & St James' Safer Neighbourhood Team
Marlowe House
Sidcup
0208
721 2816
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Comment from
Webmaster,
We were plagued with scam calls, sometimes 2
in one day plus numerous silent calls where you answer and there is
no-one there.
Then about a year ago we bought a
'True-Call' call blocker and we have not had one single nuisance call
since.
It cost about £90 from Amazon, so it
is not
cheap, but we have not regretted the cost at all.
