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Le_Kirk
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Received a text from DVLA who seem to be using someone's personal mobile rather than their own number! They tell me that I have a refund due because I overpaid when renewing my Road Fund Licence! Number was +447432036881 in case anyone else receives one. I blocked number and deleted the text. Be on your guard. Checking the number with Auntie Google did not produce any hits.
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People can just make up their own presentation number. There is no regulation on this, so it's not surprising that it doesn't register on Google1
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As above scammers can spoof the originating number. 07432 would originally belong to the EE network (but could be on any network due to PAC).1
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Must be the week for it - the O2 scam seems to be making the rounds this week as well.
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I would have thought if you were attempting to spoof a number, you would at least pick one that looked like a proper DVLA number.1
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Hold it a minute, I has the nice google people putting the amazon zoom viewer on my phone wanting my bank details to cancel my prime video!0
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