Telephone Scams in 2023: Don’t Be a Victim Telephone scams have been on the rise across the country in recent years, much like the rise in internet scams. Thousands of people are targeted every day, with elderly people among the most at-risk from scammers. Fraudsters are cunning in their phone-scam tactics and it’s not always easy or obvious to tell straight away whether it’s a scam. (Which) In some of the latest examples of telephone scams, criminals have been posing as representatives from ban

IRS-Impersonation Telephone Scam An aggressive and sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, has been making the rounds throughout the country. Callers claim to be employees of the IRS, but are not. These con artists can sound convincing when they call. They use fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers. They may know a lot about their targets, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling. Here you can hear what some of

NEWS: Homes and businesses across the south are being bombarded by a telephone scam which sounds like this. Communications regulator Ofcom is warning the calls could lead to you being connected to a high-cost premium number. Hang up and report to Action Fraud. | Greatest Hits Radio South Coast