Fraudsters are impersonating phone companies in a bid to trick people into handing over their personal details.
The callers – pretending to be from telephone service providers – say they are contacting their clients offering a phone upgrade on a low monthly payment contract.
They will then attempt to glean personal and financial details which will then be used to contact genuine phone companies and order a new mobile phone.
The scammers will either intercept the delivery before it reaches the victim’s address or order the handset to a different address.
Action Fraud is now warning people not to give out personal information to a third party over the phone and to get the genuine number of the organisation being represented to verify if it is real or not.
If you have been a victim of fraud report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
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