"It was AI Jo about the loft insulation scam! Search online! There are lots of warnings. Don't talk to them. They could record the call and use AI…"
"Text at 5.18am saying 'hello'. This is definitely the start of some kind of scam."
"They called but didn't leave a message. As i did not know the number, i blocked it."
"Don't know didn't leave a message."
"Phone rang, answered but nothing there"
"'Hello' texts are usually the start for the old recruitment scam. Anyone silly enough to reply will have trouble. You are definitely marked as an easy target for more scams. You may also be offered an incredible £50+ per hour flexible hours work from home job like reviewing TikTok videos. A full CV and references will be needed as will proof of your identity and address. Bank and NI details required for payroll. Software will be sent to load onto your device. DUH! But some people fall for this scam. Scam texts should be sent to 7726. Also report on the text spam report thing. That should get the scam looked into and the number blocked across the phone network. Blocking and deleting just on your phone only stops that one number from calling YOUR phone."
"Called on landline. Didn’t leave a message."
"Said she was from an energy company, so I just hung up."
"It's AI Jo with the loft insulation scam! Check it out online! The internet has loads of warnings. Don't speak to scammers. The call might be recorded and AI could copy your British voice to scam other people. Report ALL scam attempts. Info shared below. Unfortunately, there are people who get caught by these scams. That's why scammers keep doing it. To help protect people AND help cut down the massive amount of scam calls texts and emails that come to the UK daily, everyone should report them to the systems made to handle them. Right now, hardly any get reported so government numbers don't show this is a big problem. That's just what scammers want! And blocking doesn't stop scams. Blocks only stop that single number from ringing YOUR phone."
"Called early on a Monday morning, heard lots of Indian accents in the background then they hung up after 3 seconds. Bloody Indians need to be banned from phones completely."
"These crazy people think if they change one or two numbers I will answer! Sadly they are wrong. Blocked straight away"
"called yesterday, showed up as a missed call so they clearly failed BT call minder wish these dangerous #### would give up"
"07853 158656, yet another car finance claims company. Blocked and reported it."
"Got a text saying "Hello" from a number i dont know... maybe the wrong number?"
"I was out, so the call went to the message service. The caller hung up."
"Got a text saying hello, looks like a scam from other reports, don't reply."
"Scam number, her name Jo. Loft insulation called on the home phone as well, now blocked. PAIN IN THE ARSE."
"Called multiple times over last few weeks - wanting to know if he was speaking 'to the lady of the house' probably wanting a yes answer but Im very blunt asked his name was chris williams each time but wouldnt tell me why he was ringing until I confirmed I was the lady of the house - blocked on phone so he called from another number to return the abuse after I told him to stop spam calling"
"When I picked up and didnt say anything, just got a recorded message that said "goodbye"... harassing recorded message!"
"Scam call, they obviously got my details from somewhere as they said they were from O2"
"Called on landline, marked as nuisance by BT so didn’t pick up."
"Unknown number rang and then hung up straight away. Called back, and it sounded like call centre background noise. Likely a nuisance autodialer."
"They rang at 7.45am, and woke me up but when I went to the phone, they stopped ringing and they didn’t leave any message. I looked the number up on google. It said number not found."
"Scam call about insulation, sounded like it was from India, they hung up when I didn't say anything."