@El Loro posted:

HMRC has issued an alert about a new scam being sent by letter and is aimed at businesses. The letter looks like:


The email address circled above is fake.

Thanks for the info El

Those phone calls from "a local energy advisor" aren't real people ringing you but are a series of recordings which are done in such a way that you think they are real, In reality, they are just cold callers trying to get you to agree to a survey on your house to panic you into spending lots of money.

Here's a youtube clip of what happens when "Chris" rings someone who is playing a trick on "Chris" by using a series of recorded replies himself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRimYymMVus

@El Loro posted:

Those phone calls from "a local energy advisor" aren't real people ringing you but are a series of recordings which are done in such a way that you think they are real, In reality, they are just cold callers trying to get you to agree to a survey on your house to panic you into spending lots of money.

Here's a youtube clip of what happens when "Chris" rings someone who is playing a trick on "Chris" by using a series of recorded replies himself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRimYymMVus

Nice one 🤣🤣🤣

Received phone call just now from a woman with an Indian accent. Was asking if I had any unpaid electricity or gas bills. I did a search on the phone number shown and it seems to be an utility scam. It is possible that this scam is aimed at business users not that I have any business tariffs.

@El Loro posted:

Received phone call just now from a woman with an Indian accent. Was asking if I had any unpaid electricity or gas bills. I did a search on the phone number shown and it seems to be a utility scam. It is possible that this scam is aimed at business users not that I have any business tariffs.

Thanks El. ….I haven’t had one of those calls….but have had a couple of those ..” hi  I’m Geoff , I’m your local energy advisor .

@Baz posted:

Thanks El. ….I haven’t had one of those calls….but have had a couple of those ..” hi  I’m Geoff , I’m your local energy advisor .

I've had lots of those local energy advisor calls but generally the same woman

@El Loro posted:

I've had lots of those local energy advisor calls but generally the same woman

Mine is usually a guy